Gout Gout has discovered in chastening fashion about life at the very top of global sprinting as the teenage sensation found the going far too hot on his Diamond League debut at the Bislett Games meeting in Oslo.
But the 18-year-old Aussie still managed to summon a big smile after finishing a distant sixth in the 200m on Wednesday (Thursday morning AEST) as his conqueror, Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo, offered him a bit of advice about sticking to racing against lads his own age.
Having looked forward to making his bow against the "big boys", the lanky Queenslander was swept aside on a cool, blustery evening, clocking only 20.60 seconds, a world away from his world-leading best time of 19.67.
