Why Alabama Lass could be NZ’s next top-level Australian sprinter

Why Alabama Lass could be NZ’s next top-level Australian sprinter

The Kiwi love affair with the Flemington straight sprints continued when Alabama Lass was simply too fast in her A$500,000 Australian debut on Saturday. The...

17-year-old Australian sprinter Gout Gout took part in his first adult competition, but finished second behind compatriot Lachlan Kennedy at the IAAF Continental Tour in Melbourne.

Kennedy edges Gout in 200m thriller in Melbourne

Lachlan Kennedy has done the sprint double at the Maurie Plant Meet and relegated Gout Gout to second place in the 200m.

Sold-out crowd roars for Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy in epic finish

‘We don’t have one — we’ve got two stars in Australian sprinting,’ Bruce McAvaney declared.

Kennedy stuns Gout Gout in race that stopped a nation

While it might not have been in the script, Gout Gout suffering a shock loss to Lachlan Kennedy could end up being a pivotal moment in Australian sprinting. This is why.

‘It wouldn’t be fun if he just destroyed everyone’: Gout runs second on stunning night for Australian sprinting

A sellout crowd 10,000-strong headed to the Maurie Plant Meet to watch dominant junior Gout Gout run his first men’s 200-metre race. The spectacle didn’t disappoint.