Final week, we reported that Gout Gout, a 16-year-old sprinter from Australia, had signed a professional contract with Adidas. On Sunday, the sprinter clocking a blazing 20.29 on the All Faculties Queensland observe and subject championships, breaking his nation’s U18 and U20 200m nationwide information, which had stood for 31 years. (It’s additionally an space report for Oceania.) His time is the fourth-fastest in Australia’s historical past.
Gout already held the U18 report; the earlier U20 report was set by Aidan Murphy at 20.42 in 2022.
The Australian (open) 200m report was set at 20.06 by Peter Norman on the 1968 Olympics in Mexico Metropolis, the place he earned the silver medal, famously sharing a podium with Individuals Tommie Smith and John Carlos.
20.29s!! 🔥
☑️ Australian U-20 Document
☑️ #4 World U-18 all timeWorld U-20 silver medalist Gout Gout scorches to an Australian U-20 200m report of 20.29s (1.2) on the Queensland Faculty Championships simply days after turning professional. pic.twitter.com/CUYyI77yaX
— World Athletics Hub (@wldathleticshub) November 3, 2024
The sprinter made a reputation for himself after working 20.77 over 200m on the World U20 Championships in Lima, Peru, in August, the place he received silver.
Gout has been in comparison with Jamaican sensation and world report holder Usain Bolt, whose time on the 2002 World Junior Athletics Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, Gout surpassed by .01 seconds.
In 2005, Gout’s dad and mom moved from South Sudan to Brisbane, Australia the place Gout was born in 2007. The athlete attends Ipswich Grammar Faculty, an all-boys boarding college, in Queensland, Australia, the place he first confirmed off his athleticism in rugby. He’ll solely be 24 when the Olympics come to his hometown of Brisbane in 2032.