A little bit s**t or nah?

Quite recently Usain Bolt has made the headlines not for his exploits on the track, but rather for something he "might" have said concerning the just ended Commonwealth games in Glasgow.

According to The Times , the world’s fastest man unleashed a thunderbolt of a statement before leaving the athletes village , saying the games are “a bit s**t” and “the Olympics were better”.

Even though Bolt has come out to deny ever making the statement, i couldn't help but wonder if there was any truth to the statement. Are the Games really below par and not entertaining?

So i did a little bit of digging and compared the winning times of both Glasgow 2014 and London 2012, determining where the Commonwealth Games champions would have placed at the Olympics. The results were staggering!

In some rare instances, athletes performed better at the Commonwealth Games. Australian runner Emma Jackson, who came fifth in the triathlon, would have won an Olympic gold medal with the same time in London. For the most part, however, the results at these Games are far less impressive.

Kemar Bailey-Cole, who won the men’s 100m sprint with a time of 10 seconds flat on Tuesday morning, would have come eighth in London. In the final, he only would have beaten compatriot Asafa Powell, who slowed down after injuring his groin. the five fastest men from that race — Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey — were all missing from the event in Glasgow.

In the women's 100m event, Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) with a time of 10.85 would have come equal fourth in London, alongside American sprinter Tianna Madison. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) won with a time of 10.75

In the Men's 110m hurdles, Olympic champ Aries Merritt crossed the line in 12.92secs with Commonwealth champion Andrew Riley (Jamaica), finishing with a time of 13.32. He would have come fourth at the Olympics.

Stephanie McPherson (Jamaica) won the 400m in the Commonwealth games with a time of 50.67. She would have come eighth at the Olympics behind Sanya Richards-Ross (USA)  with a time of 49.55secs.

The men's 400m was won by the same man in both the Olympics and Commonwealth games. Grenada's Kirani James set a new Commonwealth games record of 44.24secs. He would have placed second to himself in the Olympics (43.94), battling with  Luguelín Santos (44.46) of the Dominican Republic for second place.

In the women's Triathlon though, Nicola Spirig (Switzerland), won in a time of 1:59:48. Australia’s Emma Jackson came fifth at the Commonwealth Games, but her time would have won a gold medal in London. England's Jodie Stimpson won the event in the Commonwealth games with a time of 1:58:56

There’s only one conclusion. Many athletes who have won gold in the absence of nations such as China, Russia and the United States would have missed out on medals altogether if they’d posted identical times in London.