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Usain Bolt and Lightening Bolt
Usain and his cheetah pal
Usain Bolt, the world record-holding sprinter, has adopted the world's fastest land animal, a baby cheetah.
The Jamaican sprinter has sponsored a three-month-old male cheetah as part of an effort to help protect wildlife in the African country Kenya.
He paid £8,500 to adopt the cub, and will chip in £1,800 a year to carry on looking after it.
And the speedy chap has named his new cub in style - it's now known as Lightning Bolt.
The money will go to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), and some will be used to protect Kenya's endangered species.
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Usain might be confident on track, but he wasn't so brave when he was asked to pet a fully grown cheetah for a photo shoot on Monday.
The track star nearly ran away, until he saw that the cheetah was harmless.
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