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London: A city council in Britain has unveiled a statue of sprinter Usain Bolt, costing £15,000 (about $23,500), but it has a fault—the model shows the world record holder in his famous pose pointing, but on the wrong side. [caption id=“attachment_383377” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Oops! says Bolt. Getty Images[/caption] The six-feet-tall statue, ordered by the Birmingham City Council and made of wicker, a hard woven fiber, shows the five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medallist Jamaican runner raising his right arm—even though the sprinter, based in Birmingham, always lifts his left, The Sun reported. Unfazed by the criticism, the council, however, said: “Next you’ll say the face doesn’t look like him.” IANS
A city council in Britain has unveiled a statue of sprinter Usain Bolt, costing £15,000 (about $23,500), but it has a fault—the model shows the world record holder in his famous pose pointing, but on the wrong side.
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