Usain Bolt has been photographed in bed with a Brazilian student in Rio de Janeiro amid rumours he would be marrying his girlfriend Kasi Bennett after the Olympics.
Jady Duarte, 20, shared pictures of herself with the topless athlete on Whatsapp.
One photo shows the Jamaican gold medallist kissing the woman’s cheek and in another he is posing with his arm around her.
Duarte tweeted in Portuguese to say her night with the sprinter was “not a big deal”, admitting she had not realised who the wildly popular athlete was until her friend pointed it out.
Bolt, who has been dating his Jamaican girlfriend Bennett for two years, was also photographed dancing with another woman during his 30th birthday celebration in Rio.
This came a day after the athlete’s sister, Christine Bolt-Hylton, told The Sun that Bolt and his girlfriend were “serious” and expected the couple to get engaged on his return to the UK.
Duarte said she met the track star at a club in Barra, west Rio. After the incident, Bolt followed her on Instagram but the student said she was not proud of the pictures.
“[The impact] is very negative,” she told Brazilian news site Extra. “I never wanted to be famous. I’m dying of shame.”
Duarte told Extra that the impact of the pictures had “left her mortified”.
She said: “It was not a big deal. It was normal. I would rather not talk about it in order not to complicate matters. Like I said, it was normal.”
The revelation may not have negative consequences for Bolt, who revealed in the Daily Telegraph that he believed cheating was acceptable.
“Jamaican culture is different, when you look at women and men having more than one [partner], it’s different,” he said.
“I’ve noticed that in Britain every famous person, as soon as they get famous, they have to get married — like, it’s a rule. And I’m like, that’s not fair!”
He also said it was difficult to “stay with one woman” when there was temptation from others when you were a celebrity.
“It’s hard for you to stay with one woman because girls are literally just throwing themselves at you,” he said. “And that’s unfair to us guys. It’s hard to say no, you know what I mean?”
Bolt, who has not verified the photographs, has yet to comment.