Soccer: Usain Bolt Trains With Mariners, Ready to ‘Prove People Wrong’

Eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt reacts as he arrives at Sydney Airport ahead of his trial at the Central Coast Mariners soccer club in Australia, Aug. 18, 2018. AAP/Erik Anderson/via Reuters
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MELBOURNE—Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt eased into his first training session with Australia’s Central Coast Mariners on Aug. 21 and said he was ready to prove the doubters wrong by winning a professional football contract.

Monitored by a big media pack, Bolt, who turned 32 on Aug. 21, emerged at Central Coast stadium with his prospective team mates, flashing a big grin as he kicked the ball around during a light session in the sleepy seaside town of Gosford.