Britney Spears claims she's broken Usain Bolt's 100m sprint record

If Britney and Usain Bolt ran a 100m sprint, who would win? Photo / Getty Images

Like many of us, Britney Spears has been making the most of the Covid-19 lockdown working on her fitness - but some of her claims about her fitness milestones have fans bemused, according to Metro UK.

The Toxic star, 38, claimed to have sprinted 100m in just over half the time of the world record, which currently sits with Usain Bolt.

She posted a screenshot on Instagram - now deleted - showing her phone timer reading 00:05:97, captioning it: "Ran my first 5 !!!! Getting over your fear of pushing it in the beginning is key …. once I did that I hit 5 !!!!! 'Usually I run 6 or 7 …. my first try was 9 …. and now I did it whoop !!!!! 100 meter dash."

But fans were quick to question her claims, since Bolt currently holds the world record for the fastest 100m sprint in 9.58 seconds.

Bolt set the record at the 2009 Berlin World Athletics Championships, unbeaten ever since ... except, apparently, by Spears, who claims to have run the same distance in 5.97 seconds.

The star might be in top physical condition, but she may have got her timing a little wrong to come up with this figure.

Britney shared her sprint time in a now deleted Instagram post. Photo / Instagram

Her followers commented "so you broke the 100m world record?" and "100 metres in under 6 seconds, watch out Usain Bolt".

"Are we just going to ignore the fact she has just beaten Usain Bolt [the world record holder] by 3 seconds?" queried another.

Another fan pointed out that she'd recently broken her foot, which would make smashing world records in running even more of a feat - pardon the pun.

It's hard to believe - maybe Spears and Bolt should go head to head in a 100m sprint race to see who really holds the world record.

Virtually, of course - they can run but they can't hide from coronavirus.