Gout Gout is absolutely going to be the following Usain Bolt

There was by no means going to be one other Michael Jordan, then LeBron James got here alongside. We’d by no means see anybody like Tom Brady, till Patrick Mahomes arrived. Now we are able to add Usain Bolt to the record of legends whose legacy is coming underneath risk because of 17-year-old sprinting phenom Gout Gout.

Gout set the monitor and discipline world on hearth this week by operating two (wind-assisted) 9.99s within the 100m. Whereas he formally didn’t get underneath the ten second mark because of the wind, should you additionally watch how Gout ran it’s clear that he let up and strolled for the ultimate 30 meters of every race after completely obliterating his competitors.

This was the equal of jogging, and nonetheless breaking 10 seconds. Take into account that Bolt wasn’t operating sub-10s till he was 22-years-old, and Gout is nonetheless with out elite, top-level coaching which might enhance his begins. Like Bolt, Gout’s ludicrous leg size imply he’s gradual out of the blocks. That’s the place Bolt was capable of enhance his occasions probably the most, and it looks like that’s attainable with the younger Australian as nicely.

Gout is predicted to compete on the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, peaking in 2032 when the video games are heading to Brisbane, Australia — just some hours from the place he was born in Ipswich, Queensland. Pleasure goes to be at a fever pitch, however because it stands we’re already witnessing one of many biggest sprinters of all time — and he’s nonetheless in highschool.