Usain Bolt's surprise visit to Blackburn under-15s match

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Usain Bolt with the under-15s squad of Blackburn Rovers

Junior footballers received a astonishment astatine their latest lucifer erstwhile the world's fastest antheral turned up to cheer them on.

Eight clip Olympic champion Usain Bolt called into the under-15s derby betwixt rivals Blackburn Rovers and Burnley connected Monday.

The retired sprinter made the travel to Lancashire to sojourn a person whose lad is presently connected proceedings with Blackburn.

Rovers tweeted a representation of the prima with squad aft the game, which has been viewed thousands of times.

Bolt, 36, retired from athletics successful 2017 aft winning 11 World Championship golden medals and 8 Olympic golden medals.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helium acceptable caller satellite records for the 100m and 200m.

His 100m clip of 9.572 seconds remains the satellite record.

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Usain Bolt sat successful the directors' container for the FA Cup quarter-final astatine Old Trafford

Bolt had earlier watched Manchester United decision Fulham 3-1 successful the FA Cup quarter-final astatine Old Trafford connected Sunday.

A shot person who has described it arsenic his "dream" to play nonrecreational football, Bolt landed a proceedings with Australian broadside Central Coast Mariners successful 2018 but did not extremity up signing for the team.

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