Usain Bolt can't remember the last time he was running in February, he is normally in the doctor's hands not the starter's, but he hopes that his farewell year competing in Nitro this week will help set him up to leave the sport in London with three more gold medals.
Pivoting one way on his swivel chair, eight-times Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt said that if only he had been more dedicated when he was young, he might have achieved so much more. "I was reckless," he said.
Usain Bolt's presence for Nitro athletics has ensured that Channel Seven will broadcast the series â on Saturday night it will be live in Sydney and Perth but in Melbourne it will be on delay after the AFL women's match.
Not for the first time Usain Bolt needs to be his sport's saviour. For the sake of athletics he has to be.
Nitro. Everything you need to know.
Not many people come within a fingernail of Olympic gold and don't at least win silver. Jarrion Lawson did.
It's easy to be phlegmatic when you have so many Olympic gold medals already and you lose one to something that was not your fault.
An email by IAAF president Sebastian Coe, apparently showing he was aware of an alleged Russian doping scandal, has raised the question of whether he misled a British parliamentary committee.
Christine Ohuruogu can laugh about it now. The last time she ran in Melbourne she finished first and last.
The longest recorded running streak in history ended on Saturday when England's Ron Hill completed a one-mile run.
From Beyonce to Rio, Olympic gold medallist and dancer Kerron Clement is the perfect athlete entertainer to complement Usain Bolt in Nitro on Saturday night.
Anneliese Rubie was getting lonely. Having joined forces with Melbourne-based coach Peter Fortune at the end of 2014, they had initially decided it was best for the 400m runner to stay in Sydney as she finished her arts degree at Sydney University.
Former Olympic hurdles champion Dawn Harper-Nelson will not run in Australia after pulling out of the Nitro series.
Jack Hale is now competing against men, but never does he sound more like a boy than when being asked about Usain Bolt.
Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter is set to appeal against his failed drug test which cost him and his 4 x 100m relay teammates, including Usain Bolt, their 2008 Beijing Games gold medal.
Losing a medal and a perfect Olympic record will hurt Bolt, but it has no effect on his stature.
Usain Bolt is coming to town, and he's not planning on leaving as the loser.
Canberra hurdler Lauren Wells ran a blistering 200 metre hurdles time on Saturday to break what is believed to be a 46-year record.
Paralympic gold medallist Scott Reardon will get a few tips from Usain Bolt before he eyes history this July.
Canberra sprinter Edward Osei-Nketia broke the under-16 national 100m record in 10.63, but he isn't even the fastest runner in his family.
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