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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
TRIPLE Olympic champion Usain Bolt confirmed his domination of the sprints last night with a comfortable 100 metres victory at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting.
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Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
AFTER EXPRESSING shock that he did not medal in the men's 100 metres, Asafa Powell bounced
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New York Post (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
BEIJING - Another night at the Bird's Nest, another gold for Usain Bolt, another Jamaican party. The Jamaican relay team won the 4x100-meter relay yesterday with Bolt running the third leg and handing off to Asafa Powell, who flew to the finish...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
ON A steamy night in Beijing, the Jamaican quartet of Nester Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell sealed the handover of sprinting power from their giant neigh
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
Jamaica's domination of the Olympic sprinting events culminated in another world record performance here last night in the men's sprint relay which saw Asafa Powell take over the central role from his team-mate Usain Bolt by stopping the trackside clock at 37.10sec, three-tenths of a second faster than the US quartet recorded at the 1993 World Championships.
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Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
After Usain Bolt ran 9.76second in Kingston in May, Asafa Powell made a promise that Jamaica would break the world record in the sprint, and guess what? He was right on target.
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Riddimjamaica (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Usain Bolt earned a triplet of sprint gold medals and world records Friday, an unprecedented Olympic feat that elevated him alongside Michael Phelps as the stars of the Beijing Games. With his giant strides, he ran a lighting final bend that set anchor Asafa Powell on the way to a record 37.30 seconds in the 4x100 meters, chopping a massive .30 off the mark the United States had held for 16 years....
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NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
In yet another mind-boggling display of speed, Usain Bolt set another world record and won another Olympic gold medal, and this time he shared the glory with his Jamaican teammates. Bolt and Asafa Powell blew away the field over the last two legs of the 400-meter relay Friday night.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Beijing - Usain Bolt completed the Beijing Olympics as the king of sprint with a third gold and a third world record as part of Jamaica's 4x100 metres relay team on Friday. Bolt and his teammates stormed to victory in 37.10 seconds, taking an astonis...
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Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Usain Bolt ran a sensational third leg on Jamaica’s 400-meter relay team and handed off to Asafa Powell, who brought more glory to his island nation in a world-record 37.10 seconds.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell led Jamaica to another sprinting gold medal as they destroyed the world record for the 4x100m
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Usain Bolt helped Jamaica win the 400-meter relay final in 37.10 seconds Friday night for his third gold medal and third world record of the Olympics. Bolt ran the third leg of the relay, then handed the baton to former 100-meter world record-holder Asafa Powell. Bolt yelled and pointed as Powell began the anchor leg. The Jamaican quartet, which also included Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, eclipsed...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Beijing - Usain Bolt completed an Olympic gold and world record treble on Friday as part of Jamaica's winning 4x100 metres relay team at the Beijing Games. Bolt ran the third leg as he and teammates Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and Asafa Powell storm...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Beijing: Veronica Campbell-Brown scorched to victory in the Olympic 200 metres final on Thursday to retain her title and complete a Jamaican sweep of all four individual sprint gold medals at the Games.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
JAMAICA made a clean sweep of Olympic sprint golds with victory in the women's 200 metres yet again humbling the United States, the traditional track and field superpower