Bolt advises Gout not to forget track and field
Summary
Usain Bolt has advised Australian sprinter Gout Gout to stay focused on track and field and to find good support as pressure grows. Gout recently won the Australian 200m title with a time faster than Bolt’s teenage best and plans to debut in the Diamond League in June.Key Facts
- Gout Gout is an 18-year-old Australian sprinter who won the 200m at the Australian Athletics Championships with a time of 19.67 seconds.
- His time broke the under-20 world record held by American Erriyon Knighton and also beat Usain Bolt’s fastest teenage time of 19.93 seconds from 2004.
- Gout also won the under-20 100m national title and has previously run under 20 seconds for 200m with a wind-assisted 19.84.
- Usain Bolt, an eight-time Olympic champion from Jamaica, warned Gout to focus on athletics amid distractions and to have good guidance.
- Bolt said that losing focus on track and field could end Gout’s chances of success.
- Gout will make his Diamond League debut in Oslo on June 10.
- He plans to skip the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to concentrate on the World Under-20 Championships in Oregon in August.
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