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Bolt trains with new soccer team, ready to 'prove people wrong'

[PHOTO: COURTESY]

Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt eased into his first training session with Australia's Central Coast Mariners on Tuesday and said he was ready to prove the doubters wrong by winning a professional football contract.

Monitored by a big media pack, Bolt, who turned 32 on Tuesday, emerged at Central Coast stadium with his prospective team mates, flashing a big grin as he kicked the ball around during a light session in the sleepy seaside town of Gosford.

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