Olympic sprinting legend Usain Bolt and Minnie Dlamini-Jones will again be hosting the Sun Met, celebrated with GH Mumm Champagne at Kenilworth on Saturday.
Maison Mumm’s Chief Entertainment Officer, the Jamaican Usain Bolt is set to make his return alongside Minnie Dlamini-Jones and Somizi Mhlongo.
Last year the fastest man on earth arrived by helicopter and made a brief appearance at the winning presentation.
From winning gold medals and beating the odds, the 32 year old Usain St Leo Bolt is a world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4 × 100 metres relay. His reign as Olympic champion in all of these events spans three Olympics. He is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.
A nine-time Olympic gold medalist, Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games. He gained worldwide fame for his double sprint victory in world record times at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, which made him the first person to hold both records since fully automatic time became mandatory.
He improved upon his second 100 m world record of 9.69 with 9.58 seconds in 2009 – the biggest improvement since the start of electronic timing. He twice broke the 200 metres world record, setting 19.30 in 2008 and 19.19 in 2009.
In August last year Bolt began training with Australian football A-League club, the Central Coast Mariners, as a left-winger.
Regarding Bolt, Dlamini said: “He’s very cool and not standoffish”, adding he was an “open person and a joy to work with”.
Since becoming a G.H. Mumm ambassador, Dlamini has had numerous experiences with the brand.
Two of the opportunities came when she took a trip to Paris, France in September. Dlamini and Bolt drank champagne in zero gravity where G.H Mumm manufactured a special bottle that could be popped in zero gravity.
She also visited the French brand’s wine farm with the trip coincided with her one-year anniversary with her husband Quinton Jones, where Dlamini was able to celebrate the special day with her husband in the capital.
Dlamini said she was looking forward to seeing how racegoers interpreted the “Precious Metals“ theme.
