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Gout Gout is touted as the next big thing in sprints and Usain Bolt's praise further underlines his meteoric rise.
amaican sprints legend Usain Bolt has become the latest athlete to hail teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout.
The 16-year-old Australian continued his blistering form on the track at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championship on December 7-8. As well as setting personal bests in both the 100m and 200m, Gout set a new national record in the latter.
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Gout, the teen sensation could be the one who finally breaks Usain Bolts records that have stood for the longest
His time of 20.04 seconds surpassed the longstanding record of Peter Norman, set at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.The teenager also clocked a faster time than Bolt's best at that age back in 2003.
Bolt has now given his own verdict on the Aussie phenom after being asked for his thoughts by a fan. Responding on Instagram, the eight-time Olympic gold medalist said: "He looks like young me."
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Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all time, had a nose for glory in 100m and 200m and was always confident and knew when he was going to break a record in his specialty.
It comes after he previously passed on some advice for Gout whilst reflecting on his own early days in the sport. Bolt told the High Performance Podcast in November: "When I started out, I didn’t understand the concept of ‘being great’ because I was young. I was 15 when I won the world juniors, I was really young and I was really talented so I didn’t have to work as hard as it was just talent, as I was winning and winning."
Bolt's praise is the latest development in Gout's meteoric rise this year, still three weeks away from turning 17. He previously won silver at the World Under-20 Championships in Peru, once again in a faster time than Bolt had at the same age.
His medal was followed by a sponsorship deal with Adidas and an invite to train with 100m Paris Olympic champion Noah Lyles.
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