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France 24
8 hours ago
- Sport
- France 24
Gout Gout says 100m 'too short' for him
The 17-year-old won the Australian Athletic Championships in April clocking 19.84 seconds on 200 metres and 9.99 seconds on 100 metres, though both with a tailwind above the limit. He is getting ready to run 200 metres at the Golden Spike meet in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday in his European premiere. "I definitely like 200 more than 100 because 100 is a bit too short for me," Gout told reporters. "You get the start and then you're already at the finish line." "I really like getting out and getting to my top speed and keep holding it to the finish line. So 200 is great and I love it," said Gout, who was born in Australia after his parents migrated from South Sudan. He rose to prominence last December when he clocked the quickest 200m time ever by a 16-year-old of 20.04 sec, bettering Usain Bolt's personal best at the same age. The lanky Gout relished being likened to Bolt whom he called "the epitome of sprinting". "If I could be on that level and just put my little bit of style onto it. So try to be like him but also bring my little personality with me." "Just to know that I may be on the same trajectory and just being compared to the best sprinter of all time is... definitely something I appreciate," he added. After the Australian championships, Gout focused on training rather than competing. "We did a lot of work... on my starts and just to get stronger overall for the Europe season," he said. "I'm just building up my strength and just really trying to get in the gym and get to the next level for sure," Gout added. "I'm excited to run again after a long time." After Ostrava, Gout will compete at the Diamond League in Monaco on July 11 with eyes on the world championships in Tokyo in September. "Obviously the world championships is the main goal and I just want to see what I can do on the world stage against professional athletes," Gout said. "I just want to get out there and kind of prove myself."
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Gout Gout says 100m 'too short' for him
Australian teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout said Sunday he preferred 200 metres to 100 metres which is "too short" as he was bracing for his first-ever start in Europe. HT Image The 17-year-old won the Australian Athletic Championships in April clocking 19.84 seconds on 200 metres and 9.99 seconds on 100 metres, though both with a tailwind above the limit. He is getting ready to run 200 metres at the Golden Spike meet in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday in his European premiere. "I definitely like 200 more than 100 because 100 is a bit too short for me," Gout told reporters. "You get the start and then you're already at the finish line." "I really like getting out and getting to my top speed and keep holding it to the finish line. So 200 is great and I love it," said Gout, who was born in Australia after his parents migrated from South Sudan. He rose to prominence last December when he clocked the quickest 200m time ever by a 16-year-old of 20.04 sec, bettering Usain Bolt's personal best at the same age. The lanky Gout relished being likened to Bolt whom he called "the epitome of sprinting". "If I could be on that level and just put my little bit of style onto it. So try to be like him but also bring my little personality with me." "Just to know that I may be on the same trajectory and just being compared to the best sprinter of all time is... definitely something I appreciate," he added. After the Australian championships, Gout focused on training rather than competing. "We did a lot of work... on my starts and just to get stronger overall for the Europe season," he said. "I'm just building up my strength and just really trying to get in the gym and get to the next level for sure," Gout added. "I'm excited to run again after a long time." After Ostrava, Gout will compete at the Diamond League in Monaco on July 11 with eyes on the world championships in Tokyo in September. "Obviously the world championships is the main goal and I just want to see what I can do on the world stage against professional athletes," Gout said. "I just want to get out there and kind of prove myself." frj/pb
Daily Mirror
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Gout Gout's true colours on show with six-word mantra after Usain Bolt statement
Gout Gout has taken the athletics world by storm since he rose to international acclaim in 2024, and a message on his phone's wallpaper is indicative of his sprinting aspirations Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout keeps his Olympic ambitions close at hand with a distinct motivational message as his phone's wallpaper. Since he was 15, Gout has been smashing national records and turned heads this March with a scorching 19.98 in the 200m at the Queensland Athletics Championships. The teenager then claimed the Australian 200m crown in April, although his sub-20-second runs weren't officially recorded due to an overly helpful tailwind. He does, however, hold the national record of 20.04. Gout also cracked the 10-second mark in the 100m the same month, which was another wind-assisted feat but a clear indication of his burgeoning prowess. The 17-year-old has since captured international attention, sparking conversations about possible Olympic success. With sights set on competing among the world's elite at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, Gout is gunning for gold, especially as the Games will come to his home country in 2032. Talking to GQ, Gout shared the six-word motivational mantra that he sees each day and adorns his phone screen: "You're going to be Olympic champion." Coming off the back of Noah Lyles' gold-winning performance of 9.79 in the 2024 Olympics, the stakes are high for young Gout who, at just 20 years old by LA 2028, could be setting the track alight, reports the Mirror US. Gout has not only set his sights on becoming an Olympic champion, but also dreams of dominating the track scene like the famed 100m and 200m world record holder, Usain Bolt "I think the limit is just obviously winning Olympics and winning world championships and honestly dominating like Bolt did," Gout shared with FOX Sports Australia. "I think that limit is reachable for me. "The times I've run so far could potentially make it into [Olympic] finals, make the top four, top five, top six. Just getting better and aiming for LA obviously would be a great achievement," he added. "[Just] trying to be on that podium running against [Letsile] Tebogo, Noah [Lyles], [Lachlan] Kennedy, all them athletes. That's definitely a goal of mine and to keep aiming for the top." However, Gout's coach, Di Sheppard, has cautioned the young athlete that achieving his goals will require sacrifice and acceptance that his talents will eventually plateau. "I've been telling him for a couple of years that when we get to a set point, your social life will be pretty much non-existent, in the sense you just can't go out where you want," she told The Guardian. "He's at that point pretty much now, which is kind of tough when you think he's still at school. Things will plateau, that's a natural part. It has to come to a 'Bang, OK, now we've got to find our next adaptation phase to go up.' "For us to go to the top – we're still a long way from there – and because we know that's our end goal, we don't get too wrapped up in the good things that come. They're stepping stones, and that's how I've tried to teach Gout. There's no clear path up."
News.com.au
12-06-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Sprint sensation Gout Gout's ‘crazy, big-money' sacrifice to stay in Australia
Gout Gout has turned down massive sponsorship offers because they required him to move away from Australia. All of the biggest sporting companies around the globe have come calling for Australia's schoolboy sprint sensation, flashing big-money deals but with strings attached. These included moving overseas to high-end training facilities in places like Jamaica, the home of the world's fastest man Usain Bolt. But Gout's manager James Templeton has repeatedly knocked back the advances, preferring to leave the 17-year-old around his family and current support system with coach Di Sheppard in Ipswich. After breaking Peter Norman's 56-year-old national 200m record in December at the Australian All-Schools Championships, Gout signed one of the biggest deals in Australian athletics history with Adidas. 'JT (Templeton) told me how much they were willing to pay to get me on their side,' Gout told GQ. 'It was crazy. The number kept getting higher and I realised how much these companies think I'm worth. 'But that sponsorship really helps you get to the next level because obviously you need the money to travel and to train. Especially since I'm at school, so I don't need to go and find a job at Maccas or whatever to put fuel in my car. It definitely helps a lot.' Gout, who lives at home with his six brothers and sisters and parents who fled South Sudan 20 years ago, says he hasn't splashed out with any of his new-found riches yet. 'Long term, I'd like to set myself up and set my family up,' he says. 'I've saved a lot and I bought myself a new car when I got my Ps, so that's probably the biggest purchase I've made so far. I haven't gone crazy.' He describes the attention he's received since his breakthrough performances last year as 'crazy'. 'People asking me for photos and things of that nature, it's definitely surreal. It's crazy to think how far I've come. But it's given me perspective to see how far I can actually go, as well.' His next big race is in Europe during the July school holidays where he'll compete in the U/23 Diamond League event in Monaco before setting his sights on the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September.
News.com.au
11-06-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Sprint sensation Gout Gout's ‘crazy, big-money' sponsorship sacrifice to stay in Australia
Gout Gout has turned down massive sponsorship offers because they required him to move away from Australia. All of the biggest sporting companies around the globe have come calling for Australia's schoolboy sprint sensation, flashing big-money deals but with strings attached. These included moving overseas to high-end training facilities in places like Jamaica, the home of the world's fastest man Usain Bolt. But Gout's manager James Templeton has repeatedly knocked back the advances, preferring to leave the 17-year-old around his family and current support system with coach Di Sheppard in Ipswich. After breaking Peter Norman's 56-year-old national 200m record in December at the Australian All-Schools Championships, Gout signed one of the biggest deals in Australian athletics history with Adidas. 'JT (Templeton) told me how much they were willing to pay to get me on their side,' Gout told GQ. 'It was crazy. The number kept getting higher and I realised how much these companies think I'm worth. 'But that sponsorship really helps you get to the next level because obviously you need the money to travel and to train. Especially since I'm at school, so I don't need to go and find a job at Maccas or whatever to put fuel in my car. It definitely helps a lot.' Gout, who lives at home with his six brothers and sisters and parents who fled South Sudan 20 years ago, says he hasn't splashed out with any of his new-found riches yet. 'Long term, I'd like to set myself up and set my family up,' he says. 'I've saved a lot and I bought myself a new car when I got my Ps, so that's probably the biggest purchase I've made so far. I haven't gone crazy.' He describes the attention he's received since his breakthrough performances last year as 'crazy'. 'People asking me for photos and things of that nature, it's definitely surreal. It's crazy to think how far I've come. But it's given me perspective to see how far I can actually go, as well.' His next big race is in Europe during the July school holidays where he'll compete in the U/23 Diamond League event in Monaco before setting his sights on the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September. The full interview with Gout is in the June/July issue of GQ out on Friday.
