In the London Olympics, the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won his third gold medal of the Games in the men's 4x100m relay. In the last leg of the race, Bolt eased away from Ryan Bailey of the United States to bring the Jamaican team home and a new world record time. This report from our correspondent Rob Broomby.
The power and acceleration of Jamaica's Usain Bolt needed no introduction. He sized the battle in the final leg of the 4x100m relay and stormed the line with a breaking another world record for the time of 36.84 making it the double triple, three golds in Beijing and now three in London too. And it was a triple for USA's Allyson Filex's team took gold in the women's 4x400m relay. Britain's Mo Farah doubled his golden tally adding the 5,000m title to the 10,000 he took earlier.
Earlier, it was announced that a South Korean footballer has been barred from his medal ceremony of the London Olympics after he reportedly held up a political message of the team's third place playoff win over Japan. The ban was said to refer to a longstanding dispute between the two countries over Island known as Dokdo in South Korea and Takeshima in Japan.
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