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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape

‘I hope it doesn’t get him down’: Usain Bolt tells Gout Gout to get ready to lose

Gout Gout celebrates winning the under 20s 100m final in Brisbane
Gout Gout has been likened to a young Usain Bolt, who has given the young Australian sprinter some career advice. Photograph: Jono Searle/Reuters

Like running fast, growing pains are something sprint lord Usain Bolt knows something about. So when he tells teenage phenomenon Gout Gout that his first steps into the world of senior athletics will not be easy, the Australian ought to take heed.

“I know it’s going to be an eye-opener,” Bolt told CNN of Gout’s first year as an adult, and an impending succession of showdowns against the world’s best sprinters. “And I hope it doesn’t get him down, but motivate him to work even harder.”

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