What do you do when you've retired from being potentially the greatest athlete to grace god's green earth? Well if you're Usain Bolt then you try to become good at football.
In his time as a runner Usain Bolt won eight Olympic gold medals. Over three games he never lost a single race and would have ended his career with nine medals if it wasn't for one of his teammates failing a drugs test after relay success.
Nestor Carter didn't even make the final of the 100m at the Beijing Olympics and he lost his gold in the relay, did he really think a team with Bolt and Asafa Powell really needed that help?!
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Anyway Bolt decided to quit a life of running after last year's World Championships in London and instead wanted to try his hand at becoming a professional footballer.
He's already had a go training with Borussia Dortmund and once again his sponsor Puma have got him in with another one of their teams.
The Jamaican has been training with Norwegian side Strømsgodset:
And Bolt was given the number 9.58, his 100m World Record, nice little touch:
Club executive Bjorn Gulden told newspaper VG, "He came from Kingston last night. Usain is a sports boy. I'm sure he's going to have a lot of fun with the guys here. It was a good mood when the players saw him coming."
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Gulden said he didn't know how far Bolt would go in football, adding, "I do not know. He is a football player. He has been the world's best in what some very few are good at, who is running fast, but he will probably understand that he is not as good at football. But I dare not say what level he could play on. I'm sure he has big goals."
After his trial with Dortmund then manager Peter Stöger said, "If he wants to succeed at the top level, he still has a lot of work left to do. But in his age there is not much room for development."
It remains to be seen if Bolt can make it but you wouldn't want to be a defender up against his pace.
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