Bolt adopts new four-legged friend

Published on Monday 2 November 2009 22:00

THE world's fastest man has adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named 'Lightning Bolt' into his life. The Jamaican sprinter's sponsorship of the three-month-old male cheetah is part of an effort to boost Kenyan conservation efforts of its famous wildlife, whose survival is threatened by trophy hunting, climate change and human encroachment. The world record-holder in the 100 and 200 metres paid $13,700 to formally adopt the

Bolt was joined on the trip by Colin Jackson, the former 110m hurdles Olympic champion, and adopted a two-year-old eland, the largest of the antelope species.