Gold Coast 2018 organisers see a role for Bolt


Jamaica's Olympic champion Usain Bolt greets members of the crowd before the start of the final night of the Nitro Athletics series at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Hamish Blair

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican sprint great Usain Bolt has already ruled out competing at next year's Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast but organisers are still hoping he will make an appearance of some sort.

"He won't be competing, you all know that, but we are trying to get him to come in some capacity," Gold Coast organising committee chairman Peter Beattie told reporters on Wednesday.

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