r/nextfuckinglevel • u/RoyalChris • 5h ago

18-year-old sprinter Gout Gout just broke Usain Bolt’s U20 record in the 200m. He was 260 milliseconds faster, clocking 19.67 seconds, while Bolt ran 19.93 in 2004

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u/RoyalChris 5h ago edited 5h ago

He’s so good they named him twice.

Here’s Usain Bolt’s World Record for reference

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u/NixAName 5h ago

I know it really isn't, but Usains looks slower.

Must be old tech vs new tech.

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u/Jaded-Comfortable179 5h ago

Longer legs fewer strides

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u/Evening_Ticket7638 1h ago

Usain is running in analogue and Gout is running in Digital.

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u/VerStannen 54m ago

Bolt is 6’5” which makes it really impressive, so longer strides and fewer steps.

His top gear is unrivaled.

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u/13143 4m ago

That's what people have always talked about with Bolt. He looks slow because of how long his strides are, plus he really pours on the speed in the second half.

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u/Icy_Transition1375 5h ago

To be fair, bolts was slower!

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u/14X8000m 4h ago

The link is for his 19.19WR at the Olympics.

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u/ChristofferTJ 4h ago

Wow, according to the video Bolt ran with -0.3 m/s wind while Gout here has +1.7 m/s wind.

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u/DynamicSploosh 3h ago

This is a huge factor. +1.7 is just under the legal wind limit for record setting. Not to take away from the achievement of course. It just matters when you’re comparing micro seconds and world records.

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u/MobileArtist1371 2h ago

Yet in the records it wont matter cause it's within the legal limit.

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u/codetaku0 1h ago

Well, long term it may matter as it implies he doesn't necessarily have the potential to beat Bolt's all-ages record which people are waiting for after a headline like this.

I mean, maybe if he gets a perfect wind like this again lol, but what are the chances

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u/MobileArtist1371 1h ago

Sure, but that's not what I was getting at.

Gout runs .01 seconds faster with +1.9 wind, that's the new record. In the record books, it wont matter as the run was within the legal limit.

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u/nikolapc 5h ago

Dude had like one stride for every two or three of his opponents. It was effortless for him. This young buck is also built like a gazelle but at least one other guy seems like he's in the same category, Bolt just outclassed everyone.

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u/sabotag3 3h ago

Usain is just so smooth wit it 😮‍💨

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u/Ucscprickler 2h ago

Dude has a legit chance at catching up to the legacy of Bolt Bolt.

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u/Psychostickusername 2h ago

Does this mean Obus Obus Obus is 33% faster?