Bolt’s relay team take limelight after Gay wins 200m

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter helps record fourth fastest time in history, but it emerges that his teammate has failed a dope test

LAST UPDATED AT 10:31 ON Sun 26 Jul 2009

Usain Bolt stole the limelight again at Crystal Palace, following up his 100m win on Friday night as he inspired his team to victory in the 200m relay - and the fourth fastest time in history.

Earlier in the day Bolt's American rival Tyson Gay cruised to victory in the 200m individual event, in which Bolt did not compete. He saw off the field with a time of 20.00secs.

Although the two have not raced each other this season they will meet at the World Championships in Berlin next month. The American has the season's fastest times in both the 100m and 200m events.

It has also emerged that one of the five Jamaican athletes who failed drugs tests at last month's national championships was Bolt's training partner Yohan Blake, who was also running at Crystal Palace and was part of the victorious 200m relay team.

WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:
Simon Hart, Sunday Telegraph: "The man just cannot stop making history. Saturday's appearance at the Aviva London Grand Prix was meant to be nothing more than an exhibition as Usain Bolt anchored his Racers Track Club quartet in a 4 x 100 metres relay race against six other national teams. But as Crystal Palace gave a collective and largely Jamaican roar, Bolt grabbed the baton and powered down to the final straight to cross the line in 37.46sec. It was the fourth fastest 4 x 100m relay time ever recorded – bettered only by his own Jamaican team in Beijing last summer and two American quartets."

Patrick Collins, Mail on Sunday: "The potential damage [of the drugs tests] to the island’s reputation was demonstrated by Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica, calling an emergency meeting with track and field officials to discuss the test results. And the controversy which had hounded Blake through the past 48 hours took an improbable turn last night when the Racers Track Club ran an extraordinary sprint relay, flashing the baton between Daniel Bailey, Blake, Mario Forsythe and Bolt in 37.46sec, the fourth fastest time in history. ·