Gout Gout Falls Short Again as Another Australian Nearly Breaks World Record

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Gout Gout Falls Short Again as Another Australian Nearly Breaks World Record

Festus Chuma 18:32 - 11.04.2025

Teen sprinter Gout dazzles but misses records due to wind, while discus star Matt Denny nearly breaks world record in Ramona.

Gout Gout made a strong performance again at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth but his efforts fell just shy of the record books due to the presence of illegal wind assistance.

The 17-year-old sprint sensation left the crowd stunned with back-to-back sub-10 second runs in the U20 100m final, but unfortunately both performances were wind-aided and therefore will not be recorded as official personal bests.

Gout stopped the clock at a blistering 9.99 seconds, backed by a tailwind of +2.6m/s—just over the legal limit of +2.0m/s. Remarkably, just two hours earlier, he had run the same time under even stronger wind assistance of +3.5m/s.

Teen Sprinter Keeps Crowds on Their Feet

Gout has already made headlines this season, breaking Peter Norman’s long-standing Australian 200m record of 20.06 seconds in December—at just 16 years of age.

The day before that historic run, he recorded a wind-assisted 10.04 seconds in the 100m, making it the fourth-fastest time ever run by an under-18 athlete, albeit not officially.

Despite Gout’s spectacular show that may have missed the record books by a hair, another Australian athlete came tantalizingly close to making history just days earlier—and this time, it counted.

Denny Delivers Near-Historic Discus Series

Discus thrower Matt Denny delivered the performance of his life at the Oklahoma Throws Series in Ramona, throwing an Oceanian record of 74.25m, just 10 centimeters shy of the world record held by Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna.

The Olympic bronze medallist was on fire throughout the competition, throwing beyond 70 metres with all six attempts in a jaw-dropping display of power and consistency.

Denny opened with 71.03m before launching a personal best of 73.46m in the second round. Then came the throw of the night—his 74.25m bomb that moved him to second on the all-time world list.

Denny followed up with throws of 72.93m, 71.14m, and a superb 73.56m to close out a dream series.

Three men in total threw beyond 70 metres, and six surpassed 68 metres, making it one of the most stacked discus competitions in recent memory.

USA’s Sam Mattis finished second with 70.08m, just ahead of Germany’s Mika Sosna.

Denny’s star continues to rise, and the 28-year-old is not slowing down anytime soon. He is set to compete again in Ramona on Sunday, aiming perhaps to take down that elusive world record.

Meanwhile, Alida van Daalen of the Netherlands claimed the women’s discus title with a solid 65.11m.

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