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MNA Sports Desk: Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt drew down the curtain on his brilliant Olympic career by securing a sweep of the sprint titles for a third successive Games to complete his unprecedented — triple-triple when Jamaica successfully defended the 4×100 meters relay crown on Friday.
The 29-year-old, seen as the greatest sprinter in history, ran the anchor leg as the Jamaicans won in 37.27 seconds to add the relay gold to the 100 metres and 200 metres titles he had won for a third straight Olympics.
“There you go, I am the greatest,” Bolt told reporters. “I am just relieved. It’s happened. I am just happy, proud of myself. It’s come true. The pressure is real. I look at it as an accomplishment.”
The victory saw Bolt complete a third consecutive clean sweep of the 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles following his six gold medals in the 2008 and 2012 Games.
Bolt will retire in 2017 — level with Carl Lewis and Paavo Nurmi on a total of nine Olympic gold medals, a record for a track and field athlete.
“I’m going to stay up late and have fun,” he added. “I never knew this would happen when I started out,” he also said, who lingered on the track after his lap of honour, kneeling down to kiss the finish line as chants of “Usain Bolt, Usain Bolt” echoed from the stands.
