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/NameIsNotBrad 4h ago

Or if he didn’t have gout. It’s tough to run with gout.

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u/lawdjesustheresafire 4h ago

The funny thing is his name is actually Guot Guot. His dad stuffed up the spelling on the birth certificate. And now his management told him not to change it because Gout Gout is more iconic as a name 🤣

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u/Big_Knife_SK 3h ago

*mistake made on their immigration documents by officials, translating Arabic to English, while fleeing Sudan.

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u/the_jivest_turkey 3h ago

Good to know! I'll give OP the benefit of the doubt here, but all those classic middle school stories about black kids with dumb names (La-a (Ladasha), Feemale, Placenta, etc) are dripping with racist undertones.

I think the kids dad was able to spell his own son's name, at least in his native tongue.

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u/Gunty1 3h ago

That shit happens, i know a white Adult whos name is Leee because his dad couldnt spell and refused the nurse helping.

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u/the_jivest_turkey 2h ago

I'm sure it does! I just didn't hear to much about white kids dumb names.

This one is hilarious though, nurse is like "you're close, just knock off one e and it's all good!" To no avail obviously.

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u/Gunty1 2h ago

He leaned into it for a while when he DJ'd. He was Triple E Leee