The Australian Sprint Wonderkind Gout Gout now regularly writes headlines over 100 and 200 m. Now he has gained a financial sponsor.
The just 17 -year -old Gout Gout receives a lush financial injection to boost his career. The Australian is now supported by businessman Sandy McGregor. “He is exciting, he deserves it,” confirmed the new sponsor “Wide World of Sports”.
According to the portal, no less than $ 150,000 should hike to the sprinter in the next few months – in addition to the $ 50,000, which McGregor had recently paid the youngster for his participation in the Stawell Gift, Australia’s most prestigious race event.
Financial support is intended to enable the teenager to compete in Europe and Asia in the future. At the end of June, Gout Gout wants to compete against international competition in Ostrava in Czech. “We all hope that he performs as in Europe as in Australia,” said McGregor about the expectations of the protégé.
Gout Gout in the footsteps of Usain Bolt
In Gout Gout he sees no less than the future superstar among the sprinters. “Who knows? Gout could be as big as Noah Lyles next year,” Oraked the Australian. Lyles won the gold medal last summer at the Paris Olympic Games over 100 m.
Sprint-Tenie Gout had made headlines several times in recent months. At his age, he is even faster than athletics legend Usain Bolt. At the Australian championships in Perth in mid -April, he ran the 200 m in 19.84 seconds – but with 2.2 m/s tailwind. He completed the 100 m in 9.99 seconds, with which he won both titles.
In December, as a 16-year-old, Gout Gout only needed 20.04 seconds for the 200 m.