99% of people only pay attention to track and field during the Olympics, and I’m one of them. Today, however, I make an exception.
I sat next to a rather odd person at dinner a little while ago, and he told me about this running phenomenon out of Australia called Gout Gout, who may very well be the next Usain Bolt.
Apart from the memorable name, this kid is rapid. At the schoolboy championships, with a slight tailwind, he ran 10.04 seconds. At 16.
As someone who enjoyed track at high school, the magic number was sub 12. If you were sub 13, you were certainly considered fast. So to be 20-30% faster than that is really, really, really impressive.
Something to look forward to in LA 2028