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Rio 2016: Usain Bolt wins third gold again

Usain Bolt has completed his
triple-triple, anchoring the Jamaica 4x100-meter relay to victory in the final
to ensure three gold medals at three consecutive Olympics.

The U.S. team was disqualified
— again.

Bolt waved the baton to the
crowd after coasting across the finish in a winning time of 37.27 seconds for
his ninth Olympic gold medal.

Japan took silver in 37.60,
with Aska Cambridge holding off American Trayvon Bromell by 0.02.

The U.S. team was later
disqualified for exchanging illegally outside the zone at the first change, and
Canada was elevated to the bronze-medal position in a national record 37.64.

It was the ninth time since
1995 that the U.S. men have been disqualified or failed to get the baton around
at an Olympics or world championships.

The Japanese team was
technically flawless and had the lead going into the last baton change, but
Bolt pulled away, as he has done so often, in what is most likely to be his
last run at the Olympics.

Triple Gold
Winners

Male sprinters who won the
100-, 200-meter races and were part of the 4X100 relay gold medal team in a
single Olympics:

• 1936 — Jesse Owens, United States
• 1956 — Bobby-Joe Morrow, United States
• 1984 — Carl Lewis, United States
• 2008 — Usain Bolt, Jamaica
• 2012 — Usain Bolt, Jamaica
• 2016 — Usain Bolt, Jamaica