The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, and his partner Kasi Bennett have announced the birth of their twin sons.
The couple posted photos of themselves with the twins and their third child on social media on Father’s Day, sparking a barrage of congratulatory messages for the pair.
However, it wasn’t just the first shots of the twins that had people talking on Twitter.
Bolt and Kasi, whose first daughter was appropriately named Olympia Lightning Bolt, posted that their twins would be called Thunder Bolt and Saint Leo Bolt.
Thunder, like Lightning, is an obvious reference to the surname ‘Bolt’, while Saint Leo is named after his father.
Olympia Lightning Bolt ⚡️
Saint Leo Bolt ⚡️
Thunder Bolt ⚡️@kasi__b pic.twitter.com/Jck41B8j3J— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) June 20, 2021
Of course, fans who were thunderstruck (pun intended) by the name choices and took to social media to share their thoughts.
Saint’s middle name is Leo
Olympia’s middle name is Lightning.
Whats Thunder’s middle name? Storm?— Janell Palmer (@Remlap20) June 21, 2021
Bless up, But Lightning and Thunder will give plenty trouble when it rains pic.twitter.com/GU6ygR93hy
— Wisdom of The Lion (@sonofselassie) June 20, 2021
And Kasi is actually Kiswahili for “speed” ⚡️.
— Kariûki (@KiloFxTrot) June 20, 2021
That’s awesome, Congratulations to you and family.
With those names the kids will have alot of living up to.😍— Shaunna M (@choctldelite) June 20, 2021
Listen, when your name is Bolt and you’re the fastest man alive, the universe is telling you to do all the cool things with the baby names. 👍🏽
Wishing nothing but joy for this beautiful family.
— Patricia Gillett (@PattieGillett) June 20, 2021
A family of bolts…Issa thunderstorm lol don’t drag me
— Nikkiforeal (@DRealNikkiM) June 20, 2021
Lightning and Thunder ? Gonna be a storm around here. 😃Congratulations
— Cynthia Pottinger (@cynthiatricia) June 20, 2021
Bolt is the World Record holder in the 100m and 200m events and became the first person to win gold medals in both events at three straight Olympics.
