Jamaican  legend  Usain  Bolt   has  emerged  at  the  top  of  the  greatest  World  Championships  moment  countdown.

This as his  record-breaking performance at the 2009 World Athletics championships in Berlin topped  the  poll  as the top moment in the 40-year history of the event.

To mark the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships, fans from all around the world were asked to vote for the greatest moments from the past four decades of championship action.

Thousands of fans took part, and they chose bolt’s record-breaking performance  in berlin as the top moment 

Shelly-Ann  Fraser-Pryce  sprint  double  success  in  Moscow  in  2013  was  ranked  the  number  4  greatest  moment   of  the World  Championships.

She became the first woman to win the 100m, 200m and 4x100m at a single World Championships, matching the feat achieved in Moscow by her teammate Usain Bolt-  between them, they gave Jamaica a clean sweep of the world sprinting titles.

Twenty different countries from all six continental areas are represented in the top 40  moments from all 18 past editions of the World Championships featured in the countdown.