Dash star Gout Gout has damaged one other report in Australia as he continues his extraordinary rise.
The 16-year-old has already run quicker than Usain Bolt in 2024 after turning heads on the U20 World Championships in August.
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The drop broke the 200-meter occasion report, which had been set by 15-year-old Bolt in 2002.
He has now damaged extra data on the Queensland All Faculties Championships in Australia.
{The teenager} gained the 100 and 200 meters within the occasion and recorded the quickest time by an Australian in 31 years.
Within the 200-meter heats, Gout crossed the road in 20.29 seconds.
It’s the quickest time within the occasion by an Australian sprinter since 1993, in addition to a report for Queensland.
Gout additionally now holds the under-18 and under-20 data in Australia and Oceania.
He then achieved victory within the 200 meters closing with a time of 20.52 seconds.
His performances have even made Gout the fourth-fastest under-18 200-meter sprinter of all time.
In the meantime, he continues to shut in on the Australian nationwide report of 20.06 seconds.
Peter Norman set the long-standing report within the 200 meters in 1968.
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Gout’s performances in Queensland are the most recent highlights of his outstanding yr.
He was signed by Adidas final week, signing an endorsement cope with the sportswear model.
This comes after he took a formidable silver medal on the U20 World Championships in Peru earlier this yr.
Gout solely missed gold by 0.08 seconds as he completed behind South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza.
