Teen sprint star Gout Gout breaks Peter Norman's 56-year national 200m record
Teen sprint star Gout Gout breaks Peter Norman's 56-year national 200m record
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Teen sprint star Gout Gout breaks Peter Norman's 56-year national 200m record
With a kid in Little Athletics, I've taken an interest in junior track and field this year. I've been following Gout's antics for about six months, now.
At 16 (almost 17), He just ran the fastest 200m time by an Australian sprinter, ever.
For the record, he also ran a 100m in 10.04 this year.
And the thing that strikes me is that Gout Gout is a terrible starter. I mean he'd still beat me over 10 m, but he wouldn't even make the podium of this race over 10 m, despite how completely dominant he is by the end. He could shave off half a second at least with a better start.
Here's the 100 m final so you can watch him. Keep watching for the U18 women's final immediately after (starting about 6:01:00) for another dominant Queenslander performance, or pull back to 5:44:00 for the U17 women's where Queenslander Thewbelle Philp did better than the U18 winner and got the 3rd best Aussie time under 18.
Been a good week for Queensland sprinting.