'We need to wrap our arms around them' — pundit calls for protection of sprints sensation Gout Gout ahead of LA 2028 Olympics

Sprint sensation and other junior  Australian athletes need support and protection for them to grow and become world beaters according to Athletics commentator .

Gout Gout, 16, Broke ‘s 200m record at the same age as Peter Morman’s 56-year-old record on December 7, but Dyer feels the budding athletes need to be galvanised from scrutiny and excessive attention if they have to conquer the world heading into the and the 2032 Brisbane Games. 

The Age newspaper got itself in hot water and the publication has made apology for embarrassing blunder on Gout Gout.

«We need to wrap our arms around them and really support them and their personalities, support the people they are and give them that encouragement to be the best version of themselves,» Dyer told .

While the Brisbane Olympics are still years away, Australia boasts of a plethora of talent including Torrie Lewis, Cameron Myers, Peyton Craig, Claudia Hollingsworth, Delta Amidzovski and Izobelle Louison-Roe. The aforementioned names are tipped to rub shoulders with their more experienced opponents in the national championships in April and World Championships in September 2025.

Sydney McLaughlin has improved her time every time she's been on track, prompting questions abot dipping under-50 seconds.

Dyer’s optimism is born from the fact that Athletics made the headlines in Australia multiple times in 2024. won a gold medal in the pole vault at both the Paris Olympics and the World Championships. broke the world 2,000-metre record and claimed an Olympic silver medal, finishing just behind the greatest of all time Kenya’s .

While 16-year-old Gout Gout broke the country’s longest-standing senior record in the men’s 200m, it feels like there’s a shift in the sport, where Australians — who used to only associate with athletics once every four years — have really started to take notice.