Usain Bolt and girlfriend Kasi Bennett. Courtesy Kasi Bennett/Instagram
From gold medals to a rising household! Usain Bolt‘s girlfriend, Kasi Bennett, has given delivery to their first youngster.
“Congratulations to our dash legend Usain Bolt and Kasi Bennett on the arrival of their child lady!” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness tweeted on Monday, Might 18.
Bennett, 29, appeared to verify the information on her Instagram Story by reposting Tiffany Samantha‘s video of herself pouring wine right into a “Proud Aunt” cup. She captioned the footage: “As a result of I’ve waited so lengthy for this.”
The Olympian, 33, introduced in January that he and the advertising and marketing director had somewhat one on the way in which. “I simply need to say a KING or QUEEN is about to be HERE @kasi.b,” the athlete wrote on Instagram on the time alongside pictures of Bennett cradling her child bump on a seaside.
“Our greatest blessing,” the then-pregnant star captioned her personal social media reveal. “Our best celebration. Our golden youngster. Coming quickly.”
Bolt shared his and the Venture Kase founder’s household plans in October 2018. “One thing I’ve discovered is it’s by no means a very good time to have children,” the previous sprinter instructed Stellar journal. “It’s by no means a very good time. You simply need to wade through it. It’s within the close to future, so, hopefully. We’ll see.”
The eight-time gold medalist went on to inform the outlet: “I positively need a household, although. For me, over time, I’ve waited as a result of I need to make certain it’s the appropriate individual.”
Two months later, Bolt gushed about his girlfriend on Instagram. “Collectively endlessly hold watching. #yesyou,” the Jamaica native captioned a PDA image.
Whereas the 11-time World Champion is the world-record holder in three races, he retired in 2017 and tried his hand at a distinct sport — soccer. Bolt began coaching with the Central Coast Mariners, an Australian A-League membership, in August 2018. He scored two targets the next month throughout a match, however left the group in November 2018.
In January 2019, Bolt declared that his “sports activities life is over.” He instructed ESPN on the time: “It was a very good expertise. I actually loved simply being in a group and it was totally different from observe and area and it was enjoyable whereas it lasted. … I’m now transferring into totally different companies, I’ve plenty of issues within the pipeline, in order I say, I’m simply dabbling in all the pieces and making an attempt to be a businessman now.”
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