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Bolt wins 3rd gold as Jamaica bags both 4x100m relays
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Updated: 2009-08-23 14:58

Bolt wins 3rd gold as Jamaica bags both 4x100m relays
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning with team mates the men's 4x100 meters relay final during the world athletics championships at the Olympic stadium in Berlin, August 22, 2009. [Agencies]
Defar, who led down the straight, also missed a medal in the last moment in the 10,000 meters final. She was the 2004 Olympic champion in 5,000m and finished third in Beijing.

Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia skipped the Berlin tournament due to injury.

Dwight Phillips of the United States claimed his third world title in the men's long jump. The 31-year-old, who won at the 2003 and 2005 worlds, had a jump of 8.54 meters on his second attempt.

Godfrey Khotso Mokoena of South Africa took silver at 8.47 and Mitchell Watt of Australia won bronze at 8.37.

Olympic and defending world champion Irving Saladino of Panama scratched on his first three attempts and was eliminated.

In the men's pole vault final, Olympic champion Steven Hooker of Australia, the second highest vaulter in history with a personal best of 6.06 meters, added the world title to his Beijing crown by clearing 5.90m.

The 27-year-old sat out the early rounds and only came in at 5.85m which he failed to clear.

But he opted to raise the bar and nailed 5.90m at his first attempt which was enough to give him the gold medal. Frenchmen Romain Mesnil claimed the silver at 5.85 and Renaud Lavillenie took bronze at 5.80.

With one day to go, the United States tops the medal tally with seven golds, five silvers and five bronzes. Jamaica is second with 7-3-2 and Kenya is third with 4-4-2. A total of 17 countries have won gold medals and China won one silver and two bronzes.

 

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