An England quartet of Andy Baddeley, Ricky Stevenson, Nick McCormick and Mark Draper smashed the 30-year-old UK 4x1, 500m relay record in finishing fifth in 14:54.57 to erase the previous mark by two seconds.

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The first U.S. medal Saturday came when the women's 4x100-meter medley relay team broke the world record en route to easily winning gold.

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As well as his 100m and 200m wins in Beijing, the 22-year-old Bolt led Jamaica's 4x100m sprint relay to Olympic victory in a record time of 37.10.

BBC: Bolt eyes world record domination