Image source: Getty ImagesByElizabethBotcherbyBBC Sports journalist21 minutes agoUsain Bolt, the sprinting legend, has advised rising Australian star Gout Gout to not forget track and field as distractions and the spotlight intensify. Gout, 18 years old, won the 200m title in the Australian Athletics Championships in a time 19.67 seconds. He beat Erriyon Knighon’s (19.69) world under-20 record and Bolt’s (19.93) time from 2004. Gout also won the under-20 100m title. He went under 20 seconds at last season’s championships, with a wind assisted 19.84, and previously set a record for a 16-year old over 200m. “I hope he has a good team to guide him, and keep him focused on the track and field. The rest will always be there.” If you mess up in track and field, it all goes away. “Gout will make his Diamond League debut at the 200m in Oslo, Norway on 10 June. He has indicated that he will not compete in the Commonwealth Games Glasgow in order to focus on the World Under-20 Championships held in Oregon in August.
