Relay win completes Bolt’s golden hat-trick

JAMAICA obliterated the field in the men’s 4x100 metres relay as Usain Bolt claimed his third gold medal and world record of the Beijing Games.

The quartet of Bolt, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell roared around the Bird’s Nest Stadium to shave three-tenths of a second off the 15-year-old mark with a blistering time of 37.10 seconds.

Bolt, the individual 100m and 200m gold medallist, was instrumental in the victory after running a sizzling third leg as the team finished well clear of Trinidad and Tobago and Japan.