The Gout Gout show has continued in Brisbane, with the 16-year-old sprinter being compared to Olympic legend Usain Bolt for the way he claimed victory in the 200m final.
Just 24 hours after posting a wind-assisted time of 10.04 seconds in his 100m heat, the Ipswich product has once again crushed his competition at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.
The wind once again blew in the teenager’s favor and he never seemed to miss his 200 meter heat with a time of 20.38.
Bolt holds the world record for the 200 meters with a time of 19.19 seconds.
Gout once again attracted a huge crowd at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Center and left the commentators in awe, especially when he stopped and crossed the line with no competitors near him.
Wind it up and watch it go now. The signature is about to be signed, sealed and delivered,” said one commenter.
Gout Gout has been dominant at the Queensland Sports and Athletics Center in Brisbane
He claimed victory in his 200-meter heat on Saturday after sweeping the 100 meters the day before.
‘Gout Gout starts walking away, walks away, makes it as easy as you want. Who else but Gout Gout will look so easy running in 20.38?
‘He just took the absolute mickey. “It was chilling,” the co-commentator said.
Unfortunately for Gout, his time in the 200 meters and 100 meters It will not be recorded in any history book.
An illegal 3.4m/s tailwind denied the 16-year-old his moment, not that the Ipswich Grammar student was kicking any stones.
Gout still recorded the fifth-fastest time by an Australian and, given that his exit from the blocks was laborious, there is significant room for improvement.
After his seemingly effortless victory, Gout won the 100m final in 10:17, assisted by a legal 0.9m/s tailwind.
It was the sixth-fastest time ever achieved by an under-18 player in the world and showed that Gout can handle the pressure.
“I’ve been chasing this under-18 national record for a while,” Gout said.
The hype is real when it comes to teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout (pictured at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Brisbane)
The 16-year-old ran an impressive time of 10.04 in his 100m final, but the illegal 3.4m/s tailwind ensured his time was not added to the history books.
As his profile rises, Gout knows he’s the center of attention most places he goes (pictured, after bombing the field to win the 100m final).
“It was a great atmosphere, this does wonders on the track and I couldn’t be happier.”
“When I was younger I didn’t think I could compete against the best or even train with them,” Gout said.
“Now that I’m up there, I couldn’t be happier.”
Gout’s previous unofficial time of 10.04 had only previously been beaten by Patrick Johnson (9.88, 3.6 m/s wind), Rohan Browning (9.96, 3.3 m/s), Tim Jackson (10.00, 4.3 m/s) and the former Olympic athlete turned TV. identity Matt Shirvington (10.03, -0.1 m/s).
After the race, Gout thanked his family for his “difficult journey” after moving to Australia “in search of a better life” from South Sudan.
He also knows that many eyes will be on him every time he uses his spikes.
“Athletics right now is getting bigger,” he said. “Australia is now a great country in athletics and I couldn’t be happier.”
Already sponsored by Adidas, Gout Gout is the son of South Sudanese immigrants Monica (left) and Bona Gout.
At just 16 years old, Brisbane-based track sprinter Gout Gout is the future of Australian athletics
Gout’s coach, Di Sheppard, believes that the son of two South Sudanese immigrants could be an Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 meters like his idol Usain Bolt.
And as your profile rises, Drop He knows he is the center of attention most places he goes.
Constant comparisons to Jamaican sports great Usain Bolt would be intimidating for many teenagers, but not for the confident student from suburban Brisbane.
Gout is happy to take it all in stride, literally, and see how far the sport takes him.
Already sponsored by Adidas, the son of South Sudanese immigrants Monica and Bona Gout finished second in the 200 meters final at the World Under-20 Championships in Lima in August.
The driver was competing with athletes up to two years older and tore through the track to record a skillful time of 20.60.
Gout is also convinced that he will eventually be able to break the elusive 10-second barrier.
The last Australia to do so was Patrick Johnson in 2003, who clocked 9.93 at a meet in Japan.
The drop has stated that a sub 10 time will “definitely happen” and given that he has started to break Olympic icon Bolt’s youth records, it’s hard to argue with that.
Usain Bolt, an eight-time Olympic gold medalist, is considered the greatest sprinter of all time.
His coach Di Sheppard, who discovered him when Gout was a seventh-grader, is just as confident.
“We talk about it because for us it is a fact (that he breaks 10 seconds),” he said. News Corporation.
“When it happens, it happens, and it could happen early… because everything is happening sooner than we expected.”
Come the Brisbane Olympics in 2032, Gout will be 24 and Sheppard believes he can run the 100m and 200m double on the world’s biggest stage.
When it comes to Bolt, Gout is determined to be himself, but given their similar style on the track, he knows comparisons are inevitable.
In January, Gout and Sheppard will travel to the US for a training stint with Orlando-based Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles.
The main goal will be to see Lyles in person and learn how to deal with the considerable hype that is sure to follow in the coming years.
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