Australia have a sprint sensation. If Gout Gout’s stock was already rapidly on the rise after his exploits as a teenage athletic phenom, his record-breaking exploits have marked him out as a potential superstar of the sport in the men’s ranks.
Still only 16, Gout entered the 2024 Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in December as the headline attraction, an individual whose reputation belies his youth. How would he handle the pressure? The answer was delivered emphatically in the boys 100m heats as Gout surged to a wind-assisted 10.04secs, the fourth fastest time in history for an under 18 achieved 13 months before the teenager enters adulthood.
