豪新星がボルト超え 男子２００ｍで１６歳以下の史上最速記録

【シドニーＡＦＰ＝時事】オーストラリア・ブリスベンで７日に行われた陸上競技会の男子２００メートルで、１６歳のガウト・ガウトが国内新記録の２０秒０４をマークした。ワールドアスレティックス（世界陸連）によれば、過去にウサイン・ボルト（ジャマイカ）が記録した２０秒１３を上回り、１６歳としては史上最速のタイムとなった。（写真は資料写真）
　南スーダンからオーストラリアに移住した両親のもと、ブリスベンで生まれたガウトは「ずっとこの記録を狙ってきたが、今年かなえられるとは思っていなかった。来年か再来年かと思っていた」と驚きつつ、「プレッシャーがダイヤモンドを作ると言うが、今の自分はダイヤモンド以上になったと思う」と話した。
　２０秒０４は１８歳以下としても史上２番目に速いタイムで、前日の１００メートルでは追い風参考ながら１０秒０４を出してポテンシャルの高さを示している。公共放送ＡＢＣによると、来月には米国に行き、パリ五輪の１００メートルで金メダルを獲得したノア・ライルズ（米国）と共にトレーニングを行う予定だという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/12/09-18:07）

Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout clocked the fastest time ever by a 16-year-old to smash the national 200m record on Saturday and do something even Usain Bolt never achieved.
The teenager ran 20.04 seconds at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships at his home track in Brisbane, breaking Peter Norman's national record of 20.06 from the 1968 Olympics.
Gout has been compared in local media to Bolt and his time is the fastest ever by a 16-year-old over 200m, World Athletics said.
Gout also now holds the second-fastest time in history for athletes under the age of 18, overtaking Bolt's 20.13.
These are adult times and me, just a kid, I'm running them. It's going to be a great future for sure, said Gout, who was born in Brisbane after his parents migrated to Australia from South Sudan.
I didn't expect it to be that fast but I guess I ran Australia's fastest-ever time in the 200.
I have been chasing that record but I didn't think it would come this year. I thought maybe next year or the year after that.
It came a day after Gout clocked a wind-assisted 10.04 sec in the 100m to underline his rich potential.
You know what they say, he said on Saturday.
Pressure makes diamonds, and I guess I'm better than a diamond right now.
Gout will travel to the United States next month to train with Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles, broadcaster ABC said.
Gout, who will reportedly turn 17 at the end of this month, is one of seven children.
He already has an endorsement deal with Adidas.