Bolt departure great for rivals, bad for athletics

Athletics - IAAF Diamond League Herculis meeting - 100m Men - Louis II Stadium, Monaco - July 21, 2017. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in action. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

ZURICH (Reuters) - Usain Bolt's rivals will, for once, be glad to see the back of a man who has dominated global sprinting for the last decade but the sport of athletics will be far less enthusiastic about bidding a final farewell to the charismatic Jamaican.

Bolt has completed the sprint double at the last three Olympics and had he not been disqualified ahead of the 100 metres final at Daegu in 2011, the 30-year-old could have matched that feat at the last four world championships.