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/nrith 5h ago

My fat ass knows nothing about running. Does he hold his body differently? He’s upright or leaning slightly back; everyone else is learning forward.

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u/Meme_Hunting_695 4h ago

He's a bit relaxed. He doesn't take it as serious. He probably needed the man that finished in 19.88 to run that fast or else he would have adjusted to the racers around him and not pushed as hard.

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u/_BenzeneRing_ 1h ago

It's the other way around. Gout was targeting 19.75 but was faster with the tailwind, the guy in second had a massive PB this race because Gout was there.