Australia’s 16-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout will pocket $6 million from a multi-year deal he signed with Adidas, a contract that was signed during the Junior World Championships in Peru. Adidas had to beat Nike and Puma to gain the signature of what many consider to be the successor to Usain Bolt. Puma had taken a chance by signing Bolt when he was at the same age as Gout. Adidas secured the Australian’s signature by ensuring two criterias that were put in front of them. One was that Gout, part of seven children, would continue to stay in Australia. The other was the carrot of training with Noah Lyles and his coach Lance Brauman in Florida, which was dangled in front of the soon to be 17-year-old. “Australia has just woken up to this kid. But these shoe companies … they’ve known all about him for two years,” said Gout’s manager James Templeton to the Sydney Morning Herald. “They (Adidas) always conveyed to me … not an urgency, but a real desire to get this …