Overview

• Gout clocked 20.02 seconds at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava to lower his own national record by 0.02 seconds.
• The 17-year-old’s victory marked his first senior international race outside Australia.
• He edged past Cuba’s Reynier Mena by 0.17 seconds under legal wind conditions to take the win.
• Having recorded wind-assisted sub-20 times in April, he said additional races will help him officially dip below 20 seconds.
• Selected for Australia’s team at the World Championships in Tokyo in September, he arrives there on the back of his record-breaking form.