Bolt wins third gold medal in Beijing

Usain Bolt won his third gold medal of the Beijing Olympics as Jamaica smashed the world 4x100m record with a superb time of 37.10 seconds.

The quartet of Bolt, Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell roared around the Bird’s Nest Stadium to break the mark of 37.40sec achieved by the United States 15 years ago in Stuttgart.

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.