'Wouldn't be fun if he destroyed everyone' - Lachlan Kennedy bullish after upsetting Gout Gout as rivalry escalates

Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout.

'Wouldn't be fun if he destroyed everyone' - Lachlan Kennedy bullish after upsetting Gout Gout as rivalry escalates

Evans Ousuru 11:24 - 01.04.2025

Lachlan Kennedy has apologised to Gout Gout after beating him in the memorial event last weekend.

Australian sprint sensation Lachlan Kennedy has apologised to compatriot Gout Gout for beating him in a 200m race at the weekend. 

Kennedy defied the odds at the Peter Norman Memorial 200m final event on Saturday, by cutting the tape first in a time of 20.26seconds, to register his personal best over the distance.

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Gout Gout who has been likened to Usain Bolt, came in a disappointing second place, and Kennedy has now tendered his apologies to the fast-rising sprint sensation.

In an interview with the Mirror, 21-year-old Kennedy said: "It wouldn't be fun if he (Gout) just destroyed everyone. I'm sorry if it did spoil it, but what a great race, you can't be upset with that."

Gout Gout ended a 56-year-old record aged just 16. The teenager broke Pete Norman's national record for the 200m, recording a time of just 20.04 seconds at the Australian All Schools Championship in Brisbane last year.

Gout has ran with Olympian Noah Lyles recently, and also reportedly signed a multi-million dollar sponsorship deal with Adidas - but he showed he is not infallible last weekend.

Gout Gout admitted that this experience of losing will only spur him onto success. "People will say winning feels great, second feels bad and third feels even worse. So coming second is something you can experience. And it definitely puts fuel to my fire and it lights that burn."

The Australian record-holder has been an incredible watch in athletics so far in his career, and he has even been compared to world record holder Bolt.

The eight-time Olympic gold medallist is considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time, and Gout would likely feel proud to be put at the same level as him - but he doesn't like to address it.

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