Gout Gout, a 16-year-old sprinter, stunned spectators when he ran the 100 metres in just 10.2 seconds at this year’s Queensland Athletics Championships in Australia, narrowly missing the 100 metres world record of 9.58 seconds set by legendary sprinter Usain Bolt. Gout, who was born in Australia to Sudanese parents, spent the first 40 metres in line with his fellow sprinters. However, he finished the race around 10 metres ahead of the second fastest sprinter and covered the remaining 60 metres at full speed. Fans were left speechless when a video of Gout’s incredible sprint surfaced on social media.
Read about a 16 year old Sudanese boy in Australia who ran 100m in 10.2 seconds this year. Found the footage – bloody ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/Bz8tYuPkeK
– Del Walker (@TheCartelDel) 23 August 2024
This is how the Internet reacted:
“He also ran the 200m in 20.69, which is probably even more impressive. Fast!” wrote one fan.
“Gout, gout? More like goat, goat,” claimed another user.
“The way he runs and leaves his opponents behind reminds us of a legend. Usain Bolt,” joked another fan.
“He probably lost his brakes,” joked one fan.
“Cheat code,” shouted another user.
Previously, Gout set a new national record in the 200m for the under-18 age group at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Brisbane last year, clocking a time of 20.87 seconds, 0.30 seconds slower than the record set by eight-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt at the same age.
20.87 200m at the age of 15
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) 15 April 2023
Earlier this month, US sprint king Noah Lyles won the gold medal in the shortest 100-meter race in modern Olympic history at Paris 2024 by just five thousandths of a second.
It was heralded as one of the most open 100m finals ever and the performance was no disappointment: Lyles took the gold medal in 9.79 seconds, with the top four separated by just three hundredths of a second.
“I am the wolf among wolves,” said the outspoken Lyles, who sees himself as the rightful sprint heir to the legendary Usain Bolt.
“This is what I wanted,” Lyles said. “It’s a tough fight and incredible opponents.”
The American was unable to convince in either the preliminary round or the semifinals and, after a slow start, did not win anything.
But in the final, he came out of the starting blocks faster and fought his way through the field, beating Kishane Thompson from Jamaica and his US rival Fred Kerley by the narrowest of margins to take silver and bronze.
The surprise 100 m winner in Tokyo, Italian Marcell Jacobs, only came fifth despite his season’s best time of 9.85 seconds.
No US athlete had won the 100m since Justin Gatlin at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and the Americans were still upset after Julien Alfred of tiny St. Lucia beat clear favorite Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100m final on Saturday.
(With AFP inputs)
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