Usain Bolt was left stunned when a Norwegian reporter chose to rap for him at a press conference in Rio on Monday. And that was not all, the world 100-metre record holder won over the 530 media members who attended what was supposed to be Jamaica team press conference, as he joked around and danced to Samba beats.
The contrast to every other press conference at the Rio Olympics was stark, showing once again that very few people on the planet transcend sport or command the world’s attention in the way Bolt does.
Walking on to stage, he cheekily told the reporters:
You’ve got to clap louder than that. That was weak.
And that was just the beginning, Bolt left the reporters mesmerised with his beaming smile as he talked about his plans to retire and deprive the Olympics of its biggest star at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
“I dont want to ask you a question” said a Norwegian reporter, much to Bolt’s confusion. Before rapping for the sprinter, twice, he said:
I just want to say ‘I love you’!
Many hoped the Bolt show would go on. Even when the Jamaican said he would miss entertaining people at the Olympics, but not the media, they still laughed. They had been won over a long time ago.
(With Reuters inputs)
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