Australian sprint prodigy who is better than Usain Bolt at 16

pport is thriving on the next big thing, and Australia and the wider athletics world are buzzing with anticipation after a teenage sprinter broke a landmark record and earned Usain Bolt’s endorsement.

The undisputed GED was excited about the new sensation Gout Gout. “He looks like a young me,” Bolt wrote on social media. His manager, James Templeton, told The Times: “He is out of this world.” Gout, only 16, came up with the best line himself. “For me, pressure creates diamonds, and I think I’m better than a diamond.”

The subject of gossip in track circles for some time, he blew up for good at last weekend’s Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane, clocking 20.04sec.