Saturday, August 23, 2008

First Olympic gold medal for Jamaica in relay

Jamaica set a new world record in the men's 4x100 sprint relay late in Day 14 at the Beijing Olympics.

Asafa Powell ran a sizzling anchor leg to put Jamaica across the finish line in 37.10 seconds.
Nesta Carter led off, followed by Michael Frater and Usain Bolt. It was the first Olympic gold medal in the event for Jamaica.

"I said to Asafa, 'Can we do this?' And he was like, 'Don't worry, man, we got this one,"' Bolt said.
Bolt, who set world records in winning the 100 and 200, will leave Beijing with three gold medals.

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