Gout Gout is really going to be the next Usain Bolt

Back-to-back 9.99s capped off an extraordinary day for the sprinter.

There was never going to be another Michael Jordan, then LeBron James came along. We’d never see anyone like Tom Brady, until Patrick Mahomes arrived. Now we can add Usain Bolt to the list of legends whose legacy is coming under threat thanks to 17-year-old sprinting phenom Gout Gout.

Gout set the track and field world on fire this week by running two (wind-assisted) 9.99s in the 100m. While he officially didn’t get under the 10 second mark due to the wind...