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::SPORTS NEWS::
LE Newsletter -
November 5, 2009
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Usain Bolt May Have Met His Match With Pet Cheetah
Source:
www.thestar.com
(November 02, 2009) NAIROBI–Olympic and world sprint champion
Usain Bolt
on Monday adopted a
cheetah cub in Kenya's Nairobi National Park.
The head of the Kenya Wildlife Service, Julius Kipng'etich,
described the event as "the first time in history where the
fastest animal and the fastest man will meet."
Bolt, who had said previously he was scared of cheetahs as they
could out-run him, said he changed his mind as he bottle-fed the
two-month-old cub over his shoulder.
Cheetahs are some of the world's fastest and most skilled
predators, able to reach speeds of up to 112 km per hour. The
Jamaican sprinter's new cub has been named Lightning Bolt.
Bolt was accompanied by Welsh hurdler Colin Jackson who adopted
an eland, and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga who has
previously adopted two lions.
Odinga used the occasion to remind Kenyans that it was their
"civic duty" to preserve the country's diverse wildlife, not
just for tourism, but for future generations.
He described the event as a "refreshing" opportunity to talk
about sport and wildlife conservation rather than politics, in a
country that has faced huge political challenges in recent
years.
Bolt has been touring Kenya since last Friday as a sports
ambassador for The Zeitz Foundation of Germany. |
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