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Usain Bolt collected his 11th World Championships gold medal as Jamaica won the 4x100m relay in Beijing, as Great Britain failed to finish.<\/p>\n

Bolt anchored Jamaica to victory as they finished in a world leading time of 37.36 seconds.<\/p>\n

GB were third going into the final changeover but James Ellington did not get the baton to anchor Chijindu Ujah.<\/p>\n

The USA finished second but were disqualified, meaning China were promoted to silver and Canada bronze.<\/p>\n

It was Bolt’s third gold of the championships after victories in the 100m and 200m.<\/p>\n

The Jamaicans completed a sweep of the sprint relays with the women, anchored by 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, also winning.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s women’s relay team of Asha Philip, Dina Asher-Smith, Jodie Williams and Desiree Henry set a new national record of 42.10secs as they finished fifth.<\/p>\n

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\"Richard
Kilty, Talbot and Ellington in heated discussion after Ellington and Ujah failed to complete the final changeover (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Disaster for Great Britain<\/strong><\/p>\n

The British team had qualified in a season’s best time, but Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was then replaced by sub-10 second runner Ujah for the final.<\/p>\n

Aikines-Aryeetey, who was also celebrating his 27th birthday, tweeted <\/span>\u00a0<\/span> his disappointment at the decision and then retweeted messages from followers questioning why he wasn’t in the team.<\/p>\n

Britain had looked in contention for a medal after a strong start by Richard Kilty and then Danny Talbot on the second leg.<\/p>\n

But it was the changeover between Ellington and Ujah that ruined their chances, with Ellington not close to reaching his team-mate with the baton and questioning whether Ujah had gone off too soon.<\/p>\n

“We were easily in the running for a bronze,” said Kilty, who could be seen in a heated discussion with Ellington after the race.<\/p>\n

“It’s not a team we’ve practised a lot. We messed up on the third change.”<\/p>\n

\"James<\/div>\n

Ellington added: “My speed was OK, I need to watch it back. Maybe CJ [Ujah] went a bit early.”<\/p>\n

Bolt came up with a simple solution for the Britain’s relay problems, the latest in a long line of mishaps in finals.<\/p>\n

“They’re taking it too serious,” he said. “They have camp after camp after camp after camp to try to perfect something but it just comes natural – sometimes you just need to go out there and run.”<\/p>\n

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\"Ashton
Eaton set a new world record in the decathalon (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Untouchable Eaton<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Ashton Eaton broke his own decathlon world record as he successfully defended his world title.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old, who led overnight, needed to run 4:18.25 or faster in the final event the 1500m to score the 824 points needed to break the record.<\/p>\n

And he ran 4:17.52 to finish with a record 9,045 points haul.<\/p>\n

Best of the rest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Britain’s Shelayna Oskan-Clarke finished fifth in the women’s 800m as Marina Arzamasova of Belarus won gold.<\/p>\n

Great Britain’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams both qualified for Sunday’s finals.<\/p>\n

The men’s team of Rabah Yousif, Delano Williams, Jarryd Dunn and Martyn Rooney won their heat in a season’s best time of 2:59.05.<\/p>\n

The women’s team finished second in their heat, the quartet of Eilidh Child, Anyika Onuora, Kirsten McAslan and Seren Bundy-Davies also setting a season’s best time of 3:23.90 to secure automatic qualification.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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