CWG: Usain Bolt hogs spotlight on CWG debut

03 August,2014 01:55 AM IST |   |  AFP

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt made his long-anticipated track appearance at the Commonwealth Games on Friday, sending a raucous crowd into a frenzy as he anchored his Jamaican sprint team to victory in a relay heat

Usain Bolt competes in the 4 x 100m relay on Friday. Pic/AFP


Glasgow: Sprint superstar Usain Bolt made his long-anticipated track appearance at the Commonwealth Games on Friday, sending a raucous crowd into a frenzy as he anchored his Jamaican sprint team to victory in a relay heat.


Usain Bolt competes in the 4 x 100m relay on Friday. Pic/AFP

Bolt, arguably the biggest name in world sport, ran the fourth leg of 4x100m relay, the Caribbean island's quartet winning the heat in 38.98 seconds to advance to the final scheduled for 2015 GMT on Saturday.

Roars from the capacity crowd packed into Hampden Park went up when the stadium announcer named Bolt in previewing events to come.

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