Jamaican track star Usain Bolt held one of the most entertaining press conferences of all-time on Monday.
Bolt, as usual, drew a crowd. It was his first public appearance in Rio de Janeiro, and he also recently announced that he’d be retiring after the 2016 Olympics. So yeah, it was a pretty big event before Bolt even began speaking.
At a Usain Bolt news conference in Rio. They had to book the biggest theatre in South America to fit everyone in pic.twitter.com/qGknyUqlUg
— Dan Roan (@danroan) August 8, 2016
Bolt speaks. Who else in Olympic sport can generate attention like this? pic.twitter.com/3Hm9XPsSRB
— Dan Roan (@danroan) August 8, 2016
It’s a good thing they picked such a large theatre for the event, because after he was done speaking, he danced samba with a group of scantily clad women.
Usain Bolt’s Rio news conference becomes samba session pic.twitter.com/F5DuO3wSL1
— Dan Roan (@danroan) August 8, 2016
Usain Bolt dancing the samba in Rio pic.twitter.com/7p6qpQvYMn
— Dan Roan (@danroan) August 8, 2016
That was a news conference for the ages, and let’s be honest: We all wish we were there to watch it in person. Bolt knows how to steal the show, wherever he is.
[H/T: Dan Roan of BBC Sport]