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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.

Australia's Gout Gout competes in the men's 200m heats during the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane on March 16, 2025. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE -- (Photo by PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP /AFP via Getty Images)
Gout races clear of the competition in the under-20 200m final.
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Australian schoolboy Gout Gout celebrates after running the fastest 200m in the world this year

Overview

  • 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.