Gout Gout is admittedly going to be the subsequent 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 listing of legends whose legacy is coming beneath risk due to 17-year-old sprinting phenom Gout Gout.

Gout set the monitor and area world on fireplace this week by working two (wind-assisted) 9.99s within the 100m. Whereas he formally didn’t get beneath the ten second mark as a result of wind, if you happen to 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. Needless to say Bolt wasn’t working 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 instances essentially the most, and it looks like that’s doable with the younger Australian as properly.

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 best sprinters of all time — and he’s nonetheless in highschool.