The 17-year-old high school student made his European debut on Tuesday at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in the Czech Republic, finishing second only to Cuban Reynier Mena and third overall, Briton Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (20.60).
“I feel good,” he said. The Queensland boy told reporters, “New personal best, new national record in my first race in Europe.”
Gout’s time at Ostrava is being compared to that of Usain Bolt, who won. Bolt won his first 200-meter gold medal at the Olympics in 2006. He set a new world record of 19.19 seconds after finishing his first 200-meter race there in 2006.
“I don’t feel any pressure,” she said. Because of the expectations, Gout compared to myself and what I have to do as soon as I leave that track.
“So I just go out there and run, and nothing stops me from doing that.” “Give me some more races, and [the 20-second barrier] will definitely drop.”
Gout broke Peter Norman’s national record, which had been in place for 56 years at 20.04, in December.
At the Australian national championships in Perth in April, he ran a 19.84-second 200-second and 9.99 seconds in the 100-meter race, but both were canceled due to a strong tailwind.
He is still in the top seven all-time for Under-20s, including Bolt, even without those two sub-20 times.
Gout was born in Queensland’s Ipswich, close to Brisbane. His parents immigrated to Australia in 2005, South Sudanese immigrants.
However, his strong performances secured him a spot on Australia’s team for the September World Championships in Tokyo.
Source: Aljazeera
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