Through three legs of the men’s 4×100 final the, U.S. was even with Jamaica. But therein lies the problem for the Americans, because when anchor Usain Bolt’s even…you likely know the rest.
Jamaica took gold with a time of 37.27 seconds, winning what was a close race by more than three tenths of a second than silver medalists Japan. With the victory Bolt caps his career “triple-triple,” winning Olympic gold in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay in each of the last three Olympics. With his stating that this will in all likelihood be his final Summer Olympics, that’s a good way to go out.