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Usain Bolt Offers to 'Coach' iShowSpeed to Run Faster

The streamer has been offered a training session with the record-breaking gold medallist.

(L-R) iShowSpeed and Usain Bolt.
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Usain Bolt might be retired, but it looks like he's still got enough energy to help iShowSpeed improve his sprinting time.

During a stream on Friday (May 30), iShowSpeed shared an Instagram video note that he received from the former sprinter, who offered to "link up any time" with him. "I'm retired now, so I'm not running," the eight-time Olympic gold medalist said. "But I can coach you to go faster. You're already fast, but everybody wants to be faster, right?"

"Yoooo!" Speed shouted in response. "Private training with Usain Bolt!" Speed replied by calling the athlete a "legend." "Let's lock that training session in," he added.

The session could happen this year to perfectly align with the streamer's Speed Goes Pro YouTube series, where he'll face off with other big names in sports.

"I’ve always said that with real training I could go pro in any sport, and now I get to prove it by competing with some of the G.O.A.T.s," Speed said in a press statement. "Learning from legends like Tom Brady and Kevin Durant is amazing, and I’m ready for it all. Huge thanks to the teams at OBB Media and DICK’S Sporting Goods for believing in the vision and helping me turn these challenges into must-watch moments. W's in the chat!"

After training with Bolt, a rematch could be on the cards for Speed with Noah Lyles, who defeated him during a $100,000 race thrown by MrBeast last year.

In other iShowSpeed news, the internet personality’s younger brother, Jamal reached 100,000 subscribers on YouTube earlier this month.

Going live with Jamal, Speed realized his brother had hit the milestone, telling him. "Wait, I think you hit 100k."

“I love you, bro,” Speed said to Jamal. “Bro, I love you, man. Thank you for making this work,” Jamal replied, as they hugged it out.

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