US EditionTeenage Sprint Sensation Gout Gout Breaks His Own 200m Australian Record in First Race Abroad | News Channel 3-12
- Seventeen-Year-Old Australian sprinter Gout Gout set a new national 200m record of 20.02 seconds while winning at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on June 25, 2025.
- Gout's impressive streak began in December 2024 when he surpassed Peter Norman's 56-year-old record of 20.04 seconds, and continued with a wind-aided 19.84-second 200m performance during the national track meet held in Perth that April.
- Competing against a tough field including Cuban Reynier Mena, Gout came from behind to win by 0.17 seconds and said, "as soon as I step out on that track, it’s just me by myself and what I've got to do."
- Gout announced his new personal best and national record during his European debut and expressed confidence that more races will help him break the 20-second barrier.
- This performance secured Gout a place on Australia's team for the World Championships held in Tokyo in September 2025, confirming his rise as a leading young sprinter.
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Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout breaks his own 200m Australian record in first race abroad | News Channel 3-12
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout continued his record-breaking streak on Tuesday when he surpassed his own 200m Australian national mark. The 17-year-old finished first with a time of 20.02 seconds – shaving two hundredths of a second off the previous record he broke in December last year – at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Gout entered the straight slightly behind Cuba’s Reynier Mena but prod…
Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout breaks his own 200m Australian record in first race abroad
By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Teenage sprinting sensation Gout Gout continued his record-breaking streak on Tuesday when he surpassed his own 200m Australian national mark. The 17-year-old finished first with a time of 20.02 seconds – shaving two hundredths of a second off the previous record he broke in December last year – at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Gout entered the straight slightly behind Cuba’s Reynier Mena but prod…
Australian sprint hopeful Gout Gout set an Oceania record of 20.02 in the 200 meters at the athletics evening in Ostrava.
Australian teen sensation Gout Gout betters his own 200m national record at Ostrava Golden Spike
Australian teenage sprinter Gout Gout crushed the 200 metres field in his first senior race abroad on Tuesday, bettering his own national record by two hundredths of a second to finish in 20.02 seconds at the Ostrava Golden Spike.
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