Last year, as Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson dominated sprinting headlines, a quiet storm was brewing in Australia. Then 16, Gout Gout blasted a 20.04s 200m at the Australian All Schools Championships, smashing a 56-year-old national record and forcing the world to take notice. Fast forward to the recent World Athletics Championships, Gout clocked in 20.36s in the semifinals, placing 4th, thereby missing the 200m final by a whisker. Now 17, he already owns a milestone neither Usain Bolt nor Noah Lyles checked off this early.

The milestone in question is being named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list, a feat that even Noah Lyles and Usain Bolt couldn’t pull off at his age. Bolt was named on Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Sports list in 2012, when he was 26, while Lyles was mentioned in that list back i

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