Venue: Olympic Stadium, Berlin Date: 15-23
AugustUsain Bolt made it a hat-trick of golds at the World Championships as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay but the quartet failed to set a new world record.
Bolt, who had already won the 100m and 200m titles in Berlin, ran the third leg of the relay with the Jamaican team crossing the line in 37.31 seconds.
Steve Mullings, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell were the other three members of the team that won gold.
They finished ahead of Trinidad with Great Britain winning bronze.
With Bolt complaining of tiredness following his world records in his 100m and 200m victories during the week, the 23-year-old, along with Powell, was rested in the earlier heats before Saturday's relay final.
With the American team disqualified in the semi-final, the Jamaicans began the race as hot favourites and did not disappoint the packed Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
"I wasn't really thinking about getting three gold medals because I could be in better shape," said Bolt, who has now matched his three-gold haul at the Beijing Olympics.
Despite the Jamaican team clocking the world's second fastest ever time in the 4x100m, Bolt was apologetic for not feeling 100% and said: "It is a little bit my fault." Jamaican Mullings got the quartet off to a fine start and they were rarely troubled as Bolt handed over to Powell to bring the team home.
Trinidad and Tobago's time of 37.62s saw them set a new national record, while Britain, which included Simeon Williamson, Tyrone Edgar, Marlon Devonish and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, ran a season's best of 38.02 to grab an impressive bronze.
It was Jamaica's seventh gold medal of the Championships with their 4x100m women's relay team also earlier winning gold.
It has been another stunning show from Bolt at this year's World Championships in Berlin.
The Jamaican, who only turned 23 on Friday, smashed the world records in the 100m (9.58s) and 200m (19.19s) which followed his phenomenal triple Olympic gold performances in Beijing a year ago.
"Am I getting used to winning? You cannot get used to winning," he added.
"But winning three gold medals in Berlin is wonderful and I am proud of myself."
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