Sports world stunned by Usain Bolt's injury-plagued finale

— -- This wasn't how anyone likely expected Usain Bolt's last competitive race to end.

While running the anchor leg for Jamaica in the men's 4x100-meter final Saturday at the world championships, Bolt pulled up about halfway from the finish with apparent cramping in his left leg.

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Great Britain went on to win the race in a shocking upset of second-place United States, while Bolt could only watch as he lay on the Olympic Stadium track.

Here is how fans, athletes and the media responded to it all: