Watch: 16-Year-Old's Stunning Sprint, Misses Usain Bolt's 100m World Record By A Whisker
Gout Gout, a 16-year-old sprinter, left spectators stunned after running 100 metres in just 10.2 seconds at this year's Queensland Athletics Championships in Australia. Gout, born in Australia to Sudanese parents, spent the first 40 metres in line with his fellow sprinters. However, he finished the race around 10 yards in front of the second fastest sprinter, covering the remaining 60 metres in full-throttle. Fans were left awestruck as a video of Gout's incredible sprint surfaced on social media.
Read about a 16-year-old Sudanese kid in Australia who ran 100m in 10.2 seconds this year. Found the footage- freakin ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/Bz8tYuPkeK
Here's how internet reacted:
"He's also run a 20.69 200m which is arguably even more impressive. Rapid!" a fan wrote.
"Gout Gout? More like Goat Goat," another user claimed.
"The way he runs and leaves opponents behind him, remind us a legend. Usain Bolt," another fan quipped.
"He probably lost brakes," a fan joked.
"Cheat code," another user exclaimed.
This comes after Gout set a new national under-18 200m record last year at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Brisbane. He clocked 20.87 seconds, which was less than 0.30 from eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt's record at the same age.
20.87 200m at the age of 15
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Earlier this month, US sprint king Noah Lyles powered to gold by just five thousands of a second in the closest 100m in modern Olympic history at Paris 2024.
It was billed as one of the most open 100m finals ever and it did not disappoint, Lyles dipping to gold in 9.79sec, just three hundredths of a second separating the first four.
"I'm the wolf amongst wolves," said the outspoken Lyles, who see himself