Usain Bolt has warned Australian schoolboy sprint sensation Gout Gout that translating teenage talent into world and Olympic titles is a tough process.<\/p>\n
Gout has earned comparisons with the Jamaican sprinting great after a string of fast times over the last year, and some in Australia have already installed him as favourite to win gold on home soil at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.<\/p>\n
Bolt said there was no doubt the 17-year-old, who will make his world championships debut in the 200m in Tokyo next week, had talent, but that was not enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he continues on this track it\u2019s going to be good but it\u2019s all about getting everything right. I mean, it\u2019s never just easy,\u201d he said in Tokyo on Thursday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always easier when you\u2019re younger because I was there, I used to do great things when I was young but the transition to senior from junior is always tougher.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all about if you get the right coach, the right people around you, if you\u2019re focused enough, so there will be a lot of factors to determine if he\u2019s going to be great, and if he\u2019s going to continue on the same trajectory to a championship or Olympics.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite also setting age group records as a youngster, Bolt did not really make an impact on a global scale until he was 22, when he broke the 100m world record twice and won the sprint double at the Beijing Olympics.<\/p>\n
He retired as the sport\u2019s biggest star in 2017 with eight Olympic and 11 world championships gold medals in his trophy cabinet.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old said he would always welcome new talent like Gout breaking through in the sport that he loved.<\/p>\n
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