Overview

• Gout Gout clocked 20.36 seconds for fourth in the second semifinal, with Jamaica's Bryan Levell (19.78) and Botswana's Letsile Tebogo (19.95) advancing automatically.
• The Australian advanced from the heats with an automatic qualifier, running 20.23 for third in his opening race.
• Noah Lyles led all qualifiers with a world-leading 19.51, as Kenny Bednarek (19.88) and other contenders secured places in Friday's final.
• Gout was the youngest athlete in the men's 200m field and the youngest man ever selected for an Australian team at a World Athletics Championships.
• He remains the national 200m record holder at 20.02 and plans a short break from competition to sit his Year 12 exams.