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OLYMPICS UPDATE — U.S. wins 5th straight women’s basketball gold medal. Usain Bolt finishes off world-record relay victory for Jamaica in 4×100 meters.

Published 5:45 pm Saturday, August 11, 2012

By New York Times News Service, via Peninsula Daily News

The Seattle Storm's Sue Bird celebrates a score for the U.S. against France during the women's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Saturday. Bird scored 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting. The Associated Press
The Seattle Storm's Sue Bird celebrates a score for the U.S. against France during the women's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Saturday. Bird scored 11 points on 5-for-7 shooting. The Associated Press

By New York Times News Service, via Peninsula Daily News

An Olympics update:

— The American women’s basketball team routed France 86-50 in the final Saturday, collecting its fifth straight Olympic gold medal.

Candace Parker scored 21 points, including eight in a game-changing run in the second quarter.

Read more: http://london2012.nytimes.com/basketball/womens/gold-medal-game-1?emc=na

— Appearing in what could be the final race of his Olympic career, Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica’s sprint relay to a new world record of 36.84 seconds.

The quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Bolt broke their own year-old mark of 37.10.

The United States team of Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey tied the old mark of 37.04.

Read more: http://london2012.nytimes.com/track-and-field/mens-4x100m-relay?emc=na

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