Australian dash sensation Gout Gout‘s tall body, lengthy stride and charismatic attraction solely scratch the floor of his similarities to trace 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 Colleges 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 impressive (however wind-assisted) 100m time, Gout went on to interrupt Peter Norman‘s 56-year-old nationwide 200m document of 20.06 seconds and set a brand new Oceanian document. Gout’s time of 20.04 seconds is an enormous 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 Excessive Efficiency Podcast and shared his expertise as a remarkably proficient younger athlete. “I used to be 15 after I gained the world juniors,” he mentioned. “I used to be actually younger and I used to be actually proficient, so I didn’t should work as laborious. Once I obtained to the skilled degree, and I felt prefer it was simply going to be straightforward.”
“I obtained 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 know.”
Nice performances! Enjoyable to consider his potential. However 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 strong crew round him to assist him navigate the journey. https://t.co/lCHDOzj8gG
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) December 9, 2024
On X, Gout additionally obtained related recommendation from retired Olympic champion Michael Johnson. “Nice performances!” the Grand Slam Observe founder wrote. “Enjoyable to consider his potential. However 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 strong crew round him to assist him navigate the journey.”
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Gout Gout is definitely Guot Guot, and he may have been Canadian
Gout’s mother and father informed 7 Information 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 data nonetheless doc the household title as “Gout.” The sprinter’s mother and father additionally revealed that they’d deliberate to maneuver to Canada, however the Australian authorities offered its paperwork first. The pair opted to calm down in Brisbane, the place Gout was born in 2007.
