Jamaican Sprint  legend  Usain  Bolt, has  urged  rising  Australian  sprint  star   Gout  Gout, to find  a   good  support  network  to  keep  him   focused  on  his  career as a rising sprint sensation. 

Gout  who  is  18  years  old,  retained  the  200  meters  title  at  the  Australian   Athletics  Championships  on  April  12,  clocking  19.67   seconds, and  in  the  process  eclipsed  US sprinter  Erriyon Knighton’s  World  Under   20  record   of  19.69  seconds. 

The Australian  also  broke   Bolt’s  fastest time that he ran as teenager 19.93  seconds set back in 2004, and Bolt speaking with CNN , advided the youngster to stay on top of his game, by not becoming distracted.  

Meanwhile, Gout  is  set  to  make  his  Diamond  League  debut  in  the  200  meters  in  Oslo,  Norway,  on  June  10,  but  has  indicated  he  will  skip  the  Commonwealth  Games  in Glasgow,  Scotland,  to  focus   on  the   World  Under  20  Championships  in  Oregon, U.S.A  in  August.