Newly-crowned Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt was deliberately not invited to the Stockholm Diamond League meeting because the Jamaican commands too great an appearance fee, according to organisers.
Meet organiser Jan Kowalski told the Expressen tabloid: “We’d get to saturation point if he were to run every year. Read more on Jamaica Observer.
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