November 2 – Usain Bolt’s trial with Australian club Central Coast Mariners has come to an end. The Jamaican eight-time Olympic sprint champion has been with the A-League side since August in a bid to win a professional football contract.
Bolt scored twice in his first match, which was a friendly, but did not play matches when the season began.
Efforts to secure a “commercial solution” to keep Bolt at the club had failed, the Mariners said.
Mariners owner Mike Charlesworth said Bolt “integrated very well into the team and made great strides as a footballer” but it would appear the 100m and 200m world record holder still has some way to go to fulfil his “dream” of making it in a second sport.
“I would like to thank the Central Coast Mariners owners, management, staff, players and fans for making me feel so welcome during my time there,” said Bolt who retired from athletics in 2017.
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