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The United States, with individual gold and silver medallists Justin Gatlin and Christian Coleman running the second and fourth legs, had been expected to push the Jamaicans all the way. Listen to Jan Fran Has Issues - Ep 7 - Election Cheat Sheet With Amy Remeikis + Alex Morris and 161 more episodes by A Rational Fear, free No signup or install needed. The 30-year-old had taken the baton for Jamaica a few meters adrift when, straining hard to catch the leaders, he suddenly suffered a hamstring injury, began hobbling and ended up coming to a halt after doing a forward roll on the track.Īs Britain went on to win gold, Bolt was tended to with his head in hands.Īfter a short while, though, he rose gingerly to his feet and limped across the line to huge cheers from the 56,000 crowd. By Ian Chadband LONDON (Reuters) - Usain Bolts unparalleled career ended in extraordinary drama on Saturday as he pulled up with injury on the anchor leg of his very last race, the 4x100 metres. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Britain beat the United States for a shock gold medal.īolt, who had to settle for bronze in the individual 100 meters, had been hoping to sign off from the sport by leading Jamaica to a fifth successive relay gold but they were already struggling in third when he collected the baton. Bolt was clearly devastated at the time of his injury on track in his last race, a way that no athlete wants to end their career. Usain Bolt pulled up with injury on the anchor leg of the 4×100 meters relay final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday as the last race of his unparalleled career ended in high drama.