Gout Gout has spoken warmly about Noah Lyles (Image: FOX Sports Australia)
Noah Lyles has taken fellow sprinter Gout Gout under his wing and has a nickname for the 17-year-old sensation.
The Australian youngster has taken the athletics world by storm over the last 12 months, eclipsing a host of milestones previously held by the great Usain Bolt. Last year, he underlined his potential by taking silver in the 200m at the Under-20 World Championship.
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He is now looking forward to representing his country in the same distance at the senior World Athletics Championship in Tokyo in September after breaking the Oceanian record and the longstanding Australian record.
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Given his growing profile, Gout has already mixed with some of the top sprint stars of today, forming a strong bond with Olympic 100m champion Lyles. The pair trained together earlier this year and often message each other.
Lyles even has a nickname for the young man, who is 10 years his junior. Gout told FOX Sports Australia: “He calls me ‘Little Bro’ so we definitely have a great connection.
“Obviously, I gave him a nudge. I said in the podcast [Gout appeared on Lyles’ podcast earlier this year], I told him I’d be running up his a–, for sure. It’s definitely great. He messages me occasionally and I tell him ‘Congratulations’ and stuff like that. He’s a great guy.”
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Noah Lyles hasn’t been afraid to offer guidance to Gout
Lyles has also given Gout some guidance, despite the fact that the pair could soon by direct rivals on the track. Speaking on Foxtel’s The Back Page, he said: “Some of it is definitely physical. I’m still a teenager and haven’t grown into my body yet.
“Still getting my grown man’s strength, as Noah would say, and just working on those little aspects, a couple of things at the start, gaining power and strength. Those little things really take you to the next level.”
Time is on Gout’s side, and he has made no secret of his desire to dominate the sprint scene like Bolt did at the end of the 2000s and the 2010s. He said: “The goal is winning the Olympics and winning World Championships. Honestly, dominating like Bolt did. I think that limit is reachable for me.”
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Gout Gout is the talk of athletics(Image: Paul Kane
Looking beyond this year’s World Championship, Gout is eyeing the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles and the 2032 Games, which will be staged in his home city of Brisbane.
He added: “The times I’ve run so far could potentially make it into finals, make the top four, top five, top six. Just getting better and aiming for LA obviously would be a great achievement and trying to be on that podium running against [Letsile] Tebogo, Noah [Lyles], [Lachlan] Kennedy, all them athletes. That’s definitely a goal in mind and keep aiming for the top.”
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