Usain Bolt and Jamaica set a new world record of 36.84 seconds in winning Olympic gold in the men's 4x100 metres relay.
The sprint superstar made it a hat-trick of Olympic titles for the second successive Games as he led his team-mates home before seemingly pay his own tribute to double Olympic champion Mo Farah by performing the 'Mobot' celebration as he crossed the line.
Nesta Carter, Michael Frater and then double silver medallist Yohan Blake gave Bolt the lead he scarcely needed to hold off the United States in second.
Canada thought they had claimed bronze but were disqualified after Jared Connaughton ran outside his lane on the third leg, leaving Trinidad and Tobago to finish third.
Treble treble?
Bolt was asked if he could do the 'treble-treble' by winning the 100m, 200m and 4x100m again in four years' time, having achieved the feat first in Beijing and now in London.
He is not convinced it is possible.
Bolt said on BBC1: "I've thought about it but I think it's going to be very hard because Yohan, he's just come into the game and he's running pretty well, and I'm sure there's going to be a lot more cats coming up to run.
"I'm just happy. I'll take it a step at a time."
Asked whether he would run more often in Britain if tax laws change - a factor in him having stayed away in the past - Bolt said: "As soon as the law changes I'll be here all the time.
"I love being here, I have so many Jamaican fans here and it's wonderful."
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