Australia’s teenage dash sensation Gout Gout will comply with within the footsteps of among the nation’s best athletes by working on this yr’s Stawell Present, and his crew hopes it’ll proceed his ascension within the eyes of the general public.
The well-known 120-metre handicap occasion will probably be held on Easter Monday and can see 17-year-old Gout current as the principle occasion of the 143rd working of the race.
Gout’s supervisor James Templeton spoke to Weekend Grandstand, explaining the race was each a part of the younger star’s journey into aggressive senior occasions in 2025 and an opportunity to lift his profile even increased inside Australia.
“Sure, it’s occurring,” Templeton stated.
“The way in which Gout runs coming by means of the sector and having that flying final 50, it was advised to me [he could run] by a few native Stawell folks I do know. We had a chat about it and I assumed, ‘Would not it’s nice?’
“You by no means know, he could possibly be handicapped out of it. That is all the time a chance. However it is going to be enjoyable watching him run. He’ll give it a red-hot crack in fact.
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“I’ve stated all alongside, would not it’s nice if by the point the Olympics are available in LA in 2028 that Australia is behind him and the Australian sporting public is saying, ‘When is our man working?’ and Australia is aware of we have got a man who has a real shot.
“So actually I do not really feel like hiding him away from the Australian public. The Stawell Present is great and it will be nice as a result of he’ll develop into extra well-known in Australia.”
Gout is primed for a busy yr, which is able to culminate on this planet championships in Tokyo in September.
He rose to worldwide prominence in 2024 because of a wind-assisted 10.04 hundred on the Australian All-Faculties Championships in Brisbane in December, the place he additionally broke Peter Norman’s 56-year-old Australian 200m document.
Gout additionally lately returned from a coaching camp within the US the place he labored alongside American Olympic champion Noah Lyles and his coach Lance Brauman.
Noah Lyles received 100m gold in Paris and lately educated alongside Gout Gout. (AP: Ashley Landis)
Templeton stated the camp was a “step up” for Gout, who discovered loads from Lyles and his elite requirements.
“Noah is the final word skilled and he’s the perfect at all the pieces,” he stated.
“Each drill and each raise within the gymnasium, he was the perfect. His approach was the perfect and he sought perfection in all the pieces he did.
“He was very exacting in his calls for on his coaching companions, so if somebody did one thing in a sloppy manner he’d be barking at them from 50m away.
“There was one attention-grabbing one the place [Gout’s training partner] Jon Kasiano eased off in a single 50 simply earlier than the road and Noah shouted at him, ‘Jonathan, no easing off. Easing off is for losers. You do it correctly.’
“And all of us liked that. That is Noah the final word professional, and that is an excellent instance for Gout — the man who’s the perfect just isn’t sitting again and resting on his expertise.”
