Gout Gout, 16, left in little doubt as bold claim made after breaking Usain Bolt's record

Teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout has seen his illustration skyrocket this twelvemonth arsenic helium announced himself connected the satellite signifier pursuing aft breaking 1 of Usain Bolt's longstanding records

Australian sprinting starlet Gout Gout has been compared to the legendary Cathy Freeman arsenic the 16-year-old continues to impressment the athletics world.

The teen has emerged arsenic 1 of way and field's brightest talents this twelvemonth after breaking 1 of Usain Bolt's galore records astatine the under-20 satellite championships successful Peru successful August wherever helium won a metallic medal successful the 200m.

He did it successful a clip of 20.60, which was 0.01 seconds faster than Bolt did backmost successful 2002 erstwhile helium ran to triumph the satellite inferior rubric anterior to his 16th birthday.

Gout's awesome performances person led to accrued eyes connected the teen who precocious received rather the compliment from Aussie sports broadcasting fable Bruce McAvaney.

The 71-year-old compared the Queensland-born sprinter to Olympic champion Cathy Freeman successful what is simply a telling motion connected the heights Gout is expected to scope successful his career.

Freeman earned a golden medal successful the 4x100m astatine the 1990 Commonwealth Games astatine 16 earlier going connected to triumph a metallic medal successful the 1996 Games successful the 400m. The 51-year-old realised her Olympic dreams 4 years aboriginal successful Sydney wherever she won the golden medal.

McAvaney discussed Gout's peculiar talents with Code Sports arsenic helium questioned: "Has determination been anyone much exciting?" earlier adding: "Freeman was but he’s astatine a much mature signifier than Cathy was astatine 16 successful presumption of what helium is doing.

"We person ne'er had anyone rather similar him and the imaginable is unsocial wrong this state I think." Gout's glorious 2024 play has besides seen him interruption his ain under-16s nationalist record, moving a 100m contention astatine the Queensland Athletics Championships backmost successful March successful 10.29 seconds.

His clip from the under-20 satellite championships has him ranked arsenic the 57th fastest successful the satellite astatine each property groups successful 2024 which is conscionable implicit a 2nd extracurricular Bolt’s 15-year satellite grounds of 19.19.

Gout's achievements person lone enhanced comparisons to Bolt which is thing the Aussie's manager has attempted not to bash successful bid not to bring unnecessary unit to an jock truthful young successful his career.

Speaking to ABC Sport, Gout's manager James Templeton, said: "I've avoided utilizing the 'UB' [Bolt] comparison. I deliberation that's unfair to a young athlete. "For 18 months I've fundamentally said a broad 'no' to each media outlet successful Australia that has asked. We conscionable privation to let him to beryllium a mean kid astatine school.

"We don't privation him to person immoderate distraction. It's each going to beryllium up of him. We privation his beingness to beryllium arsenic mean arsenic imaginable for arsenic agelong arsenic possible. But the modern satellite with viral videos, contempt saying nary to media, helium has gone viral and everybody is starting to get to cognize him."