Gout Gout’s family reveal everyone has been making the same mistake in surprise revelation
Gout Gout’s father has sought to clarify a mistake about the sprint sensation everyone has made. It turns out Gout Gout is not actually the 16-year-old’s name. Gout Gout is actually pronounced ‘Gwot Gwot’Getty In an interview with Australian broadcaster Channel 7, Bona Gout revealed his teenage son’s name is actually Guot – pronounced ‘Gwot’. “His name is Guot, it’s supposed to be Guot,” Bona told 7. “When I see people called him Gout Gout I’m not really happy for him. “I know that Gout Gout is a disease name but I don’t want my son to be called a disease name … it’s something that’s not acceptable.” Bona revealed the reason why his son became Gout instead of Guot was because of an Arabic spelling mix-up when he and wife Monica fled from South Sudan to Egypt. They were initially meant to move to Canada, but due to the Australian government sending documents first, they elected to move down under and settled on Brisbane as their new home, with Gout born there in 2007. Bona’s revelation comes on the back of his son’s record-breaking weekend at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships. Gout, who turns 17 in late December, broke the Australian 200m record with a time of 20.04sec. The time clocked beat Peter Norman’s 20.06sec run at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Norman’s 56-year record was the longest standing record in Australian athletics and one of the nation’s most iconic as he stood alongside American duo Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they performed their famous Black Power salute. Gout Gout re-wrote the record books in Queensland with a series of rapid runsGetty But the most intrigue regarding Gout’s 200m time came from the fact he beat the time Olympic icon Usain Bolt ran at his age in 2003. Gout’s performances have since caught the eye of the Jamaican. When asked for his thoughts on the 16-year-old by a fan on Instagram, eight-time Olympic gold medallist Bolt replied: “He looks like young me.” Gout was also in blistering form for the 100m event, where he clocked a rapid 10.04s time. It would have been the fifth-fastest time ran by any Australian in history, but Gout’s run did not count due to the extreme tailwind. Gout had a tailwind of +3.4, which is over the legal +2.5 metres-per-second legal wind reading permitted. Gout Gout is becoming one of the most exciting names in track and field – and he’s only 16Getty However, the teen then ran a time of 10.17s with a legal +0.9 wind to win the 100m to set a new national under-18 record and personal best. Gout’s victorious weekend in Queensland was just the latest set of mind-blowing feats in recent months. He ran a 200m time of 20.60 at the Under-20 World Championships in August, which beat Bolt’s 22-year record for the event. Gout has also inked a sponsorship deal with sportswear giants Adidas and has received an invite to train with reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles.
Gout Gout’s father has sought to clarify a mistake about the sprint sensation everyone has made.
It turns out Gout Gout is not actually the 16-year-old’s name.
In an interview with Australian broadcaster Channel 7, Bona Gout revealed his teenage son’s name is actually Guot – pronounced ‘Gwot’.
“His name is Guot, it’s supposed to be Guot,” Bona told 7.
“When I see people called him Gout Gout I’m not really happy for him.
“I know that Gout Gout is a disease name but I don’t want my son to be called a disease name … it’s something that’s not acceptable.”
Bona revealed the reason why his son became Gout instead of Guot was because of an Arabic spelling mix-up when he and wife Monica fled from South Sudan to Egypt.
They were initially meant to move to Canada, but due to the Australian government sending documents first, they elected to move down under and settled on Brisbane as their new home, with Gout born there in 2007.
Bona’s revelation comes on the back of his son’s record-breaking weekend at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.
Gout, who turns 17 in late December, broke the Australian 200m record with a time of 20.04sec.
The time clocked beat Peter Norman’s 20.06sec run at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Norman’s 56-year record was the longest standing record in Australian athletics and one of the nation’s most iconic as he stood alongside American duo Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they performed their famous Black Power salute.
But the most intrigue regarding Gout’s 200m time came from the fact he beat the time Olympic icon Usain Bolt ran at his age in 2003.
Gout’s performances have since caught the eye of the Jamaican.
When asked for his thoughts on the 16-year-old by a fan on Instagram, eight-time Olympic gold medallist Bolt replied: “He looks like young me.”
Gout was also in blistering form for the 100m event, where he clocked a rapid 10.04s time.
It would have been the fifth-fastest time ran by any Australian in history, but Gout’s run did not count due to the extreme tailwind.
Gout had a tailwind of +3.4, which is over the legal +2.5 metres-per-second legal wind reading permitted.
However, the teen then ran a time of 10.17s with a legal +0.9 wind to win the 100m to set a new national under-18 record and personal best.
Gout’s victorious weekend in Queensland was just the latest set of mind-blowing feats in recent months.
He ran a 200m time of 20.60 at the Under-20 World Championships in August, which beat Bolt’s 22-year record for the event.
Gout has also inked a sponsorship deal with sportswear giants Adidas and has received an invite to train with reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles.
