US sprinter launches astonishing rant at Gout Gout | Sports News

U.S. sprinter Erin Brown ruthlessly slammed Australian phenom Gout Gout for his efficiency at the World Athletics Championships.

This week, Gout proudly represented Team Australia at the biennial competitors in Tokyo, which marked his first look at a senior world occasion. At simply 17 years previous, he’s already nicely on his strategy to turning into one of the largest stars within the sport — having smashed the 10-second barrier twice in sooner or later and drawn comparisons to Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.

While competing completely within the 200m — his commitments at Ipswich Grammar School forcing him to overlook the 4x100m relay — Gout superior to the semifinals however did not progress any additional, ending fourth at 20.36 seconds behind 2024 Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo and World No. 3 Jamaican Bryan Levell.

Brown, for one, was hardly impressed by Gout’s outing. “Gout Gout, the 17-year-old from Australia who turns 18 in about two months, went out there and got embarrassed,” the Grand Canyon University athlete stated in a TikTok clip.

According to Brown, Gout’s look at the World Championships marked the primary time that {the teenager} has confronted any formidable opponents. “You are a professional athlete now… you racing them little rural white kids in Australia running 22 seconds and you coming off the curve 80 meters ahead, and you running 20 flat,” he added.

“It’s easy to run fast against nobody. Your body is relaxed, it’s easy to maintain your posture and your form because you’re not under pressure. He’s never been in a race where it’s been close and he’s had people in front of him. He only races bums.”

Brown continued, “There’s literally professionals in Australia who run around the same time and he doesn’t even race them. He raced Lachlan Kennedy one time … and Lachlan Kennedy beat him. My advice to bro now is you’re a pro now. All that kid s— is out the window. Sure, you’re still in school or whatever, but you need to go race your peers — people who get paid to run because the intensity is different.”

Though Gout was unable to secure a medal in his senior debut, the Queensland native asserted that he was nonetheless happy together with his efficiency. “I couldn’t be prouder of myself. Semifinalist and got to compete against the big guys,” he stated. “Obviously, I was aiming for that sub-20, but today wasn’t the day. But for sure, in the future it’s gonna come.”

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As for what Gout took away from the expertise, he defined: “The biggest eye opener is that I can compete at the young age. I am [competing] against the best men in the world. Just knowing that I can actually go out there, run hard and place against these grown men. It’s great.”

“It definitely makes me hungry, knowing that I’m just a kid right now, but knowing that I can compete.”

While many of Gout’s opponents have the benefit of expertise on their aspect, he’s obtained one thing else going his method. “The thing I have on them is time,” Gout stated. “They may not have 15 years — but I’ve got 15 years. I know that if I can do this at 17, then I can do this at 25 and I’ll be even better at 25.”