Media coverage of sport, as we all know, can sometimes head in directions few expected.

And a Usain Bolt v Kylian Mbappe war of words was as unpredictable as it comes.

This week, the conversation that followed PSG’s victory over Real Sociedad in the last-16 of the Champions League was predicted by no one.

In their second-leg victory over the Spaniards, Mbappe was the star, scoring both of PSG’s goals in a 2-1 victory.

Yet in the aftermath of that win, Mbappe found himself being trolled by none other than Bolt.

The Jamaican is, of course, the fastest man to have ever lived.

Eight Olympic gold medals, 11 world titles and a 100m world record set in 2009 that still stands today.

And, somehow, we ended up in a situation where Bolt was drawn into ridiculing Mbappe’s speed, or lack of it.

The evening of PSG’s victory, BBC Sport, amongst others, posted on social media that Mbappe “clocked an estimated speed of 10.9 seconds over 100m”.

“That's just over a second slower than Usain Bolt's world record,” the post went on to say.

Cue the responses mercilessly tearing into the Frenchman’s pace.

It was quickly pointed out by “helpful” bystanders that in running at that speed, Mbappe would be well behind Bolt in a 100m race. Over 10m behind, in fact.

Even mere club runners can run 10.9 seconds for the 100m,........

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