[ 2016-11-04 ]

CONFIRMED: Usain Bolt To Run In Australia
The fastest man the world has seen, the greatest
athlete ever, Usain Bolt, has confirmed he will
race in Melbourne this summer.

During the Rio Olympics Bolt had flagged his
interest in coming to Australia to be part of the
radical new Nitro athletics series but it was not
until this week that details - and funding - was
confirmed and he agreed to compete.

The Nitro series will be an early season start for
Bolt ahead of what was thought likely to be his
final major international event, the world
championships in London. However in a
TV interview on Thursday at Oaks Day, Bolt said
he had not yet ruled out competing on the Gold
Coast at the Commonwealth Games in 2018.   

Athletics Australia is still scrambling to pull
together the new Nitro series in time but securing
the biggest name in the world was the first and
most important signing. 

Details of the new Nitro series are scant but the
three-meet series will be staged in Melbourne
between February 4 and 11.   

It is as yet unknown if Bolt will run all of the
individual sprint events or just a relay.
 

 
 

Source - smh.com.au

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