Dave Culbert

Bro CAN’T BELIVE his eyes I’M CRYING

Gout Gout was at Ipswich Grammar School to play soccer. He had never trained as a sprinter. He was twelve years old, wearing sand shoes, and somebody told him to line up for a race at the school carnival. The kid next to him was wearing spikes. He had won nationals. Gout left him in the dust. His classmate Tyson Walker was in the race too. "Everyone there stopped and watched," Walker recalled. "We had GPS athletics the next week and he broke every record and just didn't stop. He's just kept going faster." A coach named Di Sheppard saw him run that day. She told him he could be an Olympic medalist. He later said it was the first time anyone had ever told him anything like that. He was twelve. He joined her squad and started training twice a week. Here is where the story gets strange. At 14 he ran 10.57 in the 100m, the fastest ever by an Australian under 16. At 15 he broke the national U18 200m record. At 16 he clocked 10.04 in a heat, then 10.17 legal in the final, then woke up the next morning and ran 20.04 in the 200m, breaking Peter Norman's Australian record from the 1968 Olympics. That record had stood for 56 years. Usain Bolt saw the footage, posted a photo, and wrote "He looks like young me." The Bolt comparison is worth sitting with. Bolt didn't race 100 meters professionally until he was 21. His first professional 100m was 10.03. Gout Gout ran 10.00 flat at 18. And his coach still only puts him in the gym two days a week. She's managing the fact that his body is still growing. The power phase of his development hasn't started. He is running these times on stride length and raw top-end speed alone. His parents are Dinka, from South Sudan. They fled to Egypt, then to Australia, two years before he was born. Third of seven children. The family name was misspelled during transliteration from Arabic. It was supposed to be Guot. His father has been trying to change it back because "gout" is a disease name. The kid kept running. Brisbane 2032. Home Olympics. He'll be 24, the same age Bolt was when he set the 100m world record in Berlin. Adidas already signed him through that year. The fastest man in Australian history started in sand shoes at a school carnival. Nobody told him to stop.

JOY DIVISION | Shadowplay youtu.be/iIZW6dwgZsk?si… In the shadowplay, acting out your own death, knowing no more #JoyDivision #Shadowplay

ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE BACK AND FORTH SEQUENCE! PUT OTEGA OWEH IN THE ONE SHINING MOMENT MONTAGE! (🎥: @CBSSports)

Why are the standards higher for The Bachelorette than the President of the United States?

On this day in 1990, Depeche Mode released 'Violator,' featuring "Personal Jesus," "Enjoy the Silence," "Policy of Truth," and "World in My Eyes," it redefined electronic and alt-rock forever. Still flawless. Still untouchable.

Venezuela wins. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!

So the pistols and Johnny playing Toronto in the same week !

JUST ANNOUNCED: Punk legends Public Image Ltd. are bringing their bold, genre-defying sound to Danforth Music Hall on Saturday, September 26! ⚡🎤 ON SALE: Fri, Mar 20 | 10am 🎟️: ticketmaster.ca/event/1000646A…

Broncos are trading for Miami WR Jaylen Waddle, per source. Denver receives: Waddle and Dolphins’ 4th-round pick (11th in round) in this year’s draft. Miami receives: Broncos’ 1st round pick (30th overall) along with their late 3rd and 4th round picks (30th in each round) in this year’s draft.

he talks about sovereign countries the same way he talks about women.

If a Democratic president had bumblefucked his way into a war with Iran and sent gas prices higher than a Musk rocket, the Republicans would be screaming for impeachment.

We’re thrilled to announce our new album 'I Built You A Tower’, out June 5 on @AntiRecords. New song “Riptides” out now w/ a music video directed by @Jason_Lester. Check out “Riptides” + pre-order ‘I Built You A Tower’: deathcabforcutie.ffm.to/ibyat Album cover by @PhibDoesThis

A Spanish assembly member just stood up in the Madrid parliament and said what most world leaders won’t: “Do you think the mothers of 160 dead girls would thank Trump for killing their children? You have become a bootlicker of Trump.” The chamber erupted in support. This is happening in Madrid. In Washington, senators are competing to prove their loyalty to a foreign government. In Texas, Ted Cruz told Christians he won’t stand with them if they won’t stand with Israel. In South Carolina, Lindsey Graham is recruiting parents to send their children to the Middle East. In Madrid, an elected official is saying the mothers of 160 dead girls out loud — in parliament — on the record. Spine: 100%. The moral clarity that is absent in Washington is showing up everywhere else.

CHAMPIONS WELCOME IN CORTINA The family and friends of the Canadian wheelchair curling team have taken over a restaurant in Cortina. And the gold medal winners have just arrived to a raucous ovation. This is outstanding.

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😂 No ABS in this huge game! #Joke

Well deserved, Canada 🇨🇦 Congratulations! Top 20 Most Loved Countries in the World in 2025, according to WorldAtlas: 1.🇨🇦 Canada 2.🇳🇴 Norway 3.🇸🇪 Sweden 4.🇨🇭 Switzerland 5.🇦🇺 Australia 6.🇫🇮 Finland 7.🇳🇿 New Zealand 8.🇩🇰 Denmark 9.🇳🇱 Netherlands 10.🇧🇪 Belgium 11.🇮🇪 Ireland 12.🇦🇹 Austria 13.🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.🇮🇹 Italy 15.🇩🇪 Germany 16.🇯🇵 Japan 17.🇪🇸 Spain 18.🇵🇹 Portugal 19.🇫🇷 France 20.🇸🇬 Singapore

Guy in 4th who we may or may not see Yellamaraju has an incredible story. Self taught from YouTube videos. Here's @JosephLaMagna story on it. thefriedegg.com/articles/pga-t…

PM of Denmark Mette Frederiksen on Mark Carney: "The speech you gave in Davos, I have never experienced anything like this. I mean, people in Denmark have been talking about, they have been reading your speech. And I don't think I have ever heard so many reflections on a speech from a colleague."