Usain Bolt hosts The Sun Met

The athlete hosted The Sun Met for the second year, alongside Minnie Dlamini-Jones and Somizi Mhlongo.


Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt is in the country to host the Sun Met alongside Minnie Dlamini-Jones and Somizi Mhlongo.

The athlete and entrepreneur was hired by the official sponsors of the Sun Met which took place at the Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town on Saturday.

The Sun Met hosted celebrities and some of the wealthiest socialites on the continent. This is the second year in a row that Minnie and Bolt worked together for the horse racing event.

This year’s winner of the 2019 Sun Met was the Anton Marcus-jockeyed Rainbow Bridge trained by Eric Sands. Second place went to Do It Again and in third place was Head Hancho.

The theme for this year’s The Sun Met was African Luxury.

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