The teenage dash sensation will likely be concentrating on the Australian under-18 100m file of 10.27 in Brisbane
Gout Gout, the teenage dash celebrity that has garnered international consideration, will compete over 100m on the upcoming Australian All Faculties Championships (December 6-9).
The 16-year-old, who has already been in comparison with Usain Bolt at an identical age, will likely be concentrating on the Australian under-18 100m file of 10.27 – held by Sebastian Sultana – in Brisbane this weekend.
If Gout can obtain that feat then he’ll maintain each Australian under-18 100m and 200m information.
Final month {the teenager} went fourth on the U18 200m all-time record, courtesy of his 20.29 over on the Queensland All Faculties Observe and Discipline Championships.
Not solely was that adequate for Gout to say the nationwide under-20 file over half a lap however he turned the quickest Australian within the 200m since 1993.
Sebastian Sultana (Getty)
For Gout to be the Australian 100m under-20 record-holder, he’ll should run faster than 10.15, which Jake Doran clocked in 2018.
Gout first caught folks’s consideration two years in the past when he ran 10.57 for 100m and has since improved his private greatest by simply wanting three tenths of a second.
It’s over 200m the place he has made the most important influence although – this previous summer time Gout claimed an outstanding silver medal over half a lap on the World Below-20 Championships in Lima, putting behind South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza.
In accordance with The Guardian, Gout and his coach Di Sheppard, via their mutual sponsor Adidas, have additionally secured an invitation to hitch Noah Lyles and his coach Lance Brauman in Florida for just a few weeks in January.
A full timetable will be discovered right here.
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