Geraint Hughes
Sky Sports News
Gout Gout should be the next star when he participates in the world championships for Australia; At 14, he ran 10.57 seconds for the 100m and a year later, broke the Australian record U18 200m – he was only 15 years old
Last update: 11/09/25 19:39
Gout Gout has a lot excited with what he could achieve at the world athletics championships
It is not even old enough to drink champagne which could flow its way if it tasted success in the 200m male at the world championships, but the drop taste has many clever observers to its rare talents.
The president of world athletics, Seb Coe, said Sky Sports; “This is the real deal.” So why is a 17 year old child from Queensland, Australia, excited by people?
Gout drop is fast and has been for a few years, but it is in these world championships that we could see its shear potential when it makes the delicate transition of the “junior” athlete to “senior”.
The son of southern Sudan parents torn apart by the war, his mother Monica and his dad Bona moved to Australia after fled the conflict there, their son was born two years after their installation in Australia.
At the start of his adolescence, it was clear that he was a talented sportsman, playing football and sprint at a high level. At 14, he ran 10.57 seconds for the 100m and a year later, broke the Australian record U18 200m – he was only 15 years old.
Last year, he established a trace of national files at 100m and 200m while posting very decent times over 400m.
While languages were already stirring in Australia and among athletics aficionados, it was in October from last year that Gout Gout really started to be noticed. He had signed an agreement with Adidas and ran 20.29 by 200m becoming the fourth faster of all time for age groups for young people, Usain Bolt being one of them faster.
Two months later, he ran 20.04, this time was faster than Bolt had not been in the U18 category and established a new higher Australian male record, broke the previous record that had taken place since 1968.
Earlier this year, Gout Gout plunged under the magic barrier of the 20 second, operating on 19.84 seconds, but it was just above the legal rate assisted by the two meters per second wind (+ 2.2 m / sec), so while racing time is located, it cannot be recorded as a record or the best staff.
In June, by making his senior debut in Europe, he again broke the Australian senior record, reducing him to 20.02 seconds. It would have been one of the biggest surprises in the sprint if Australia was not selected the drop of drop for the world championships, they duly selected it to compete more than 200 meters.
Personal gout records
| 100m: | 10.17 seconds (10.04 seconds assisted by the wind) |
| 200m: | 20.02 seconds (19.84 seconds assisted by wind) |
| 400m: | 46.20 seconds |
As the drop is so young and so fast, comparisons with Usain Bolt are to be expected, but many are concerned about the fact that the beateering could damage the progression of a rare talent. Coe was however impressed by the way the 17 -year -old is taken care of; “He is the real deal, but the challenge over the next three to four years is to bring his talent into the elders.
“It is very high -end and has good men’s management … It’s a big story, but I would not load it with a medal (at the world championships). It is a learning curve and I think it can be too young to achieve what is going on!”
The big Usain Bolt agrees with Coe, speaking to Tokyo before the championships, he said: “If he continues on this track, it’s going to be good, but it’s about doing everything.
“It’s always easier when you are younger because I was there. I did great things when I was young, but the transition to Senior of Junior is always more difficult.”
These sage’s advice from the world and Olympic champions did not stop media threshing, especially in Australia where experts believe that gout will be the 200m final – something that Bolt did not do at this age – with more than double the number of Australian media accredited for the Tokyo World Championships compared to Budapest 2023.
There is generally an increased interest in athletics in Australia, they won seven athletics medals in Paris 2024 and with taste, have several other contenders for the authentic medal for Tokyo.
Combine this wave of talent with Brisbane to accommodate the 2032 Olympic Games, many of those who like the hyperbola have already put the gold medal around the neck of the drop for the double sprint in seven years.
It seems long … the drop will still only be 24 years old!
