Usain Bolt anchors Jamaica to 4x100m win for first-ever Commonwealth gold medal

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Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt

Glasgow, Aug 3 (IANS): Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to the men's 4X100m title at the Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park here Saturday. This is Bolt’s first ever Commonwealth gold medal.

The Jamaican quartet of Jason Livermore, Kemar Bailey-Cole, Nickel Ashmeade and Bolt clocked a Commonwealth record of 37.58 seconds for the gold.

England took silver and Trinidad & Tobago finished third.

"It means a lot," said Bolt of the win. "Commonwealth gold is the only medal missing from my collection.

"I'm happy to be here and sorry I didn't manage to run the individual events because the energy out here is wonderful," he said.

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