Jamaican athletic player, Usain Bolt, has bagged his third gold medal in World Athletic Championship at men's 4x100m relay title in Berlin, saturday August 22, 2009.
"Winning three gold medals in Berlin is wonderful. I'm proud of myself," said Bolt, who has this week also shattered his own world records in winning the 100m (9.58sec) and 200m (19.19sec) to replicate his Beijing Olympics medal haul.
The Jamaican, who turned 23 on Friday, played down any suggestion that he was the "saviour" of athletics. "I don't know. For me it's not hard to do what I did because I am just trying to be myself," he said. "And it's fun. But I don't think I'm a legend yet by any stretch of the imagination. Year after year, I have to become champion and champion again."
The " lightning" Bolt ran the third leg of the Jamaican relay effort.
Steve Mullings, a 200m specialist, was the anchor man, handing on to Michael Frater, with former world record holder and current 100m bronze medallist Asafa Powell the sprinter entrusted with the final leg. Bolt, however, failed to completely demonstrate his explosive power around the bend despite the roars of a packed Olympic Stadium, and his handover to Powell almost went awry when he just avoided running into his teammate.
"With regards to not getting the world record, that is down to me as I am tired. I was in better shape in Beijing as I am dying now," acknowledged Bolt. The Jamaican foursome nevertheless set a championship record time of 37.31sec ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (37.62) with Britain claiming bronze (38.02).
"Winning three gold medals in Berlin is wonderful. I'm proud of myself," said Bolt, who has this week also shattered his own world records in winning the 100m (9.58sec) and 200m (19.19sec) to replicate his Beijing Olympics medal haul.
The Jamaican, who turned 23 on Friday, played down any suggestion that he was the "saviour" of athletics. "I don't know. For me it's not hard to do what I did because I am just trying to be myself," he said. "And it's fun. But I don't think I'm a legend yet by any stretch of the imagination. Year after year, I have to become champion and champion again."
The " lightning" Bolt ran the third leg of the Jamaican relay effort.
Steve Mullings, a 200m specialist, was the anchor man, handing on to Michael Frater, with former world record holder and current 100m bronze medallist Asafa Powell the sprinter entrusted with the final leg. Bolt, however, failed to completely demonstrate his explosive power around the bend despite the roars of a packed Olympic Stadium, and his handover to Powell almost went awry when he just avoided running into his teammate.
"With regards to not getting the world record, that is down to me as I am tired. I was in better shape in Beijing as I am dying now," acknowledged Bolt. The Jamaican foursome nevertheless set a championship record time of 37.31sec ahead of Trinidad and Tobago (37.62) with Britain claiming bronze (38.02).
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