Teen Sprinter Gout Gout Sets World-Leading 200m Time at Queensland Championships

The 17-year-old Australian broke the 20-second barrier with a wind-assisted 19.98 seconds and ran a world-leading 20.05 seconds in the heats.

Gout Gout clocked a world-leading 20.05 seconds in the 200m heats, the fastest time globally in 2025 under legal wind conditions.
In the 200m final, he became the first Australian to break the 20-second barrier with a wind-assisted 19.98 seconds, though the time is ineligible for record purposes.
Gout holds the Australian 200m record of 20.04 seconds, set in December 2024, breaking Peter Norman's 56-year-old mark.
He also won the U20 100m title at the Queensland Athletics Championships with a time of 10.38 seconds.
Gout is training for the Maurie Plant Meet on March 29 and the Australian Athletics Championships in April, aiming to achieve further milestones.