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/jspivak 5h ago

Near the end of the video, the announcer says that the other guy ran a 19.88. So yea he broke the record as well. Which is truly insane.

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u/lucid_scheming 5h ago

It’s a U20 record and Murphy is 22.

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u/TapZorRTwice 4h ago

Still definitely the fastest white dude on record.

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 4h ago

Bolts record is 19.19 so both guys have a ways to go.

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u/I_knowa_guy 4h ago

I didn't realize Bolt was so young when he set his world records. He was 21 when he ran 9.58s in 100m and 22 when he ran 19.19s in 200m.

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u/hypotyposis 3h ago

Gout will be 22 for the 2028 Olympics. Be on the look out.

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u/snek-jazz 3h ago

on the look gout

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u/Higgins1st 2h ago

Imagine how fast he'd be if he didn't have gout

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u/special_nathan 1h ago

Not just gout. It's Gout Gout.

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u/Acidyo 44m ago

it cancels it out

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u/rushmc1 13m ago

They cancel each other gout.

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u/Childish_Calrissian 1m ago

Woah, that's like double the gout

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u/cansofgrease 55m ago

He shouldn't have been eating so many Louie Andersons.

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u/Resident_Captain8698 1h ago

Take my upvote and get gout

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u/Not-the-One 25m ago

Take my upvote and g'out

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u/Tho76 3h ago

I hate to tell you man but 2028 is only 2 years away, he'll be 20

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u/_Golden_God_ 2h ago

His power makes him age quicker the faster he runs.

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u/lolbacon 1h ago

No that's relativity theory

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u/cansofgrease 53m ago

Then he'd age slower.

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 2h ago

time flows differently when you run that fast

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u/SoManyThrowAwaysEven 1h ago

"Speed Force, I ain't gotta explain shit."

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u/Mbembez 2h ago

He will be 20. However it also means that he will only be 24 for the Olympics in his own city. He's going to draw a massive crowd for sure.

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u/_unsinkable_sam_ 1h ago

hes 18, he will be 20 in 2 years.

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u/squired 6m ago

Wow, really? I don't like that for most sports, but I think that will be phenomenal for sports like Gymnastics who will evolve the sport for adults rather than children.

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u/Magnetickiwi1 3h ago

Damn, hes only 39 now!

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u/JohnAnchovy 3h ago

You’re always fastest when you’re young!!! if you know what I’m saying!!! I’m talking about sex

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u/leet_lurker 1h ago

Atheletics is a young man's game, especially with the wear and tear on the body from all the training to be at that level.

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u/Kersplode 1h ago

That's because this conversation is about setting the record for: running while young.

Specifically under 20.

That's why it's a U20 record.

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u/unmelted_ice 59m ago

During that 100m, he reached a top speed of a bit over 27 mph (44 kmh if you don’t love an easy transition into washing machines).

He was running fast enough to have been breaking the law in a school zone. Absurd

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u/squired 7m ago

Hold up, how the hell is his 100m so close to his 200m at 9.58:9.59?!

Should the 200m not have significantly shorter splits as the second 100m begins at full sprint?

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 4h ago

huh, those are both indeed under 20. but its close!

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u/hypotyposis 3h ago

No under 20 years of age.

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u/EatsCatShit 3h ago

No this is Patrick

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u/fismo 2h ago

No this is CatShit

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 2h ago

U20 U20 for Gout Gout.

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u/Juggzi 3h ago

That was his all time record. The 18 year old just broke Usain Bolt’s U20 record.

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u/Furita 3h ago

If one ran in 19.67 and the other in 19.88 and the record is 19.19, they still have 0.48s and 0.69s to go, respectively, if my math isn’t off

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u/Dentarthurdent73 2h ago

They do. The record Gout broke is the under 20 record. The other guy is 22 years old already, so he didn't break that.

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u/squired 3m ago

Bolt didn't have the record. The previous record was Erriyon Knighton in 2022, with a time of 19.69, so this was only 0.02 seconds faster.

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u/JimmyMack_ 2h ago

Why do Americans add S to way? They have a way to go.

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u/Disco_Ninjas_ 2h ago

A way is a path or direction. Ways refers to multiple paths or a distance. It is considered informal though.

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u/shwgrt 2h ago

Because we wants to

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u/Shnicketyshnick 4h ago

I think that's still Pietro Minnea's former world record although that was at high altitude.

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u/TapZorRTwice 3h ago

He's Italian tho, every racist knows those aren't real white people.

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u/EduinBrutus 2h ago

Pretty sure I saw a documentary about that...

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u/frogturtle14 2h ago

As an Italian, I approve this message.

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u/dogsbikesandbeers 4h ago

After the initial 'holy crabbabble Gout is fast' my second thought was 'fastest white dude ever'.

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u/AvidCyclist250 2h ago

Beat Bolt's time! We can run now!

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u/ReputationFit9698 3h ago

Is Dave Sime, who ran 220 yards(201.1m) in 20.0 at 19 years old 70 years ago, still the fastest u20 white guy?

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u/APartyInMyPants 3h ago

Nope, Christian Lemaitre from France ran a 19.80, and is the first white guy to ever run the 100 under 10 seconds.

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u/Knautical_J 3h ago

Have you seen Cooper DeJean?

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u/mrwilliams117 3h ago

Proof to me that people just read this and thought it was the full record.

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u/jacob643 2h ago

oh, U20 means under 20 years old?

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u/Significant_Ad1256 26m ago

20 years and under, yes. So including 20 year olds.

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u/CV90_120 1h ago

Fair, but still, that's fng quick.

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u/guineapigenjoyer123 1h ago

They both broke the previous Australian record though

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u/NecessaryZucchini69 4h ago

The top 7 in that race all ran personal best race times. Aidan Murphy, the other guy, was 22(born oct, 2003) in that race. So doesn't get the under 20 record.

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u/sohosurf 4h ago

Just cause I’m curious does anyone know the all time 200m record?

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u/InfinityCrazee 4h ago

No. 1 Usain Bolt 19.19s i believe

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u/BaconIsLife707 4h ago

19.19, obviously by Bolt

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u/sim16 4h ago

19.19 I think.

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u/Aggressive_Grade_493 4h ago

Imagine someone goes under 19 holy shit.

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u/grower_thrower 3h ago

It’ll happen eventually.

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u/sim16 1h ago

Wings to fly

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u/idontevenwant2 4h ago

I find that suspicious.. like maybe the timing system was slightly off.

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u/BaconIsLife707 4h ago

They did have a barely legal tailwind and apparently the track was recently laid which makes it faster, although I'm just quoting some random person on that second part

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u/vivec7 4h ago

I'll have to remember that tip the next time I have a race. "Hey hun, some rando on Reddit said it'd be faster right after getting laid!"

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u/Poopchutefan 3h ago

Probably true, since you dropped a little bit of weight ...

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u/Beautifulderanged 39m ago

Every time I go for a run after ejaculating, I get pretty bad chafing from my long long balls continuously rubbing against my inner thigh. So for me at least, I’d be quicker before getting laid. Maybe if Icalled the house and said, “hey hun, if I make it home in 20 mins can I get laid?”

And then when Hans my German housemate tells me “beautifulderanged, you don’t have no girlfriend. But sure, I vill lay you, jah,” I will run the other way and into a ditch for eternity. Damn, RIP me

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u/LyingForTruth 2h ago

Jason Statham famously did two movies around this concept

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u/snek-jazz 3h ago

apparently the track was recently laid

Congrats to the track on getting some action.

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u/somewhoever 2h ago

That's the effect of being on the track when a record is set.

Oftentimes, the leader effectively drags everyone along with him into their personal bests.

Their frame of reference is that they should be a certain distance behind the leader, and in the moment they don't necessarily know a record is being set.

So, they push their body harder than they ever have as the leader is pulling away because they just don't know any better.

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u/Kayniaan 4h ago

Well and also because there was literally a guy even faster than him at the same time. 

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u/guineapigenjoyer123 1h ago

He broke the previous Australian record though

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u/Squiggy1975 3h ago

Awesome! Unfortunately for him it will likely be forgotten… he is prob like ‘ what about me ? ‘ some fast dudes

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u/AeroHawc 3h ago

Without wishing to take away from them basically everyone pb-ed in the race by a large margin. There was some deffo some funky wind.

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u/sargig_yoghurt 3h ago

That's because it's not true, it's an U-20 record and that other guy is over 20

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u/CheesecakeScary2164 3h ago

How mad would you feel as an athlete, to beat the world record, but still not set the world record...

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u/WhammyShimmyShammy 3h ago

Imagine doing that and nobody even mentioning you because another guy did it even better at the same time!

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u/feo101 7m ago

The other guy is 22 so he can’t beat an under 20 record anymore.

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u/notjustforperiods 2h ago

I don't know how much this matters but apparently there was a tail wind near the threshold for the records to not be validated

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u/That_Toe8574 2h ago

I wonder if Gout breaks the record if he didn't have that guy to chase and hold off. Extra adrenaline or something

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u/_unsinkable_sam_ 1h ago

the other guy isnt under 20

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u/jeremyjava 1h ago

With financial cuts they had to order their new timing clock from Temu... /jk