Usain Bolt row: Read the full transcript of interview in which sprinter 'called Commonwealth Games sh*t'

 
Smiles: Bolt during a press conference in Glasgow (Picture: PA)
31 July 2014

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has said it was "nonsense" that he had called the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow "a bit s***".

He is said to have made the comments to a reporter from The Times, which today published the conversation in full.

Angus Macleod, the newspaper's Scottish editor, said he stood by the story "100 per cent".

The encounter was reportedly as follows:

:: Katie Gibbons (KG, Times reporter): Hi Usain, I'm Katie Gibbons, a reporter from The Times. Nice to meet you.

:: Usain Bolt (UB): Hi.

:: KG: How are you?

:: UB: (Shrugs)

:: KG: So are you enjoying the games? Are you having fun?

:: UB: No.

:: KG: Really, why not?

:: UB: I'm just not... it's a bit s***. (Shrugs, looks up to grey sky).

:: KG: What do you mean?

:: UB: I've only been here two days.

:: KG: Is it like the Olympics?

:: UB: Nah. Olympics were better.

:: KG: Really, how?

:: UB: (Shrugs).

:: KG: Where are you off to now?

:: UB: To do some business.

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