Australian dash sensation Gout Gout‘s tall body, lengthy stride and charismatic enchantment 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 appears to be like like younger me,” Bolt mentioned on social media.
A day after surging to an excellent (however wind-assisted) 100m time, Gout went on to interrupt 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 bounce 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 once I gained the world juniors,” he mentioned. “I used to be actually younger and I used to be actually proficient, so I didn’t must work as exhausting. After I received to the skilled stage, and I felt prefer it was simply going to be simple.”
“I received to the stage the place I might go to meets and I might 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 better the potential, the upper the chance. He’ll want a strong staff round him to assist him navigate the journey. https://t.co/lCHDOzj8gG
— Michael Johnson (@MJGold) December 9, 2024
On X, Gout additionally acquired 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 better the potential, the upper the chance. He’ll want a strong staff round him to assist him navigate the journey.”
Gout Gout is definitely Guot Guot, and he might have been Canadian
Gout’s dad and mom advised 7 Information that the athlete’s identify is meant to be Guot Guot (pronounced gwot), however in 2005, whereas the couple was fleeing South Sudan, the household identify was misspelled throughout translation from Arabic. Official data nonetheless doc the household identify as “Gout.” The sprinter’s dad and mom additionally revealed that they’d deliberate to maneuver to Canada, however the Australian authorities supplied its paperwork first. The pair opted to cool down in Brisbane, the place Gout was born in 2007.