20-08-2016 05:38 via news.yahoo.com

Mission accomplished as Bolt seals 'triple-triple'

Usain Bolt brought the curtain down on his Olympic career with a record-equalling ninth gold medal, anchoring Jamaica to relay glory in a perfectly scripted finale to complete his unprecedented "triple-triple". The 29-year-old superstar, widely seen as the greatest sprinter in history, stormed over the line in 37.27sec to trigger an eruption of adulation in the Olympic Stadium. The victory saw Bolt complete a third consecutive clean sweep of the 100m, 200m and 4x100m titles following his six gol
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