Usain Bolt has given the Commonwealth Games his backing, only 24 hours after saying he thought they were “a bit s***”.
The Jamaican sprinter, who had admitted to The Times that he was “not really” having fun at the Games and felt that “the Olympics were better”, appeared yesterday to have had second thoughts. After watching the Jamaican women’s netball team lose to New Zealand, he said that the Games were “awesome”.
Bolt’s publicist, Ricky Simms , who was not present when the sprinter made his comments to The Times, described the story as “utter rubbish”, adding: “The atmosphere in and around the stadiums has been absolutely fantastic and I have absolutely no idea where these quotes have come from.” Bolt tweeted a message