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Gout Gout dazzles with record-equalling 100m time
Gout Gout equaled the fastest legal 100m by an Australian on home soil with 10.00 seconds, setting a new U20 record and qualifying for the World Athletics Under-20 Championships.
- On Saturday at the Dane Bird-Smith Shield Meet, 18-year-old sprinter Gout Gout ran 10.00 , equalling the fastest legal 100m by an Australian on Australian soil.
- Earlier this month, Gout Gout opted not to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, choosing to prioritise the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, a decision supported by Australian Athletics.
- By running 10.00, Gout Gout set a new Australian under-20 record, surpassing Jake Doran's 10.15 from 2018, and secured his first qualifying mark for the world under-20 championships.
- Gout now sits among Australia's fastest sprinters, and if he triumphs at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships, he could become the first Australian to win a junior sprint gold.
- Comparisons to other top Australians show Gout's 10.00 places him alongside Lachlan Kennedy and Patrick Johnson, while he has also become a full-time athlete with Vegemite after graduating high school.
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At the age of 18, Gout Gout continues to beat records. Australian speed prodigy opened its outdoor season this Saturday at the Queensland Shield rally and did so with another great race, this time in the 100 meters.
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