16-Year-Old’s Shocking Sprint, Misses Usain Bolt’s 100m World Record By A Whisker. Watch

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Gout Gout, a 16-year-old sprinter, left spectators stunned after running 100 metres in just 10.2 seconds at this year’s Queensland Athletics Championships in Australia. Gout, born in Australia to Sudanese parents, spent the first 40 metres in line with his fellow sprinters. However, he finished the race around 10 yards in front of the second fastest sprinter, covering the remaining 60 metres in full-throttle. Fans were left awestruck as a video of Gout’s incredible sprint surfaced on social media.

Read about a 16-year-old Sudanese kid in Australia who ran 100m in 10.2 seconds this year. Found the footage- freakin ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/Bz8tYuPkeK

— Del Walker (@TheCartelDel) August 23, 2024

Here’s how internet reacted:

“He’s also run a 20.69 200m which is arguably even more impressive. Rapid!” a fan wrote.

“Gout Gout? More like Goat Goat,” another user claimed.

“The way he runs and leaves opponents behind him, remind us a legend. Usain Bolt,” another fan quipped.

“He probably lost brakes,” a fan joked.

“Cheat code,” another user exclaimed.

This comes after Gout set a new national under-18 200m record last year at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Brisbane. He clocked 20.87 seconds, which was less than 0.30 from eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt’s record at the same age.

20.87 200m at the age of 15

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— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 15, 2023

Earlier this month, US sprint king Noah Lyles powered to gold by just five thousands of a second in the closest 100m in modern Olympic history at Paris 2024.

It was billed as one of the most open 100m finals ever and it did not disappoint, Lyles dipping to gold in 9.79sec, just three hundredths of a second separating the first four.

“I’m the wolf amongst wolves,” said the outspoken Lyles, who see himself as the rightful sprinting heir to the legendary Usain Bolt.

“It’s the one I wanted,” said Lyles. “It’s the hard battle, it’s the amazing opponents.”

The American had failed to impress in his heat or semi-final, winning neither after sluggish starts.

But in the final he burst out of the blocks quicker and muscled through the field, pushing Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and US rival Fred Kerley into silver and bronze by the tightest of margins.

The shock 100m winner in Tokyo, Italy’s Marcell Jacobs, came fifth despite registering a season’s best 9.85sec.

No US athlete had won the 100m since Justin Gatlin at the 2004 Athens Games and the Americans were still smarting after Julien Alfred from tiny St.Lucia beat hot favourite Sha’Carri Richardson in the women’s 100m final on Saturday.

(With AFP Inputs)

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“Why Were Usain Bolt And Michael Phelps Not Banned?”: Taapsee Pannu’s Debate-Stirring Verdict On Olympics Gender Row

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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif was surrounded by controversy in the recently-concluded Paris Olympics 2024. The pugilist won a gold medal in the women’s 66kg category at the Games but the path to the glory was really a tough one for Khelif. She saw questions being raised over her gender whenever she won a boxing bout. The criticism continued but Khelif didn’t let all that impact her performance and clinched the top honour at the event in Paris. While the debate over her gender row continues to gain prominance, Indian actress Taapsee Pannu gave a debate-stirring verdict. While speaking about the Olympics gender row, as per ANI, Taapsee said that there is no fault of any athlete if he or she is born with some higher level of testosterone.

“I played a role on that subject. I did a film called ‘Rashmi Rocket’ which was about a female athlete being banned because she was detected with a high level of testosterone. So, I played this role. I mean we presented our views and that’s why you know I think the beauty of the kind of films I get is sometimes I get my films to talk about the muddas (issues) that I personally believe in without making a statement outside,” said the actress.

‘Rashmi Rocket’ is a movie about a young girl runner from a small village who becomes a national athlete. She wins accolades for the country but her life takes a turn when she’s called in for a gender verification test.

“That was a film that I spoke about where I played the athlete. And it is not in my control what my hormones are. It’s not like I’ve taken supplements. It’s not like I’ve injected any hormones. It’s just I was born with it. Our argument in the film was that there are so many athletes who are born with an edge over others. Like Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps, all these people are also born with a certain biological edge over others. Why are they not banned?

“And why only someone who has a higher level of testosterone is banned? If she has taken injections for this particular competition, then, of course, it should be illegal and she should be banned. But if she is not, then by something that is not in her control, you’ve banned her. So that’s the character that I played in the film as well. So that was my statement.”

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16-Year-Old’s Shocking Sprint, Misses Usain Bolt’s 100m World Record By A Whisker. Watch

“Why Were Usain Bolt And Michael Phelps Not Banned?”: Taapsee Pannu’s Debate-Stirring Verdict On Olympics Gender Row