'It's a given': Aussie teen Gout Gout addresses Usain Bolt comparison and Olympic dreams in first interview

Australian teenager Gout Gout has spoken at length for the first time about his dreams of following in the footsteps of Usain Bolt and winning two Olympic gold medals.

The 16-year-old has been turning heads this year, shattering records across the country and even breaking one held by Bolt during his own youth career.

In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Gout spoke about his rise to fame and his plans to take over the track at the highest level.

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"I came out and ran the 10.29s and that went pretty viral, I think," he said.

"On the Instagram post I got a million views, and then there were YouTube videos all over the world and everyone started to know me.

"There are stepping stones we wish to complete, so the first will obviously be the Peter Norman [national 200m] record, 20.16s. And after that just getting faster and obviously the big milestone is sub-20s. And after that, just keep getting faster.

"Sub-10 [seconds for the 100m] will definitely happen.

"The higher I get off the ground when I'm running, it definitely feels like I'm floating. And it feels I'm just slicing into the air. It feels like basically I'm a lightning bolt.

"I never thought I could be anyone, and now I'm on the path to being someone great so it definitely touches my heart closely. I just want to show the world what I can do."

His coach, Di Sheppard, believes it is only a matter of time before the sub 10-second milestone is ticked off by the electric youngster.

"We talk about it because to us, it's a given," she told the Herald.

"When it happens, it happens, and if it happens early – because everything's happening sooner than we expected – it happens early."

With the overnight notoriety came plenty of comparisons to the greatest sprinter in Olympic history and it's something that would be tricky for any teenager to manage.

But for Gout, he takes the talk of him being the next Bolt in his stride - even after surpassing his record at 200 metres at the U17s world junior championships.

"I just knew he won back in the day, but I didn't know what time or like how he did it, but one of the news articles said I did it. And I was like 'Wow, that's pretty cool'," Gout said.

"I do see it [the Bolt similarity]. My stride length is pretty long, my knee height is pretty high and just the amount of tallness I get when I'm running.

"I'm just me trying to be me. Obviously, I do run like him. I do sometimes look like him, but obviously I'm making a name for myself, and I think I've done that pretty well.

"I just want to continue doing that and continue to be not only Usain Bolt but continue to be Gout Gout."

Gout will compete at the All Schools championships in Brisbane in both the 100m and 200m events on Friday and Saturday.