Gout Strikes with Record-Breaking Sprint Yet Again
Gout Gout has broken several national records over the past year.
If there was ever a chance of performance anxiety, sprint star Gout Gout obliterated it—and the meet record—in the 100 metres sprint at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane on Friday.
Only an illegal tailwind of 3.4 m/sec prevented the Queenslander’s heat time of 10.04 seconds being recorded as a national under-18 record in this much-hyped performance on his home track.
The 16-year-old’s time crushed Jack Hale’s meet record of 10.13 and promises of more to come as he closes in on an elusive sub-10 second run and Patrick Johnson’s 9.93 national record set in Japan 21 years ago.
Gout’s reputation has snowballed this past year. He has become a social media sensation even to casual observers of athletics who’ve gorged on viral videos of his track success.
On top of that he’s claimed at least four national age group records over the 100 metres and 200 metres.
This competition marks the beginning of his time as an athlete who carries the enormous domestic and international weight of the sport’s next track superstar.
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