By Michael Place


RIO DE JANEIRO， Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt completed his third straight clean sweep of Olympic sprint events on Friday by leading Jamaica to victory in the men's 4x100m relay final here.


Jamaica， also represented by Asafa Powell， Yohan Blake and Nickel Ashmeade， clocked 37.27 seconds to beat Japan by 0.33 seconds， with Canada taking bronze in 37.64. The USA and Trinidad & Tobago were disqualified.


Japan's team comprised Ryota Yamagata， Yoshihide Kiryu， Iizuka Shota and Cambridge while Akeem Haynes， Brendon Rodney， Aaron Brown and Andre de Grasse ran for Canada.


Bolt began the final leg of the race trailing Japan's Aska Cambridge but quickly caught his rival before surging clear in the last 50m with his trademark burst.


The victory gave Bolt his ninth Olympic gold medal and secured an unprecedented three consecutive titles in the 100m， 200m and 4x100m relay.


The 29-year-old won the 100m gold here by defeating long-time rival Justin Gatlin on Sunday. And on Thursday he clinched the 200m title by finishing ahead of Canada's Andre de Grasse.


China was upgraded to fourth place.




By Christine Lagat


JOHANNESBURG Cheap Nike Vapormax 2019 China , June 15 (Xinhua) -- The drama surrounding the visit by Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir to South Africa despite an arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC) points at growing tension between the global court and African leaders.


Al-Bashir on Sunday visited South Africa to attend the African Union (AU) Summit even as the ICC piled pressure on Pretoria to arrest and hand him over to face trial over his alleged involvement in killing and displacement of civilians in the Western Sudan region of Darfur.


The Sudanese leader's presence at the AU Summit in Johannesburg created a buzz as the host country grappled with a tricky diplomatic dilemma.


Earlier on Sunday, a South African court issued a directive to the SA Ministry of Home Affairs to prevent al-Bashir from leaving the country until determination of his case on Monday.


Both the ICC and South African human rights groups piled pressure on the government to arrest al-Bashir during the AU summit.


Campaigners argued that South Africa has an obligation to hand over prime suspects since it is a signatory to the Rome Statue that created the ICC in 2002.


Al-Bashir put a brave face as he graced the opening ceremony of the AU Summit while the host government remained tight lipped on whether to honor the ICC's request.


A section of South African political leadership was quoted by local media as having expressed their displeasure on the conduct of the Hague-based court.

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