After setting a new Australia Under-20 record in the 200m on Sunday, 16-year-old Gout Gout, is aiming for Peter Norman’s 1968 Olympic record.
Teenage sprint star Gout Gout’s coach Diane Sheppard believes her prodigy can break Peter Norman’s 56-year-old Australian 200m record next year after smashing the Australian Under-20 record.
Gout set a new Australian Under-20 record in the 200m of 20.29 seconds at the Queensland All-Schools Championships on Sunday, beating previous record holder Aidan Murphy’s time of 20.41. Sheppard is now confident her 16-year-old charge can continue his astonishing progress in the sport by breaking Norman’s long-held record.
“But that’s long term, because he’s going to grow a little bit more, he’s going to fill out, so your angles change, and it’s just that constant re-evaluation while he’s growing.” by winning the silver medal in the 200m at the world junior champions in Peru in August with a time of 20.60That performance earned Gout lofty comparisons with Usain Bolt who had run a time of 20.61 to win gold in the same meet 22 years before, but ultimately, the performance was just another learning experience to digest.
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