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Usain Bolt ends stellar career with injury

FILE PHOTO: Usain Bolt holds a press conference at The Brewery ahead of his final race at the World Athletics championships at the London Stadium Featuring: Usain Bolt Where: London, United Kingdom When: 01 Aug 2017 Photo: Associated Press/Credit: Howard Jones/WENN.com


LONDON (AP) — Usain Bolt ended his stellar career in excruciating pain.

The Jamaican great crumpled to the track with a left-leg injury as he was chasing a final gold medal for the Jamaican 4×100-meter relay team at the world championships in London.

Having to make up lots of ground on the anchor leg, Bolt suddenly screamed, stumbled and somersaulted as he came down, his golden farewell shattered by the first injury he has experienced at a major competition.

That wasn’t the only surprise. Britain went on to beat the United States in a tight finish.

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