Watch 16-Year-Old Gout Gout — Considered the Next Usain Bolt — Destroy the Field in 100-Meter Race
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12/06/2024 03:16 PM
Gout said he'll be training with Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles beginning in January
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Gout Gout of Queensland celebrates winning the Boys' U18 100m final during the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championship at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre on December 06, 2024 in Brisbane, AustraliaMeet Gout Gout, the 16-year-old Australian sprinter who recorded the fourth-fastest time by an Australian in the 100-meter race on Friday, Dec. 6.
Gout, largely touted as the next Usain Bolt, clocked in at 10.04 seconds during the heats at the All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland.
The sprint was the fourth-fastest time of a sprinter of any age, according to CNN.
Unfortunately, Gout's sprint won't count in official records due to being wind-assisted (which happens when a tailwind exceeds a velocity of 2.0 meters per second, per NCAA.com), CNN reported.
After coming in with the fourth-fastest time in the heats, Gout raced again on Friday, running the final in 10.17 — the sixth-fastest time for a sprinter under 18 years old — beating his previous personal record of 10.29 seconds.
SORRY WHAT?!👂 10.04? 👀
— Athletics Australia (@AthsAust) December 6, 2024
Teenage sensation Gout Gout gets the crowd roaring with a spectacular though windy 10.04 (+3.4) performance in his U18 100m Heat - the fourth fastest time in all conditions by an Australian in history.
Stay tuned for the final at 3:40pm AEST. Tune in… pic.twitter.com/UbXfzH5mj6
Gout told Athletics Australia after the race that he's been "chasing this national record for a while now."
"In the heat, I thought I got it, but it was a crazy tailwind, so I just did the same thing and got the job done."
The previous Australian under 18 years old to hold the record was Sebastian Sultana with 10.27.
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In January, Gout will train with Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles — who won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100-meter back in August — and Lyles' coach Lance Brauman, he told Athletics Australia.
"Hopefully, we can qualify for the Tokyo World Championships...If not, I'll just finish my school in Year 12," he told the Australian outlet.
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Gout Gout of Queensland wins his Boys' U18 100m heat in 10.04 seconds with a +3.4 tail-wind during the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championship at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre on December 06, 2024 in Brisbane, AustraliaRelated: NFL Star Tyreek Hill Challenges Olympic Sprinter Noah Lyles to a Race
After the video of Gout's race was shared online, users on X (formerly known as Twitter) reacted strongly to the young sprinter's skills.
"So fast they had to name him twice," one user wrote, while another said, "Future Olympic gold medalist."
Another user predicted that Bolt's former record "might be destroyed before this kid clocks 20," after seeing the impressive sprint.
On Saturday, Gout will run in the 200-meter event in Queensland.
