{"id":218216,"date":"2025-12-14T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/i-am-the-next-usain-bolt-i-have-a-secret-tool-to-create-olympics-history\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T18:00:00","slug":"i-am-the-next-usain-bolt-i-have-a-secret-tool-to-create-olympics-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/i-am-the-next-usain-bolt-i-have-a-secret-tool-to-create-olympics-history\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I am the next Usain Bolt &#8211; I have a secret tool to create Olympics history&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_fdd245\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The Australian sprinter broken Usain Bolt&#8217;s U18 200m record and has his sights set on more success<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span data-testid=\"byline-content\" class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<p><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_2d8d76\">Abbie Meehan<\/strong> Sports Writer U-35s<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">18:00, 14 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36396125\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageEmbed_fig-caption__qotOK\"><span class=\"ImageEmbed_camera-style__Qjeby\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_209_94274)\"><path opacity=\"0.16\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14 4H2V10.6667C2 11.403 2.59695 12 3.33333 12H12.6667C13.403 12 14 11.403 14 10.6667V4ZM8 10C9.10457 10 10 9.10457 10 8C10 6.89543 9.10457 6 8 6C6.89543 6 6 6.89543 6 8C6 9.10457 6.89543 10 8 10Z\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\"\/><path d=\"M2 3.33331H14V11.3333C14 12.0697 13.403 12.6666 12.6667 12.6666H3.33333C2.59695 12.6666 2 12.0697 2 11.3333V3.33331Z\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"2\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M11.3332 1.33331L12.6665 1.33331\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_209_94274\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-title__FSINC\">Gout Gout is ready to become the greatest sprinter of all time<\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-credit__uNiU6\">(Image: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gout Gout is using his passion for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/psychology\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"psychologyLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">psychology<\/a> to push himself to become the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/gout-gout-uwezo-lubenda-bolt-36090028\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">greatest sprinter in Olympic history<\/a>. The teenager has his sights firmly set on the Los Angeles Games in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Australian sprinter has taken the athletics <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">world<\/a> by storm in recent years, smashing <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/usain-bolt\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Usain Bolt&#039;sLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Usain Bolt&#8217;s<\/a> U18 200m record by clocking 20.04 seconds &#8211; <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/gout-gout-200m-record-bolt-35447559\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">bettering the Jamaican legend&#8217;s attempt<\/a> of 20.13s. Hailed as the heir to Bolt&#8217;s throne, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/gout-gout-record-bolt-200m-34268818\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Gout also beat Peter Norman&#8217;s<\/a> 56-year-old Australian U18 200m record in 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 17-year-old recognises his rising success in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/sport\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"sportLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">sport<\/a> and has revealed his unique approach to handling the mounting expectations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking to the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/othersports\/article-15370469\/Gout-Gout-Usain-Bolt-Brisbane-Olympics.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Daily MailLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Daily Mail<\/a>, Gout revealed how his academic interest in psychology has proved invaluable throughout his athletics journey. He said: &#8220;Why do I love psychology?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Part of it was I felt I could help myself in my sport. I&#8217;m interested in the way our minds interact with our body and our attitudes and our behaviours and how different stuff you do changes how we think.<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_12bb3e\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/gout-gout-usain-bolt-olympics-36384428\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36384428\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gout Gout shows true colours in response to Usain Bolt comments after smashing his record<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_12bb3e\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/noah-lyles-gout-athletics-championships-35905732\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"35905732\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noah Lyles showed exactly what he thinks about Gout Gout with three-word remark to 17-year-old<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I&#8217;m all professional, of course, and I am seeing a psychologist, but learning about it in school definitely helps with pressure and anxiety and just trying to&#8230; track and field is a very lonely sport, so it helps with your mental side and how to prepare for races, how to handle yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Maintaining normality at school has also been crucial for the teenager. He added: &#8220;In school, I was just a normal kid. Six periods and two lunch breaks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Psychology and maths are my favourite subjects. And accounting, surprisingly. But I was committed. I was pretty much a straight-A student. It&#8217;s always something you can fall back on regardless of what you do.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-36396127\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36396127\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36396127.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2235907544.jpg\" alt=\"Gout Gout of Team Australia prepares to compete in the Men's 200 Metres Heats on day five of the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025 at National Stadium on September 17, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. \" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36396127.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_GettyImages-2235907544.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36396127.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_GettyImages-2235907544.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article36396127.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_GettyImages-2235907544.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageEmbed_fig-caption__qotOK\"><span class=\"ImageEmbed_camera-style__Qjeby\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_209_94274)\"><path opacity=\"0.16\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14 4H2V10.6667C2 11.403 2.59695 12 3.33333 12H12.6667C13.403 12 14 11.403 14 10.6667V4ZM8 10C9.10457 10 10 9.10457 10 8C10 6.89543 9.10457 6 8 6C6.89543 6 6 6.89543 6 8C6 9.10457 6.89543 10 8 10Z\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\"\/><path d=\"M2 3.33331H14V11.3333C14 12.0697 13.403 12.6666 12.6667 12.6666H3.33333C2.59695 12.6666 2 12.0697 2 11.3333V3.33331Z\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"2\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M11.3332 1.33331L12.6665 1.33331\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_209_94274\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-title__FSINC\">Gout Gout is setting his sights on history<\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-credit__uNiU6\">(Image: Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It was normalising, too. I liked that about it. You can put aside track and field or whatever you do, just focus on studies like everyone else. It makes you feel normal, in a way. Occasionally, the little kids might treat me different but with my friend crew, I was just another one of the guys.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Gout is setting his sights on smashing records and making history at the LA 2028 games. He might even draw inspiration from his other favourite sport &#8211; football &#8211; for some of the biggest success stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The teenager, a die-hard <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/manchester-city-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Manchester City<\/a> supporter, expressed his passion for the beautiful game. He said: &#8220;If there was one sporting event I could go to, it would be the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/world-cup-final\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"World Cup finalLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">World Cup final<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I stayed up into the wee hours to watch the 2022 final between Argentina and France. When <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/kylian-mbappe\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Kylian MbappeLink opens in a new tab.\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Kylian Mbappe<\/a> sparked that comeback and it went to penalties, I was yelling and cheering. I think I woke the whole house up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/gout-gout-olympics-usain-bolt-36396111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australian sprinter broken Usain Bolt&#8217;s U18 200m record and has his sights set on more success Abbie Meehan Sports Writer U-35s 18:00, 14 Dec 2025 Gout Gout is ready to become the greatest sprinter of all time(Image: Cameron Spencer\/Getty Images) Gout Gout is using his passion for psychology to push himself to become the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[59228,1056,57656],"class_list":{"0":"post-218216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics","8":"tag-los-angeles-olympic-games","9":"tag-usain-bolt","10":"tag-world-indoor-athletics-championships"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}