10th April 2015 – The world’s fastest man Usain Bolt got to meet the World’s most powerful man President Barack Obama in Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting took place at a town hall event for Young Leaders at the University of West Indies where the United States President was the keynote speaker on his short visit to the island. In his address President Obama said ‘I get a chance to say hi to Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. When you have the fastest people on the planet, you gotta say hi to them right? Cause that’s fast. There are a lot of people out there. And they’re the fastest.’ After the event President Obama spoke about the six-time Olympic champion saying ‘Nobody’s ever been faster than this guy. Ever…of all the billions of people.’ He then told Bolt ‘Wait, wait should we get a pose here? Come on man show me’ before the pair busted out in the sprinter’s signature pose for cameras. Usain later posted a message eon his social media, ‘What can I say.. It was truly a great honour meeting the President of United States of America.’
