Matt Shervington

What's he like as a person?

I know you've spent time with him, um, for channel seven special with Bruce and Raylene Boyle.

Take us behind the scenes.

What's Gout Gout like the person?

Yeah.

Humble background and, and, um, you know, Sudanese upbringing.

Uh, he was born obviously in Australia, but, um,

A couple of his siblings weren't and his family obviously migrated to Australia and for a better life and that's exactly what they got in Brisbane.

He went to Ipswich Grammar and one of the coolest things is

when you're in year 12 or the seniors at Ipswich Grammar, you have to line up out the front when kids are arriving into school and welcome all the other kids to the school yard and apparently all the kids line up to say g'day to Gowd because they want to get a... With the champion, he's graduated now, he's got the freedom to train whenever he wants and he's

He has earned the respect as a person and earned the respect as an athlete, and that's only going to continue.

So Lachlan Kennedy, you mentioned before, and he's just as exciting, albeit a couple of years older, and he's running so well in the 100 metres.

That was your event.

You made a career out of it.

That's what got you started, and that's what you're well known for.

You said he's technically proficient, but what's his ceiling?

How far can he go as an athlete?

You know, the irony for Lockie is essentially a broken back has led to him breaking the 10-second barrier over the last weekend because back in July, he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his back.

That was the last time he raced.

properly before this summer.