Gout Gout issues fresh update on name mix-up after family reveals correct spelling and pronunciation

Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has revealed he is happy to go by that name, despite his parents calling for a change.

Speaking exclusively to 7NEWS on Sunday, Gout Gout’s parents explained how the name Gout Gout came to be, blaming it on a paperwork mix-up while they were fleeing South Sudan.

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Gout Gout’s actual name is in fact Guot, and is pronounced “gwot”.

And now his parents want to change their son’s name back to the original spelling and pronunciation after learning the true meaning of “gout”.

“His name is Guot, it’s supposed to be Guot,” his father Bona told 7NEWS. “When I see people called him Gout Gout, I’m not really happy for him.”

But the man himself is happy with his name and doesn’t want the change.

“Call me Gout,” he told 7NEWS on Monday through his agent.

Guot (Gwot) became Gout due to an Arabic spelling mix-up by the Sudanese government when Bona and his wife Monica fled to Egypt.

Their destination was Canada but the Australian Government was able to act fast and its documents arrived first, thus changing the course of their lives forever and landing them in Brisbane (where Gout Gout was born).

“I know that Gout Gout is a disease name but I don’t want my son to be called a disease name ... it’s something that’s not acceptable,” Bona said.

Gout is obviously an inflammatory arthritis that causes an “intense attack” on joints and a lot of pain.

It’s caused by uric acid crystals that form in and around the joints and is more common in men.

One thing is for certain, it is certainly not synonymous with moving fast.

The problem now, however, is that Gout Gout is the name on the athletic world’s lips after he smashed Peter Norman’s famous 200m national record (set at the 1968 Olympics) at the Australian All Schools Championships on Saturday.

His efforts have even captured the attention of legendary sprinter Usain Bolt.

The Jamaican sprint legend appeared to take it upon himself to react to Gout’s performance when he spotted a clip of the race on Instagram.

“He looks like young me,” Bolt wrote back in a direct message to Jumpers World, which shared the screenshot.

Gout replied to the post with a fire emoji and reposted it to his own stories.

Bolt never ran faster than 20.13 in 200m races as a junior but began breaking senior world records at the age of 21.

He lowered the 200m record for the first time in the final at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, running 19.30 to win gold the day before he turned 22.

Gout turns 17 later this month and will be 20 years and seven months old when the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics roll around.

While there is plenty of water to go under the bridge yet, Australia will be salivating at the prospect of a 24-year-old Gout starring on home soil at the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.