He might be young, but Aussie James Gallaugher looks like he might be one hell of a sprinter.
Sporting prodigies can be tricky things. For every Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods there’s many, many more who burn bright early on and never achieve much as adults.
We don’t know what the future holds for 12-year-old Aussie sprinter James Gallaugher but is he can maintain this level of speed over his rivals into the senior ranks, then we have a new Usain Bolt on our hands.
This video, shot last month at a schools meet in New South Wales, shows Gallaugher run the last leg of a 4x100m relay race for his school. Gallaugher takes up the baton at least 20 metres behind the leading kid but he runs him down in devastating fashion.
Reports in the Aussie paper The Herald Sun confirm that this is no one-off bit of magic either.
Gallaugher has clocked 11.72 seconds for the 100m, faster than any one in his age group in the US or Australia. His talent means that Michael Johnson’s Athletic Institute have been in touch to get Gallaugher over to train in Ohio but he won’t be going until next year.
The big news on Gallaugher is that his favourite sport is rugby league, so he may become the new Carlin Isles rather than the new Bolt. Whatever happens, he looks like one to keep an eye on.
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