{"id":139203,"date":"2021-06-21T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=139203"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:25:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T09:55:49","slug":"usain-bolt-twins-thunder-bolt-saint-leo-bolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/usain-bolt-twins-thunder-bolt-saint-leo-bolt\/","title":{"rendered":"Usain Bolt has twins, names them Thunder Bolt, Saint Leo Bolt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All-time Olympic great sprinter Usain Bolt and his partner Kasi Bennett on Sunday announced the birth of twin boys and named them Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion of Father&#8217;s Day, Bolt revealed the news on Twitter with a Father&#8217;s Day family photo, showing a lightning bolt emoji next to each of his children&#8217;s names in the caption, without stating when the twins were born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Olympia Lightning Bolt \u26a1\ufe0f<br>Saint Leo Bolt \u26a1\ufe0f<br>Thunder Bolt \u26a1\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kasi__b?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kasi__b<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jck41B8j3J\">pic.twitter.com\/Jck41B8j3J<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usainbolt\/status\/1406671920771342338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bennett also posted a shot of the couple posing with the twins and daughter Olympia Lightning Bolt captioned: &#8220;Happy Father&#8217;s Day to my forever love! @usainbolt You are the rock of this family and the greatest daddy to our little ones. We love you world without end!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Olympia Lightning was born in May 2020 but the name was only announced two months later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Twitter users went into a frenzy after Bolt posted the family picture and announced names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/sasha_author\/status\/1406683396479258625\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lightning and Thunder ? Gonna be a storm around here. \ud83d\ude03Congratulations<\/p>&mdash; Cynthia Pottinger (@cynthiatricia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cynthiatricia\/status\/1406679184743833601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 34-year-old Bolt is an eight-time\u00a0Olympic gold medallist and the only sprinter to win\u00a0Olympic 100 m\u00a0and\u00a0200\u00a0m\u00a0titles at three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016). He also won two 4 \u00d7 100 relay gold medals. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the\u00a02008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since\u00a0fully automatic time\u00a0became mandatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Also: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/international-yoga-day-pm-modi-addresses-nation-says-yoga-helped-during-covid\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/international-yoga-day-pm-modi-addresses-nation-says-yoga-helped-during-covid\/\">International Yoga Day: PM Modi addresses nation, says Yoga helped during Covid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fastest man in history, Bolt holds the world records for 100 meters and 200 meters. 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