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Usain Bolt wins third gold in Jamaica 4x100m relay victory

Members of the winning team pose in front of their world record time of 36.84s after the finals of the Men's 4x100 relay at the London Olympics today, August 11, 2012. Photo: bbc.com
By BBC

Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the 2012 Olympics as he anchored Jamaica's sprint relay team to a sensational world record.

Jamaica's quartet clocked 36.84 seconds to smash the old mark by two-tenths of a second and leave the USA team with silver.

Nesta Carter and Michael Frater produced excellent first and second legs but it was 100m and 200m silver medallist Yohan Blake's blistering third leg that set the platform.

Bolt provided the perfect finale - exploding away to leave Ryan Bailey trailing as the capacity crowd stood to acclaim him.

Canada were initially given bronze before being disqualified when third-leg runner Jared Connaughton was seen to have stepped inside his lane, meaning Trinidad and Tobago were promoted to third place.

Bolt's gold meant he matched his haul from the Beijing Olympics and he now has six Olympic golds before his 26th birthday.

It was a fitting way to conclude a wonderful nine days of athletics in the Olympic Stadium.

Bolt has once again been the star of these Games, and in celebrating with a "Mobot" as he crossed the line paid tribute to the great home track hero of the past fortnight, Mo Farah.

6 Responses to “Usain Bolt wins third gold in Jamaica 4x100m relay victory”

  • 1 (11/08/2012, 17:37) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow great news
  • my yute (11/08/2012, 23:00) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Kudos BOLT, you did it for all of the Caribbean people, at home and around the world and in the BVI. May the wind be always behind your back as well as your team mates!
  • My girl (12/08/2012, 10:52) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Usain Bolt is just a king
  • Solja (13/08/2012, 05:32) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Can u imagine being the fastest man on the earth....That's Insane...Kudos to Bolt..you have made all Caribbean people proud..Matter of fact congrats to all Caribbean athletes who all took part in the 2012 Olympics.
  • p_star (13/08/2012, 19:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Lovvveee to see Blake.........Hottttt!!!!!


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