At just 16, Gout Gout underlines his potential with another outstanding performance at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane on Friday.
Gout Gout ran a wind-assisted 10.04 in the 100m heats at the Australia n All School Championships.Teenage sprint star Gout Gout has underlined his potential with another outstanding performance at the Australia n All Schools Championships in Brisbane on Friday.
Only an illegal tailwind of 3.4 metres per second prevented the Queenslander's heat time of 10.04 seconds being recorded as a national under-18 record in the 100 metres. Gout, 16, is edging closer to an elusive sub-10-second run and he will have another chance in the under-18 men's final, scheduled for 4:40pm AEDT.Patrick Johnson holds the national record of 9.93, which was set in Japan 21 years ago.He has become a social media sensation even to casual observers of athletics who have gorged on viral videos of his track success.The 200m is arguably his best event and in November he ran 20.
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