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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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