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Bolt gets US$310,000 to run in Stockholm
Published on July 11, 2011 by snn STOCKHOLM, Sweden – It is costing organizers, according to reports, US$310,000 to get World triple record holder and Olympic Games and World sprint double champion Usain Bolt to run at this month’s DN-Galan.
Usain Bolt
The deal took several days of negotiations for DN-Galan’s competition director Rajne Söderberg to get the world’s most wanted track & field athlete – holder of the 100m and 200m world records of 9.58 and 19.19 respectively.
“He was worth it last year, and I think he’ll be worth it this year too. That’s what I hope, at least. And the money he cost was already earmarked in the budget,” Söderberg was quoted as saying.
The deal was finally secured after an off-colour Bolt performed unsatisfactorily in a Paris race, and decided to participate in the Stockholm competition.
“Of course I’m pleased. There aren’t too many places where he’s competed two years in a row,” said Söderberg to the newspaper Aftonbladet.
Bolt ran in the 100 metre race at last year’s DN-Galan, and came second after American sprinter Tyson Gay – a minor shock to the athletics world. This year Bolt will be running in the 200 meter race, a distance in which the sprinter is virtually unmatched.
http://sportingnetnews.com/2011/07/1...-in-stockholm/
Published on July 11, 2011 by snn STOCKHOLM, Sweden – It is costing organizers, according to reports, US$310,000 to get World triple record holder and Olympic Games and World sprint double champion Usain Bolt to run at this month’s DN-Galan.
Usain BoltThe deal took several days of negotiations for DN-Galan’s competition director Rajne Söderberg to get the world’s most wanted track & field athlete – holder of the 100m and 200m world records of 9.58 and 19.19 respectively.
“He was worth it last year, and I think he’ll be worth it this year too. That’s what I hope, at least. And the money he cost was already earmarked in the budget,” Söderberg was quoted as saying.
The deal was finally secured after an off-colour Bolt performed unsatisfactorily in a Paris race, and decided to participate in the Stockholm competition.
“Of course I’m pleased. There aren’t too many places where he’s competed two years in a row,” said Söderberg to the newspaper Aftonbladet.
Bolt ran in the 100 metre race at last year’s DN-Galan, and came second after American sprinter Tyson Gay – a minor shock to the athletics world. This year Bolt will be running in the 200 meter race, a distance in which the sprinter is virtually unmatched.
http://sportingnetnews.com/2011/07/1...-in-stockholm/
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