Gout Gout's name reveal as Athletics Australia attempt to 'temper' expectations
He's the sprinting sensation that recently smashed Peter Norman's Australian record in the 200m sprint on Saturday. The 16-year-old's time of 20.04 was enough to break the 56-year record.
But a little known fact has been revealed, we're saying his name wrong.
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The youngster's father, Bona, told Seven that the family name had been misspelled when it was translated from Arabic but it's actually pronounced 'Guot Guot'.
Gout Gout of Queensland celebrates winning the Boys' U18 200m Final in a new national time of 20.04 seconds. Getty
After his impressive run at the Australian All Schools Championships, comparisons have come in the name of Usain Bolt.
Even Bolt himself has spoken about Gout's achievement.
Athletics Australia president Jane Flemming said while the organisation is "super excited", there's a need to keep expectations measured.
"I think we're excited but trying to be tempered because he's so young and you can imagine at the moment he's going to have every sporting code, every agent, every commercial entity, they'll all be chasing him and he hasn't even finished year 11," she told 2GB's Wide World of Sports radio.
"Part of our responsibility as an organisation is to make sure the young man gets to his 30's in good physical and mental shape so we need to try and temper it, make sure he gets back to school, does year 12 next year, hangs out with his mates, has a good time with it all, while still progressing him on the way through.
"It's a long road. Rightly so he'll probably make next year's world championships and then Olympic Games and another Olympics and maybe another Olympics after that.
"That's the idea, for him to have a long and fruitful, enjoyable career and not get too serious. His coach is fantastic, Di Sheppard, she's been with him all the way along and they have a really close relationship and so I think that's really going to help.
"We do feel an enormous amount of responsibility, while we're trying to temper our excitement as well because he's just phenomenal."
