Four years ago, Di Sheppard identified young Gout as a future sprinting star, predicting he would break 10 seconds in the 100m and win two Olympic gold medals in Brisbane 2032, mirroring Usain Bolt's achievement.
Four years ago, Di Sheppard walked across the oval at Ipswich Grammar to a spindly year 7 kid who had just run a race against bigger children. There was something about how he ran; it was different. He had something. Gout Gout could be Australia’s greatest male sprinter. Gout Gout smiled a big, toothy, uncertain smile. The next bit he was not expecting. Gout didn’t know if she was serious, but the stern, grey-haired woman looked as though serious was all she did.
“I just knew he won back in the day, but I didn’t know what time or like how he did it, but one of the news articles said I did it. And I was like ‘Wow, that’s pretty cool’,” Gout said. Gout too is growing as a man. It’s easy to forget how young he is when he speaks maturely of his career and family. He has mapped his own plan out.“There are stepping stones we wish to complete, so the first will obviously be the Peter Norman record, 20.16s. And after that just getting faster and obviously the big milestone is sub-20s. And after that, just keep getting faster,” he said.He is so matter of fact about that, and about making history.
Recently Gout signed a significant long-term deal with adidas – rare in Australia for a teenager. The sportswear company recognised the raw talent and rapid trajectory of the 16-year-old. He is still working to improve his starts, and now prefers to adopt a relatively rare American style of putting both knees on the ground when he is at the blocks at the start of a race. He says it makes him feel more stable.
“I came sixth in the 100 and fourth in the 200 so that really made me determined and I came back that same year at All Schools nationals and broke the 200 record and won both. So that was the sort of turning point for me in running.”This year he has quickly gone from promising national-level talent to world-class.“I started the year off with the 20.69s in late January and that was really a mind-blower because that was at the time the fastest in under-20s … I came out and ran the 10.
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