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Many people thronged the WA Athletics Stadium to watch Gout Gout race but how did the atmosphere feel like?
Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout was the reason why over 5000 people tuned up to watch the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth last weekend.
The 17-year-old has been making waves since shooting to prominence December last year during the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.
How Was the Atmosphere?
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The excitement to see Gout Gout race at the WA Athletics Stadium in Perth was evident in the spectators eyes, who had come to witness the Australian and Oceanic record holder in 200m write more history.
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The atmosphere generated by Gout Gout was encapsulated brilliantly by a lady in her seventies watching on from high in the grandstand according to Nine news.
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"Nobody was breathing!" beamed Perth local Rebecca in a thick Irish accent, describing the scenes in which the 17-year-old stormed to victory in 19.84 seconds in the open-age 200-metre final on Sunday afternoon.
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"Everybody was engaaaaaged in it," she added, her hands flailing around.
Gout Gout hurtled around the bend and down the straight, recording every stride of what turned out to be the fastest run yet of the teen phenom's spellbinding sprint career, albeit in illegal wind conditions.
The only field event playing out when the runners set themselves in the blocks was the women's hammer throw final, but that was put on pause when the schoolboy sensation was ready to run.
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Every one of the 5278 people at WA Athletics Stadium on the day, the hammer throwers included, had to watch.
What Gout Gout has Achieved So Far
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Although Gout Gout felt disappointed because of the wind, it is only a matter of time before lady luck smiles on the teenager's face as he inches closer to breaking Usain Bolt's world record.
Born in Ipswich, Queensland, to parents from South Sudan, who moved to Australia two years before he was born, Gout Gout won the Australian U20 100m title in Adelaide in April 2024, running a time of 10.48 seconds.
Gout Gout grabbed a silver medal in 200m with a personal best time of 20.60 seconds in 2024 during the U20 World Championships.
In December, he recorded the fourth-fastest U18 time in the world and the fifth-fastest all-time 100m run by an Australian, after cutting the tape in 10.04 seconds.
Gout Gout is tipped to take the sprinting mantle from his idol Usain Bolt as well as to challenge Olympic champion Noah Lyles at the World Championships this year in Tokyo.
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