Olympics: Bolt Seals 'triple Triple' With Jamaica Relay Gold

Zeeshan Mehtab Published August 20, 2016 | 10:52 AM

Olympics: Bolt seals 'triple triple' with Jamaica relay gold

RIO DE JANEIRO, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Augst,2016) - Usain Bolt brought the curtain down on his Olympic career with a record-equalling ninth gold medal on Friday, anchoring Jamaica to relay glory in a perfectly-scripted finale to complete his unprecedented "triple triple.

" The 29-year-old superstar, widely seen as the greatest sprinter in history, stormed over the line in 37.27sec to trigger an eruption of adulation in the Olympic Stadium. Japan's quartet took a surprise silver in 37.60sec while the United States claimed bronze in 37.62.

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