Most sprinters are obsessed about breaking Usain Bolt’s World Record’s. Interestingly, not for Australian teen sensation Gout Gout who prefers winning an Olympic gold medal.

World’s most exciting sprint talent Gout Gout has a bigger career goal than breaking Usain Bolt’s track records after revealing this in a video content with the Oceania Athletics.

 

Before the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday (March 29th), Gout and Paris Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo sat down with the World Athletics social media team for a quick Q&A session.

 

 

Australia’s teen sensation Gout Gout is one of the world’s most exciting sprint talent. Image source: Imago

When asked what they preferred between winning Olympic gold and breaking Bolt’s World Record (WR), the sprint stars gave interesting answers.

 

“Olympic gold,” said the Australian teen sensation, while Tebogo replied “World Record”.

 

Tebogo’s response is understandable considering the speedster already has an Olympic gold after defeating USA’s duo of Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles to win the 200m title in Paris. He achieved this in a new African Record (AR) of 19.46s.

 

Bayapo Ndori bags second consecutive victory over Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, extends 2025 unbeaten streak in Australia

Bayapo Ndori bags second consecutive victory over Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, extends 2025 unbeaten streak in Australia

So with the feat already in his building legacy, it’s expected for the 21-year-old to have an eye on breaking Bolt’s 200m WR of 19.19s.

 

Meanwhile, Gout at 17 years has been dubbed the next Usain Bolt following his record-breaking times at teenage level which the Jamaican legend never ran.

 

Bayanda Walaza x Gout Gout: Head-to-Head, Records, Examining Differences Between World’s Most Exciting Sprint Talents

Bayanda Walaza x Gout Gout: Head-to-Head, Records, Examining Differences Between World’s Most Exciting Sprint Talents

At just 16 years old in December 2024, the rising star broke Peter Norman’s long-standing Australian 200m national record with a jaw-dropping time of 20.04s.

 

This year, he’s backed up that performance massively with an outstanding world-leading time of 20.05s, and a wind-aided 19.98s (+3.6m/s) in Brisbane – becoming the first Australian in history to go under the sub-20s mark under all conditions.

 

Gout Gout tastes first professional 200m defeat in Melbourne

Gout Gout tastes first professional 200m defeat in Melbourne

What’s more interesting is this isn’t the first time Gout has made his Olympic ambitions known. “I want to go to the ’28 Olympics in LA. I want to go to the Brisbane Olympics. And I just want to show the world that I’m Gout and how I’m here to stay and the Olympics is the best place to do that,” said the record-breaking teenage star in an interview with 7News.

 

Gout would still only be 20 years old at the next Games in Los Angeles, which would be a year younger than Bolt was when he won his first Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.

 

The speed of Noah Lyles’ 100m win at the Paris Olympics has been recalculated as a new rule change could see legend Usain Bolt lose his world record.

 

Back in May 2008, Olympic legend Bolt made history as he ran 100 metres in a stunning time of 9.72 seconds at the Reebok Grand Prix in New York, setting a new world record.

 

However, the Jamaican wasn’t done there, as he went on to break his own record another two times, at both at the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a time of 9.69 in the 100m final and the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, setting the current world record time of 9.58.

 

 

 

Since then, many of the world’s fastest men have failed to dethrone Bolt, including current Olympic champion Lyles, but this could be about to change as World Athletics are considering implementing a massive rule change.

 

With a personal-best 9.784 second time in Paris, Lyles took home the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics, coming closer than he ever has to beating Bolt’s record despite suffering from COVID-19.

 

However, had he run as fast as he did this summer under the new ‘super track’ that is being considered by World Athletics, it is almost certain that the American would have smashed the Olympic legend’s long-standing record.

 

What is a ‘super track’?

As reported by The Telegraph, a laboratory near Cambridge believes that what was once deemed impossible could finally be achieved.

 

 

 

Hong Kong-born sprinter turned entrepreneur, Alvina Chen, who has worked with a British-based team of experts across physics, maths, electrical and mechanical engineering, chemistry and manufacturing, has overseen the world’s first digital ‘smart’ track.

 

It has been suggested that its sensors can ‘provide a raft of real-time data that would be transformative to athletes, coaches, fans and media, but early testing has pointed to an energy return that is some 20 per cent greater than existing tracks’.

 

How can the ‘super track’ lead to Usain Bolt’s world record being broken?

Should this ‘super track’ be introduced, it is believed that it would allow for the best athletes in the world to achieve a time that could massively eclipse Bolt’s record.

 

 

 

Chen, who founded Feldspar, explained: “There is the potential for early nine seconds if not sub nine seconds for a human. We see how running shoes have evolved a lot, training methods and nutrition… but one thing that hasn’t changed pretty much is the track surface – that hasn’t changed for like 60 years, from the 1968 Olympics.

 

“We believe we are creating the first major advancement. With our track, we anticipate that it will be 20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track, depending on athlete ability and external conditions. Our vision is to have the track become the universal standard all over the world. We have the world’s fastest running surface.”

 

While many different factors will no doubt influence the improved times on a super track, if Lyles improved on his Paris 2024 time by 20%, he would achieve an unbelievable time of 7.83 seconds.

 

Usain Bolt is widely considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.

Usain Bolt is widely considered to be one of the greatest athletes of all time.

 

The report also stated that ‘positive talks’ have been held with World Athletics with regard to ratifying Feldspar’s “super track”.

 

Head of sprints and relays at British Athletics, Darren Campbell, joined Feldspar last year and believes the ‘super track’ can be beneficial.

 

He said: “We are going into an era when technology is at the forefront of every sport. When you start trying to immerse people into athletics, you are going to have to educate them and bring them on the journey.

 

“I’ve always watched Formula 1 but now I can see how it is easier for someone to get into because there is so much data. One of the only sports where I’d go, ‘Where is the technology?’ would be athletics. When did we last have some form of technology that isn’t a shoe? This is the innovation I feel that athletics has been waiting for. All of a sudden nine seconds doesn’t seem crazy.”

 

 

 

Sprinting legend Usain Bolt has already had one of his Olympic gold medals stripped amid claims he could lose his world record due to a potential rule change.

 

Jamaican great Bolt is one of the most successful athletes of all time, having won eight Olympic gold medals during his illustrious career.

 

The 38-year-old is also the current holder of the 100m and 200m world records.

 

Bolt first broke the world record when he set a time of 9.72 seconds at a Grand Prix meet in New York before running a time of 9.69 in the 100m final at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

 

 

 

A year later, Bolt broke his own world record again when he clocked 9.58 at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

 

However, Bolt technically won nine gold medals but had one stripped from his records nearly a decade after the event.

 

One of the first golds he achieved at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was taken off him because it came in the 4×100-metre relay and his teammate Nesta Carter was hit with a doping sanction nine years later.

 

The team set a new world record of 37.10 seconds for the relay but all four participants were stripped of their medals.

 

 

 

Usain Bolt is the current 100m world record holder. Image: Getty

Usain Bolt is the current 100m world record holder. Image: Getty

Hong Kong-born sprinter turned entrepreneur, Alvina Chen, who has worked with a British-based team of experts, is the brains behind the the world’s first digital ‘smart’ track, which is expected to be “20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track”.

 

Chen, who founded Feldspar, explained: “There is the potential for early nine seconds if not sub nine seconds for a human. We see how running shoes have evolved a lot, training methods and nutrition… but one thing that hasn’t changed pretty much is the track surface – that hasn’t changed for like 60 years, from the 1968 Olympics.

 

 

 

“We believe we are creating the first major advancement. With our track, we anticipate that it will be 20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track, depending on athlete ability and external conditions. Our vision is to have the track become the universal standard all over the world. We have the world’s fastest running surface.”

 

It has been suggested that ‘positive talks’ have been held with World Athletics with regard to ratifying Feldspar’s “super track”.

 

As the fastest man over both 100 and 200 metres, the controversial change could have a direct impact on Bolt if it increases the likelihood of somebody like Noah Lyles overtaking him.

 

 

 

Gout Gout, Letsile Tebogo, and Grant Holloway

Australian teen star Gout Gout and Letsile Tebogo came to an agreement on a special attribute of Grant Holloway’s personality.

Botswana’s track icon Letsile Tebogo and rising sprint sensation Gout Gout set their healthy rivalry aside to agree on one thing about highly respected Olympic champion Grant Holloway.

 

Ahead of the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne, Australia, the sprint stars sat together for a Q&A content with World Athletics, shared on the governing body’s social media platforms.

 

When asked who was the coolest athlete they’ve met, Tebogo and Gout agreed on one name.

 

 

Letsile Tebogo and Gout Gout sat down for a Q&A session with World Athletics

“That’s a good one. Probably Grant (Paris Olympics 110mH champion) or Noah (Lyles, Paris Olympics 100m champion),” said the Australian teen sensation. To which Tebogo replied: “I’ll go with Grant. Because he’s loud and he keeps people jovial around him, so he has to be the coolest.”

 

Tebogo, who defeated Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles to win the Olympic 200m gold in Paris will be one of the biggest names to grace the Melbourne meet and is scheduled to race in the 400m.

 

While Gout will aim to steal the show in the Peter Norman Memorial 200m – a race honouring the Olympic icon whose 56-year Australian record the rising star broke with his 20.04s run at just 16 years old.

 

We are all ‘hungry’ for everything: Letsile Tebogo warns Gout Gout on Noah Lyles ahead of epic race in Australia

We are all ‘hungry’ for everything: Letsile Tebogo warns Gout Gout on Noah Lyles ahead of epic race in Australia

Having clocked a Season’s Best (SB) performance of 20.06s and wind-aided 19.96s two weeks ago, the teen star dubbed the next Usain Bolt will be gunning to go under the sub-20s mark legally in Melbourne.

 

Usain Bolt, the greatest sprinter of all-time, joined forces with Manchester United star Christian Eriksen for a special visit to a programme changing the lives of underprivileged youth in Manchester.

 

Four-time ‘Laureus World Sportsman of the Year’ Usain Bolt and 2023 ‘Laureus World Comeback of the Year’ Christian Eriksen have both been acclaimed for their outstanding contributions to their respective sports, and they took time to learn about the role sport can play in changing the lives of young people in underprivileged communities through Street League. During the visit, Usain and Christian took part in training drills, shared lessons from their own careers at the pinnacle of world sport and heard first-hand about the role football plays in helping transform the lives of young people involved in the Street League programme.

 

Sprint sensation Usain Bolt, also a lifelong Manchester United supporter, won an incredible eight Olympic gold medals and 11 World Athletics Championships gold medals in a glittering career. His 100m world record of 9.58 seconds and 200m world record of 19.19 seconds set at the World Athletics Championships in 2009 still stand to this day. Usain’s dominance over his sport saw him win the ‘Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award’ in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2017.

 

The fastest man of all time, Usain Bolt, said: “I’ve heard about the work of Laureus and Nelson Mandela’s vision that ‘sport has the power to change the world’ attending the Laureus Awards over the years so it was special to see those words in action here in Manchester today.

 

“Laureus supports programmes like Street League to help build confidence and resilience in young people through sport and that’s something I’ve experienced in my own life. If I had one message for the kids I met today, it would be: ‘Don’t think limits, anything is possible’.”

 

Danish midfield maestro Christian Eriksen has spent his career at the top of global football, representing Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur, Inter Milan and Brentford before signing for Manchester United in 2022. A stalwart of his national team, he is Denmark’s most capped male player with 142 caps.

 

In June 2021, Christian collapsed on the field after suffering cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match versus Finland. His inspirational return to football was recognised with the ‘Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award’ at the 2023 Laureus Awards.

 

Denmark and Manchester United star Christian Eriksen, said: “Life is very important, which was part of my speech back in 2023 when I received the Laureus World Comeback of the Year Award and it’s true in the work programmes like Street League that Laureus supports around the world.

 

“Laureus’ message of sport having the power to change young people’s lives is one I fully support, and what an honour to spend time with one of Manchester United’s biggest and definitely fastest supporters in Usain Bolt.” Street League uses the power of football to tackle poverty and give young people the opportunities they need to succeed in life.

 

Its unique approach uses sport to help build resilience, confidence, education and employability skills in young people aged 16-30, living in the UK’s most disadvantaged communities.

 

Chief Executive of Street League, Dougie Stevenson, said: “It means a great deal to have such prominent and inspirational figures like Usain and Christian visit Street League, amplifying our mission of using sport and education to help young people into work.

 

“Their encouraging words will motivate so many more of our young people to make positive changes in their lives and the impact of their visit will last long in our memories. It’s a huge honour for Street League to be shortlisted for the 2025 Laureus Sport for Good Award, and I’d like to share a special message of thanks to our partners at Laureus for making this transformational visit happen.”

 

The ‘Laureus Sport for Good Award’ is presented each year at the Laureus World Sports Awards to an organisation who, in the opinion of the 69 sporting legends of the Laureus World Sports Academy – the guardians of Sport for Good – have made a significant contribution to transforming the lives of children and young people through sport.

Joining Street League on the ‘Laureus Sport for Good Award’ shortlist in 2025 are: Kick4Life, a charity using football to reach at-risk children and young people in Lesotho; Figure Skating in Harlem – based in the New York neighbourhood of the same name – uses figure skating to help girls grow in confidence, leadership and academic achievement; Kind Surf, a project employing surf therapy to support young people at risk of social exclusion due to intellectual disabilities in Spain; Liberi Nantes, based in Rome, Italy, offers a range of activities including touch rugby, hiking and Italian language teaching through sport; Paris Basket 18 began as a neighbourhood basketball club and now has an extensive outreach into its community.

 

Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy hit the line in the 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet.

Gout Gout (left) could not chase down Lachlan Kennedy (right) in the Peter Norman Memorial 200m.

 

It says a lot about Gout Gout’s potential that his blistering speed isn’t the most important asset he possesses as an athlete.

 

And running a quicker time in the event than Usain Bolt (20.13) recorded at the same age only underlines his enormous ability.

 

But Gout’s greatest strength is his attitude, displaying a hunger to learn from any setback he faces on the track.

 

In the final event of Saturday night’s Maurie Plant Meet at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium, Gout — now aged 17 — was upstaged in the Peter Norman Memorial 200m by fellow Queenslander Lachlan Kennedy.

 

Kennedy — who won in a personal best time of 20.26 — deserved his victory, managed with the aid of a slight tailwind (+0.4 m/s).

 

But it was a shock result, especially for the sell-out crowd of 10,000, most of whom had come to see Gout run.

 

Gout clocked 20.30, falling just short of overhauling Kennedy, who held a commanding lead as the field came off the bend and entered the straight.

 

Gout Gout crouches after 200m at Maurie Plant Meet.

Gout is focused on learning from the experience of finishing second in Melbourne.

Only moments after crossing the finish line in second place, Gout showed graciousness by congratulating Kennedy and praising his domestic rival.

 

And soon after — when he met reporters track-side at Lakeside Stadium — Gout made no bold statements about reversing the result when they next meet.

 

Instead, he was already focusing on what he could learn from the defeat to make him a better athlete.

 

“What’s going through my head is … what I can gain from this experience and just knowing what I can do in training to improve,” Gout said.

 

“People will say winning feels great, coming second feels bad and third feels even worse.

 

“So coming second is something you can experience and it definitely puts fuel to my fire and it ignites that burn.”

 

The sting Gout felt after finishing second was noted by his coach, Di Sheppard.

 

She believes it will be a valuable lesson for her charge as they turn their attention to next month’s national championships in Perth.

 

“I know he’s quite angry about that [result],” Sheppard said.

 

“For me, that’s going to make him more prepared for going into open nats (national championships).

 

“So that’s all about learning about competing in different environments and that’s all you can do, just try to get them ready for it.”

 

Gout enjoying the hype

When Gout broke Norman’s 56-year-old Australian record, he did so in front of a small crowd attending the Australian All Schools Championships at Brisbane’s QSAC track facility.

 

Only a fortnight ago, he ran a wind-assisted 19.98 at the Queensland Athletics Championships, again with only a smattering of spectators watching on at the same venue.

 

The Maurie Plant Meet, on the other hand, was a vastly different experience for the self-described “chill” teenager.

 

It attracted the first sold-out crowd in Australia for a one-day athletics meet in 24 years and enjoyed a live national free-to-air TV audience on the Seven Network.

 

Gout Gout takes a selfie with a spectator.

Gout was the centre of attention with spectators at Lakeside Stadium.

out was also competing outside of age-group events, as those Brisbane meets saw him face U18 and U20 opponents only.

 

The eerie silence that descended over spectators in Melbourne as Gout and the rest of the field eased into their starting blocks was another sign of the respect the Ipswich Grammar School year 12 student has already earned.

 

According to Gout, “you could hear a pin drop” as the hush spread around the stadium.

 

Gout knows to achieve his goals in athletics he must become accustomed to this kind of attention.

 

That’s why he soaked up the atmosphere and embraced the hype, which will only be a fraction of what he can expect if he becomes a contender for Olympic and world championships medals in the coming years.

 

“This is what you live for: this environment, the hype, the people, expectations and pressure,” Gout said.

 

“This is why I go to training every day. This is what I go to sleep for, so it’s definitely something I can’t not think about.”

 

‘What a great race’

Kennedy’s win completed the sprint double following his earlier victory in the 100m

 

His winning time on Saturday night slashed 0.67 off his PB and is the fifth fastest by an Australian in history.

 

Lachlan Kennedy holds up a trophy at the Maurie Plant Meet.

Kennedy claimed the Peter Norman Memorial 200m Trophy with his win.

Kennedy executed his race plan to perfection, having established a sizeable enough lead to withstand Gout’s devastating finish.

 

“My goal was to go out hard and just try my best to hold him off and I got lucky,” Kennedy said.

 

Kennedy described Gout as an “incredible” athlete, noting the “G-Man” was undoubtedly the crowd favourite.

 

“I just wanted to give him a good race,” Kennedy said.

 

“It wouldn’t be fun if he just destroyed everyone, so I’m sorry if I did spoil it but what a great race.

 

“You can’t be upset about watching something like that.”

 

As a spectacle, it left none of the crowd disappointed as they made their way home.

 

Gout also departed into the Melbourne night relishing the experience, despite not coming away with the victory.

 

“This is only something you can get from a big meet,” he said.

 

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Gout Gout poses for a selfie after coming second in the men’s 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne.

Gout Gout poses for a selfie after coming second in the men’s 200m at the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. Photograph: Cameron Spencer

The 17-year-old sensation left an entire stadium entranced despite being denied by Kennedy in a thrilling 200m

 

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Gout Gout stood near his blocks, and 10,000 fans – boisterous just moments earlier – fell silent. The act was a collective show of respect, an acknowledgment they were in the presence of greatness. “It’s so quiet,” one whispered.

 

They didn’t have to be told, this mass that had packed into Lakeside Stadium on Saturday, just how lucky they were. From a raucous evening of compelling track and field, the moment before the 200m race elevated the night into something more significant. “The silence was loud,” Gout said afterwards.

 

Lachie Kennedy (right) beats Gout Gout to win the men’s 200m at the Maurie Pant Meet in Melbourne

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This calm was befitting of an Olympic final. Unprompted and committed, on it extended, from 10 seconds to 20, then towards a minute. “This is so stressful,” another spectator murmured.

 

You had to feel for the men’s triple jumpers, caught in the middle. Just before the evening’s headliners got under way there they were, only a few steps away, starting their run-ups. “You could hear a pin drop, and even the triple jump, you hear the footsteps,” Gout said.

 

Family and friends near the pit offered a smattering of applause to the two or three who dared to break the spell. But around the rest of the stadium the only sound was the swiping to unlock phones. If they weren’t already raised aloft, the silence only encouraged more to reach for their pockets. Gout described the moment as “definitely surreal”.

 

The ruination of the s-word is one of sport’s great travesties. Most athletes turn to it in a mix of self-deprecation and an eagerness to please in response to the traditional building block of the back pages, the question: “How does it feel?” But Gout’s use was one of those few occasions when the term was maybe apt.

 

Jenny Blundell races during the women’s 3,000m with the Melbourne skyline in the background

Jenny Blundell races during the women’s 3,000m with the Melbourne skyline in the background. Photograph: Richard Nicholson/Shutterstock

Surreal has a character of the bizarre, of fantasy, of the absurd. This 17-year-old has run 200m faster than any other Australian before him, with a gait like a bike’s high gear. He promises to shoulder a nation’s hopes for a home Olympics in seven years’ time and anchor that same nation’s faith in multiculturalism. He is Adidas’s golden ticket and has already brought in millions of dollars of revenue for Athletics Australia. Yet, the third of seven children of the South Sudanese migrants Bona and Monica spent this week doing his high school exams. This same boy on Saturday left an entire stadium entranced.

 

Three hundred words into this piece and it may be worth mentioning the man who actually won the race. Lachie “not Lachlan because it makes me think my mum’s angry at me” Kennedy is the bio-mechanical opposite of Gout. Fast out of the blocks, the 21-year-old runs like the T-1000. But while John Connor’s nemesis was sent back in time, Kennedy is hurtling forward through athletics history.

 

Four weeks ago he became the equal third-fastest Australian over 100m. Last week he won the country’s first world indoor 60m medal, a silver in China. Saturday’s race made him the fifth-fastest Australian over 200m. His 20.26sec is just 0.22sec off Gout’s national record from December, and was done at a meet marked by complaints from athletes of windy, cold and slow conditions.

 

Lachie Kennedy celebrates

Lachie Kennedy celebrates winning the men’s 200m. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/

Kennedy said last week in his confident, jovial manner that Gout has brought new fans to athletics, to the benefits of all athletes. But there is no doubt that without his fellow Queenslander there would be much more ink written about the former rugby union winger.

 

He grinned when he said he was sorry to spoil the night of some attendees who came to see the teenager set another record, “but what a great race, you can’t be upset about watching something like that”.

 

 

Usain Bolt attends the red carpet at the Laureus World Sport Awards in Madrid, Spain.

The legendary sprinter Usain Bolt recently made an appearance at the 2025 Netball Super League game between Manchester Thunder and Nottingham Forest on Friday, March 28, 2025, at the Belle Vue Arena in Manchester, England.

 

 

The Manchester Thunder hosted the Nottingham Forest and clinched a substantial win with 81-65 in round 3 for their second consecutive win. The eight-time Olympic gold medalist Bolt graced the event with his surprise attendance. He was seen donning a white tracksuit and was later seen posing for pictures with both teams.

 

The Netball Super League shared a few glimpses of the legendary sprinter attending Friday’s faceoff and wrote:

 

 

The latest victory marked Manchester Thunder’s second consecutive win in the 2025 Netball Super League following the dominance over the newcomers Birmingham Panthers on Friday, March 21, at BP Pulse Live. The Thunders defeated the Panthers, 47-77.

 

The 2025 Netball Super League, which kicked off on March 14, features eight teams vying against each other to win the league, including Manchester Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, London Pulse, Leeds Rhinos, London Mavericks, Cardiff Dragons, Birmingham Panthers, and Nottingham Forest.

 

 

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Usain Bolt of the Mariners walks at Campbelltown Sports Stadium in Sydney, Australia.

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Usain Bolt recently joined hands with Manchester United’s midfielder Christian Eriksen to support an initiative by Laureus Sport for Good. The former sprinter and footballer were seen participating in one of Street League’s sessions, participating in the training drills. They were also seen interacting with the young athletes of the league, sharing the experiences of their incredible careers.

 

The Street League is an effort by Laureus Sport to help underprivileged children across the United Kingdom find decent jobs while providing them with training opportunities and further education.

 

The Laureus Sport for Good shared a few glimpses of Bolt and Eriksen’s visit on social media and wrote:

 

“A very special day as Usain Bolt and Christian Eriksen saw the work of Laureus Sport for Good in action in Manchester.”

 

Bolt is a passionate fan of Manchester United. Both Bolt and Eriksen are recipients of Laureus Sports awards. While Bolt earned the prestigious award in 2009, 2010, 2013, and 2017, Eriksen was honored with Laureus World Comeback of the Year in 2023 as he made a return to the sport after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match.

 

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Usain Bolt has already made his feelings clear on being stripped of accolades amid talk is 100m world record could be under threat.

 

Bolt is the fastest man on the planet and his ridiculous world record was set at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin in 2009.

 

He had broken on two occasions before clocking in at a ridiculous 9.58 seconds, a time that nobody has come close to beating despite their best efforts.

 

 

 

However, that could be about to change in the near future after it was claimed that the Jamaican sensation’s record could be beaten if an innovative ‘super track’ is approved by the World Athletics.

 

Alvina Chen, a Hong Kong-born sprinter, Alvina Chen, is the brains behind the the world’s first digital ‘smart’ track, which is expected to be “20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track”.

 

Feldspar chief Chen believes that with the huge advancements “early nine seconds if not sub nine seconds for a human” is possible on “the world’s fastest running surface” and “positive talks” have been held with World Athletics.

 

As the fastest man over both 100 and 200 metres, the controversial change could have a direct impact on Bolt if it increases the likelihood of somebody like Noah Lyles usurping him.

 

 

 

However, the 38-year-old has already had an accolade taken off him from his decorated career. Bolt claimed eight Olympic gold medals on the track across three events but it was technically nine.

 

Bolt’s response to being stripped of medal

One of the first golds he achieved at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing were taken off him because it came in the 4×100-metre relay and his teammate Nesta Carter was hit with a doping sanction nine years later.

 

 

Uain Bolt was stripped of one of his gold medals.

 

The team set a new world record of 37.10 seconds for the relay but all four participants were stripped off their medals.

 

However, Bolt had a refreshing response to the news and was adamant that his legacy remained intact.

 

“”I am disappointed based on losing a medal, but it won’t take away from what I have done throughout my career, because I have won my individual events and that’s the key thing.

 

He continued: “What can you do? I’ve done all I wanted in the sport, I have really impacted the sport, I’ve really accomplished a lot, so for me, I can’t complain.”