Usain Bolt Races Against “Insane” Bolt in Latest Ad Spot

By: - May 1st, 2013

Above: Usain Bolt

By the Caribbean Journal staff

What if Usain Bolt had a brother who was twice as fast?

That’s the premise of the Jamaican gold medalist’s latest advertising pitch for US-based cable company Comcast, in which he runs alongside a twice-faster brother, “Insane” Bolt.

The ad is for Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service.

The Trelawny native races alongside “Insane” across a series of scenes. In one, he speaks to sports personality Bob Costas on a tablet computer. The sprinting superstar’s relationship with Comcast is the latest in a long line of pitches for large companies, most notably sportswear company Puma.

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