- Gout Gout stuns onlookers with world-leading time in 200m
- Aussie sprint sensation is taking athletics world by storm
Aussie teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has stunned fans in Brisbane by clocking the quickest 200m time in the world this year.
All eyes were on the 17-year-old phenom as he ran 200m in an astonishing 20.05 seconds with a wind of +1.2 behind him.
While the mark is 0.01 seconds short of his best time, it’s the fastest in the world this year – beating the mark set by Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba.
On Saturday, the teen continued his sparkling form over 100m by claiming the state under-20 100m crown.
He revealed he has been targeting the Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne on March 29 for something special so he is in the middle of a heavy training block.
Still, the 17-year-old clocked 10.39 seconds into a slight headwind in his heat before running 10.38 seconds in the final.
Aussie teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has stunned fans with another incredible time
The 17-year-old phenom ran 200m in 20.05 seconds with a wind of +1.2 behind him
The time was the fastest in the world over the distance this year
‘It is one of the top 10 times of my career, so I couldn’t be happier,’ he said post race.
The Queensland sprinter set a wind-assisted 10.04 seconds personal best at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane last year.
His top legal time is 10.17 which puts him in the selection frame for the world championships in Japan in September.
Gout recently returned from a Florida training camp where he trained with Olympic champion Noah Lyles and the American’s coach Lance Brauman.
The gains he made in that brief stint were not so much physical.
He concentrated on adding psychological muscle to an already impressive mindset that has had to cope with extraordinary public focus.
Although still in high school, he is racing against men, has signed a long-term sponsorship deal with sportswear giant Adidas and faces enormous expectation every time he competes.
The experience with Lyles exposed him to a larger-than-life character with a proven record for converting pressure into stellar performance.
‘I just learnt to be myself and follow my processes,’ Gout said.
‘You can do all the work in the world, but if you’re in good mental shape you’ll be right.’
