Summary
Teenage athlete Gout Gout broke the world Under-20 record in the 200 meters by running the race in 19.67 seconds at the Australian Athletics Championships. He is the first Australian to run this distance in under 20 seconds. His performance surpassed that of famous sprinter Usain Bolt at the same age.
Key Facts
- Gout Gout, an 18-year-old sprinter, set a new world Under-20 record in the 200 meters with a time of 19.67 seconds.
- He achieved this feat at the Australian Athletics Championships.
- Gout is the first Australian to complete the 200 meters in under 20 seconds.
- His time was faster than Usain Bolt's record at the same age in 2004.
- Gout's previous personal best was 20.02 seconds, set last year.
- Fellow Australian Aidan Murphy also finished the race in under 20 seconds, with a time of 19.88 seconds.
- Gout's record-breaking run included a legal tailwind of +1.7 meters per second.
- Lachlan Kennedy, another top sprinter, withdrew from the 200m final but had won the 100 meters in less than 10 seconds earlier in the competition.
