‘It’s not acceptable’: Sprint sensation Gout Gout’s parents reveal his real name and fume at identity mix-up
The sprint sensation’s name has been WRONG for years due to a startling spelling error, according to GOUT GOUT’S irate father.
The 16-year-old “next Usain Bolt”‘s parents described what his true name should be and criticized officials for the “unacceptable” mistake.
Gout Gout has broken a number of 100- and 200-meter age records.
His longer-distance time of 20.04 seconds also shattered the Australian record that had been in place since Peter Norman’s 1968 Olympic silver medal.
However, his father Bona has now expressed his displeasure over a significant error that has resulted in his kid being referred to by a different name.
After the family escaped South Sudan as refugees to Egypt, the problem surfaced.
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Bona informed Channel 7 that they intended to relocate to Canada.
However, the Australian government’s documents arrived earlier, so the family decided to go to Australia.
But according to Bona, the Sudanese government entered “Gout Gout” incorrectly on the appropriate paperwork.
“His name is Guot, and it should be Guot,” he stated.
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“I’m not very happy for him when I see people calling him Gout Gout.”
“Gwot” should be the pronunciation, he added.
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Bona brought up gout, an inflammatory disease that can result in swelling and pain in the feet.
“I am aware that gout is a disease name, but I do not want my son to be referred to as such,” he stated. Something like that is unacceptable.
“It s culturally very important and in particular if (family) see Guot Guot running they connect to the name but when they hear Gout Gout they ve lost the meaning of it.”
Now, Bona expects that his son’s name will soon be formally changed back to Guot.
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