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Australian 17-year-old Gout Gout continued to demonstrate why he is the most exciting talent in sprinting right now, after running the fastest 200-meter time in the world this year.
Following his record-breaking performance of becoming the first-ever Australian to break the sub-20s mark, Gout Gout is full of confidence and believes the world is his oyster.
The 17-year-old clocked a wind-assisted 19.98s (+3.6) to effortlessly win the 200m U20 final at the Queensland State Championships, a feat achieved only hours after turning heads with a personal best and world-leading time of 20.05s (+1.2) in the heats.
Speaking after the final, Gout said he went through the full spectrum of emotions throughout the course of the race, from feeling flat after a shaky start to pure ecstasy at the finish line.
“I had an unsteady start, and to be honest, after that, I didn’t really feel like running,” he said in an interview with Australia Athletics.
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“But it felt pretty good. I came off the bend and I just kept sending it. I felt the wind behind me, so I was like, let me just use it. And then I saw the clock, and when it got rounded down (to a sub-20 time), I just couldn’t be happier.”
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Dubbed the next Usain Bolt, Gout Gout with each race lives up to the hype and continues to demonstrate why he is the most exciting talent in sprinting.
For the Ipswich Grammar School student coached by Di Sheppard, it was more than just a time, it was a moment of freedom.
“I felt literally free. I had 80-metres left to go, and I thought, let’s send it, and only from then did I believe I had a chance of going sub,” he said.
“Seeing the clock, I was really happy and surprised in a way, but it just felt like a weight off my shoulders. Now that I’ve done it, I’ve just got to do that more consistently.”
Though his time in Sunday’s final won’t count for the record books, Gout does become only the seventh athlete under the age of 20 to run a sub-20-second 200m time in all wind conditions.
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