Usain Bolt called it a mistake to start a football career in Australia

MOSCOW, Jul 4 Eight-time Olympic champion Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt called the decision a mistake start his football career in Australia. Bolt, who retired from athletics after the 2017 World Cup, then decided to try his hand at football. In October 2018, the world record holder played two friendly matches for the Australian Central Coast Mariners, in which he scored two goals. Later, the club offered the athlete a contract, but the parties did not come to an agreement, and in January 2019, Bolt announced his retirement from football. «I made a mistake. When I left athletics, I did not want to stay in Europe because of the media. I went to Australia, but the level of football there was not very good. I had to stay in Europe. After a year of testing, I told myself that I just needed to move on. So I went on, «Fox Sports quotes Bolt. Bolt is 35 years old. In athletics, he specialized in sprinting and became an eight-time Olympic champion and 11-time world champion (a record in the history of these competitions among men).