Overview

• The 200m heats begin Wednesday at Tokyo’s National Stadium, marking the 17-year-old Australian’s first senior world championships.
• He holds the Australian 200m record at 20.02 seconds from Ostrava in June and sees lowering that time as the measure of success.
• He says reaching the semi-final would be a bonus and making the final would count as a big achievement.
• He aims to break 20 seconds soon and says a 19-second run would place him among the world’s top performers.
• He says he is unfazed by comparisons, has received advice from Usain Bolt, and plans to return to school for final exams after a short holiday.