Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout‘s tall body, lengthy stride and charismatic enchantment solely scratch the floor of his similarities to monitor icon Usain Bolt. The 16-year-old’s expertise is now difficult the legendary pace of Bolt himself. Gout’s efficiency at Saturday’s Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Nathan, Australia, surpassed the Jamaican’s capabilities on the identical age. “He seems like younger me,” Bolt mentioned on social media.
A day after surging to an excellent (however wind-assisted) 100m time, Gout went on to break Peter Norman‘s 56-year-old nationwide 200m file of 20.06 seconds and set a brand new Oceanian file. Gout’s time of 20.04 seconds is a large leap from his earlier better of 20.29 seconds, and surpasses Bolt’s finest time at 16, 20.13 seconds.
In early November, Bolt appeared on the High Performance Podcast and shared his expertise as a remarkably gifted younger athlete. “I used to be 15 once I received the world juniors,” he mentioned. “I used to be actually younger and I used to be actually gifted, so I didn’t have to work as exhausting. When I received to the skilled degree, and I felt prefer it was simply going to be simple.”
“I received to the stage the place I’d go to meets and I’d lose,” Bolt remarked. “I used to be like, that is unusual, that is new. So it took me some time to perceive.”
Great performances! Fun to take into consideration his potential. But even with such nice potential, realizing it’s a complete totally different factor. The higher the potential, the upper the chance. He’ll want a stable workforce round him to assist him navigate the journey. https://t.co/lCHDOzj8gG
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) December 9, 2024
On X, Gout additionally acquired comparable recommendation from retired Olympic champion Michael Johnson. “Great performances!” the Grand Slam Track founder wrote. “Fun to take into consideration his potential. But even with such nice potential, realizing it’s a complete totally different factor. The higher the potential, the upper the chance. He’ll want a stable workforce round him to assist him navigate the journey.”
Gout Gout is definitely Guot Guot, and he may have been Canadian
Gout’s mother and father instructed 7 News that the athlete’s title is meant to be Guot Guot (pronounced gwot), however in 2005, whereas the couple was fleeing South Sudan, the household title was misspelled throughout translation from Arabic. Official information nonetheless doc the household title as “Gout.” The sprinter’s mother and father additionally revealed that they’d deliberate to transfer to Canada, however the Australian authorities offered its paperwork first. The pair opted to quiet down in Brisbane, the place Gout was born in 2007.