ago.22.2008

Usain Bolt helped Jamaica win the 4x100m relay final in 37.10 seconds Friday night for his third gold medal and third world record of the Beijing Olympics.
Bolt ran the third leg of the relay, then handed the baton to former 100m world record-holder Asafa Powell. Bolt yelled and pointed as Powell began the anchor leg.

The Jamaican quartet, which also included Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, eclipsed the old 400 relay mark of 37.40 set by the United States at the Barcelona Olympics in the 1992 and tied by the U.S. at the world championships a year later.

Bolt added that to the records he set in winning the 100m (9.69) and 200m (19.30) in Beijing.

The Jamaicans were nearly a full second faster than relay silver medalists Trinidad and Tobago, which finished in 38.06. Japan took the bronze in 38.15.