Gault, a 16-year-old sprinter, stunned spectators at this year's Queensland Athletics Championships in Australia when he ran the 100 meters in just 10.2 seconds. Born in Australia to Sudanese parents, Gault ran alongside the other sprinters for the first 40 meters. But he finished the race about 10 yards ahead of the next fastest sprinter, then sprinted for the remaining 60 meters. Fans were stunned when a video of Gault's incredible sprint was released on social media.
I read an article earlier this year about a 16-year-old Sudanese boy in Australia who ran 100 metres in 10.2 seconds, and I thought the footage was just ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/Bz8tYuPkeK
— Del Walker (@TheCartelDel) August 23, 2024
Here's how the internet responded:
“He ran 200m in 20.69 seconds which is even more impressive. That's fast!” wrote a fan.
“Gout gout? More like goat goat,” another user argued.
“The way he runs and leaves his opponents behind reminds me of the legendary Usain Bolt,” quipped another fan.
“Maybe his brakes failed,” a fan joked.
“Cheat codes,” exclaimed another user.
This comes after Gort set a new national record in the under-18 200m at last year's Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Brisbane. His time of 20.87 seconds was less than 0.30 seconds off the record set by eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt at the same age.
At age 15, he ran the 200m in 20.87 seconds.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 15, 2023
Earlier this month, American sprint champion Noah Lyles won gold in the 100 metres at Paris 2024, the closest race in modern Olympic history, by just five-thousandths of a second.
The final was billed as one of the most open 100m finals in history, and Lyles did not disappoint, winning the gold medal in 9.79 seconds, just 0.3 seconds behind the top four.
“I'm a wolf among wolves,” says the outspoken Lyles, who sees himself as the rightful successor to the legendary Usain Bolt.
“This is what I wanted,” Lyles said. “It's a tough fight and a great opponent.”
The American failed to impress in either the qualifying round or the semi-finals, getting off to a sluggish start and failing to win either.
But in the final he got off to a fast start and powered his way through the field, narrowly beating out Jamaica's Kishane Thompson and American rival Fred Curley for the silver and bronze medals.
Italy's Marcel Jacobs, who had a shock victory in the 100 metres in Tokyo, finished fifth despite clocking a season's best time of 9.85 seconds.
No American has won the 100 meters since Justin Gatlin at the 2004 Athens Games, and Americans were still recovering from the blow after tiny St. Lucia's Julianne Alfred beat favorite Shakary Richardson in the women's 100-meter final on Saturday.
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