Gout Gout Surpasses Usain Bolt, Justin Gatlin in New Statistic After Explosive Start to the Season

has been making headlines in the world of sprinting and has since surpassed the likes of and Justin Gatlin in a recent statistic.

The 17-year-old has been on fire in recent days, eclipsing records and filling stadiums in Australia, with tons of fans out to watch his scintillating speed.

The Australian sprint prodigy has received comparisons from the , and though he admits that it is overwhelming, he is proud to be associated with the Jamaican legend.

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However, this article will not focus on comparison to Usain Bolt only, but also to other sprinting legends and how he has risen through the ranks to surpass them in the 200m category.

Just at 17, Gout Gout has surpassed Usain Bolt, and Letsile Tebogo to rank second on the list of the fastest 200m times clocked by Under-20 athletes.

Only is above him, having clocked a stunning 19.49 seconds in his season opener at the LSU Invitational on April 30, 2022. With that time, he became the fourth-fastest 200m runner and the fastest under-20, at only 18 years of age.

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Gout is second, having clocked a stunning 19.84 seconds at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth.

However, the wind speed was +2.2 m/s, making the time wind-assisted and therefore not an official personal best since the legal wind speed limit for a time to be considered official is +2.0 m/s.

Third on the list is , who posted his time in 2001. Justin Gatlin clocked an impressive 19.86 seconds during his freshman year at the University of Florida.

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During that time, was also on fire, as he went ahead to win four NCAA titles in the 60m and 200m indoors. He also won the titles in the 100m and 200m outdoors.

Despite being the fastest man in the 200m in the world, was not that fast in his under-20 years, as he only managed to clock 19.96 seconds in 2007, a time he achieved at the Hampton International Games.

In that race, Trinidad and Tobago track star Darrel Brown came in second in a time of 20.51 seconds as Dominica’s Chris Lloyd rounded up the podium in 20.56 seconds.

rounds up the fifth-place finishes in the category, thanks to his time at the World Under-20 Championships in Cali in 2022.

He ran a time of 19.96 seconds in the 200m final and finished in second place behind Israel’s Blessing Akawasi Afrifah, who also won with the same time. Both athletes set new championship records with their 19.96 times.