Teen sprint star Gout powers to 200m win in 19.67 seconds

Gout Gout’s breaks the under-20 world record for 200m, while also making him faster than Usain Bolt at the same age.Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has broken the world Under-20 record in the 200 metres, finishing with a time of 19.67 seconds to win the race at the Australian Athletics Championships.Gout became the first Australian to break the 20-second barrier in Sydney on Sunday, with his record-breaking feat making him faster than the Jamaican great Usain Bolt at the same age.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Who is Gout Gout, Australia’s record-breaking teenage sprint sensation?list 2 of 4World Athletics postpones Doha Diamond League due to player safety concernslist 3 of 4Iranian women footballers reveal ‘enormous pressure’ of the Asian Cup sagalist 4 of 4Olympics align with Trump as transgender athletes banned from women’s gamesend of listFellow Australian Aidan Murphy also cracked the 20-second mark, coming second with 19.88 – the two quickest times of the year, both achieved with a legal tailwind.“This is what I’ve been waiting for,” said Gout at the Sydney-olympic-park-athletic-centre" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="110834" data-entity-type="location">Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre.“We have such incredible athletes in Australia, and me being able to race these athletes, we push each other to the limits. Two Australians sub-20. I mean, this is amazing.”Gout’s spectacular effort with a legal +1.7-metres-per-second tailwind meant that the 18-year-old defended his 200m title and sent out a warning to his rivals.He also eclipsed the previous world Under-20 mark set by Erriyon Knighton, while improving on his own national record of 20.02 set last year.Gout’s record run marked the first time he has ‌‌gone below 20 seconds in legal conditions, after achieving the feat last year with the aid of a tailwind when he clocked 19.84 at the national championships.Gout Gout and his compatriots compete in the men’s 200m final [David Gray/AFP]The 18-year-old burst onto the scene in 2024, when he clocked 20.04 seconds at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.