Gout Gout Expresses Sympathy for Lachlan Kennedy After False Start Disappointment in Perth

Gout Gout reacts after winning the U18 100M title at the Australian Schools Championships. Photo. Imago

Gout Gout Expresses Sympathy for Lachlan Kennedy After False Start Disappointment in Perth

Evans Ousuru 21:45 - 13.04.2025

Gout Gout has sympathised with his rival Lachlan Kennedy after he missed out on 200m due to a false start.

Sprint sensation Gout Gout has shed light on the frustration he experienced after seeing compatriot Lachlan Kennedy disqualified from 200m in the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth Championships.

The duo who are fast becoming track rivals, were both attempting to go under 20 seconds together in Perth but Lachlan who beat Gout Gout last month, missed out because of a false start.

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“It was very disappointing,” Gout said as reported by TalkSPORT.

“Our plan was to send it down the bend, and hopefully we can hold on for both sub-20 [seconds] but stuff like that happens and unfortunately he false started. It is what it is.”

Scenes of Kennedy running and leaping into the arms of a jubilant Gout played out in a heart-warming reminder that, despite battling on the track, they're just friends who run fast.

Kennedy, 21, has his own credentials with a 10.00 second PB in the 100m, while his best in the 200m is 20.26 - both times set in the last two weeks.

Gout Gout made even more history but once again frustratingly missed out on an official sub-20 second run due to the wind.

The 17-year-old Australian has got the eyes of the world on his breathtaking sprinting and many had to rub them as he nail a 19.84 in the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships in Perth.

However, a +2.2m/s tailwind means he still hasn't officially broken the 20-second barrier, but in all conditions is the second fastest Under-20 in history.

And this comes just days after an astonishing 9.99 second 100 metre sprint was chalked off due to a +3.5m/s wind at his back.

When he received the news his blistering 200m time wouldn't count for the record books he said: “It’s definitely frustrating. I run fast times but the wind is not on my side, but I guess it’s just getting those nice runs, and then hopefully one day the wind will be great.”

Thousands turned up to the Perth track to watch the scintillating teen sprinter who has tongues wagging in the world of athletics.

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