The Arsenal star is waiting for a call from the Olympic champion.
Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin in action with Liverpool’s Georginio Wijnaldum
Arsenal speedster Hector Bellerin has challenged Olympic champion and world record holder Usain Bolt to a sprint challenge in a Q&A interview published in the Daily Mail.
Bellerin is regarded as one of the fastest players in the Premier League and he broke Theo Walcott’s 40m club sprint record last year setting a time of 4.42 seconds over a distance.
Usain Bolt
Jamaican superstar Bolt, who won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m in Rio to complete his ‘triple-triple’ of Olympic titles, set the current 100m world record at the World Championships in Berlin seven years ago when he clocked 9.58 seconds.
During that race Bolt took 4.64 seconds to cover the first four tenths of the track which means Bellerin would have been a full two metres ahead of Bolt at the 40 metre mark had they lined up together in 2009.
Spanish defender Bellerin has now called out nine-time Olympic king-pin Bolt for a race to prove who is the fastest man in the world.
Bolt celebrates another success
Speaking at a Q&A for Puma Bellerin said “It’s not me you have to ask, I’ve been waiting for that phone call from Jamaica.
“I challenged him a while ago and he said maybe after Rio. So I’m just waiting now, need to push him.”
Bellerin helped Arsenal to a 1-1 draw with Paris Saint Germain in their opening Champions League game this season and the right-back echoed the sentiments of his manager Arsene Wenger that the Gunners can go far Europe’s premier competition this season.
Arsenal have been knocked out at the round of 16 for the last seven straight seasons, but Bellerin believes they now have the quality and experience to reach the latter stages of the competition.
“Definitely to make it further in the Champions League. I thought it was a great point because it wasn’t the greatest of starts,” added Bellerin.
“We’re very confident as a team, we’ve been together for a few seasons now. We’ve had some great additions to the team and there’s a lot of hunger and desire.”
Arsenal’s Hector Bellerin and Petr Cech applaud fans after the game
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