He is only 17 years old but everyone talks about him. Everyone wants to see it. Gout taste, which many are already comparing to a certain Usain Bolt, is one of the great attractions of the world athletics championships which are currently standing in Tokyo (Japan).
On Wednesday, this phenomenon born of South Sudanese parents who fled the country torn apart by the war, via Egypt and who arrived in Australia in 2006, has taken a first stage in his career by qualifying for the 200-meter semi-finals, scheduled for Thursday.
The semi-finals are scheduled for Thursday, the first at 2:02 p.m. and the other at 2:24 p.m., before the final on Friday.
Triple defending champion Noah Lyles and the Olympic gold medalist, Botswana Letsile Tebogo can well aim for the title of heirs of Bolt. But for many observers, the large (1.83 m) and Svelte Gout is the one that has the greatest raw talent to become the undisputed superstar of the sprint and succeed the Jamaican, an olympic gold medalist and holder of the world records of the 100 m and 200 m, retired since 2017.
In 2024, at 16, Gout ran the 20 ″ 04 tracking around in an Australian school championship, only becoming the second athlete to succeed in a faster than the record under 18 years of Bolt (20 ″ 13).
Tokyo could be the start of a route traced to peak at the Olympic games at home in Brisbane in 2032, where he will only be … 24 years old.
The 200m semi-finals will be followed live this Thursday, September 18 from 2:02 p.m. on France 2 and Eurosport 1.
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