Gout Gout rival reveals teen sensation’s ‘insanse’ speed secret as Commenwealth Games tilt looms

Gout Gout’s Australian sprint rival has detailed the “insane, off-the-charts” technical quirk not even Usain Bolt could boast.

The 17-year-old Gout will graduate from school later this year and then, along with fellow emerging sprint star Lachlan Kennedy, aim to headline Australia’s team to compete at Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games next year.

Gout, who broke Peter Norman’s 56-year-old 200m national record late last year, is fresh off a world championships debut in Japan, where he reached the semi-finals in that event.

Kennedy, 21, became the second Australian to break 10 seconds in Kenya in June but missed the Tokyo showpiece due to a stress fracture in his back.

The Queenslanders sat side-by-side at NewsCorp’s Future Brisbane roundtable on Friday and admitted each possessed something they envied.

“His heels don’t even touch the ground,” Kennedy said of Gout’s impressive stride.

“We call it heel recovery; it’s off the charts.

“There wouldn’t be many in the world who have as good heel recovery like that, even Usain Bolt didn’t.

“Heels are supposed to touch and that does slow you down a bit.

“His don’t; it’s insane, incredible and why he maintains that top-end speed.

“They say the person who wins the sprint race is the person who slows down the least.

“If I had that, who knows ... it’s one of a kind, you can’t replicate it.”

Gout has earned the praise of retired eight-time Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Bolt and trained with current Games 100m champion and 200m world champion Noah Lyles.

He’s has made clear his goal to win the 100m-200m double at Brisbane’s 2032 Games and says it’s not all just natural ability.

“It comes with genetics, but you have to train it and produce it and coach Di (Sheppard), she saw there was potential there and has built it to what it is now,” he said.

“You’ve got to dream big and aim big and that’s one of the things we have in common for sure.

“You’ve got to believe you can get there.”

Gout said he’d love Kennedy’s fast start and explosive early power, something he’s developing after growing 4cm and gaining “a few kilograms” this year.

“That’s muscle, by the way,” Gout smiled.

“Lachy’s got a flying start and his strength ... for me to get that ... we’d both be flying.”

Still living with his parents, Gout will finish at Ipswich Grammar in weeks and says there won’t be a Schoolies trip and no amount of records will excuse him from doing the dishes.

“I’ve still got to do them; chores are chores,” he said.