Gout Gout is being compared to an Australian athletics legend as his meteoric rise continues.

The feeling of youth already exists He ran faster than Usain Bolt in 2024 but shows no signs of slowing down.

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Gut has now been compared to another Australian athletics icon by sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney.

According to McAvaney, the 16-year-old has created a similar buzz to Olympic champion Cathy Freeman.

“Was there anyone more exciting? Freeman was, but he’s at a more mature stage in terms of what he’s doing than Cathy was at 16,” he told Code Sports.

“We’ve never had someone like him before, and I think he has unique potential in this country.”

Freeman wins first of four races Commonwealth Games He won a gold medal at the age of 16 and later became a two-time world champion.

He also won the 400 meters gold medal on home soil at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

The medal follows his silver win in Atlanta four years ago.

Freeman, who also competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and relay races, remains the ninth fastest woman of all time with her personal record of 48.63 seconds in the 400 meters.

Gout, meanwhile, made headlines earlier this year when he won silver in the 200 meters at the Under-20 World Championships in Peru.

Together broke numerous national and Oceanic records For his age, he set a faster time than the 15-year-old Bolt in the same championships in 2002.

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Bolt won the home gold medal in Kingston 22 years ago in 20.61 seconds.

However, Gout set a new under-18 continental record by crossing the line a hundredth of a second faster in 20.60 seconds in the final.

The sprint prodigy then went even faster, breaking the under-20 continental record in 20.29 seconds in Brisbane earlier this month.

Since then signed a sponsorship agreement with Adidas and He trained with Olympic 100 meter champion Noah Lyles.

Gout’s incredible rise comes before the young man turns 17 next month.