Gout Gout has done it again.
The 16-year-old sprinting sensation has blitzed the field in his heat at the Australian All Schools Championships, posting a mind-blowing time of 10.04.
Gout was however running with the assistance of +3.4m/s tail wind, meaning the time can’t be registered as a record due to the presence of a wind greater than +2m/s.
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Regardless, the performance is again sure to get the athletics world talking.
After being level with second place-getter Jackson Moule at the 50m, Gout found top gear and streaked away to win by more than half a second.
Take a look at the race below:
By the time the final came around, the wind had died down and Gout ran a legal time of 10.17, with a +0.9m/s tail wind.
That was the fifth fastest U18 time in history and easily the best by an Australian, beating the old mark of 10.27.
Gout Gout’s previous legal personal best in the 100m was 10.29, while he also boasts a blistering 20.29 PB in the 200m.
The 200m heats (2:41pm AEDT) and final (5:15pm AEDT) at the Australian All Schools Championships are scheduled for Saturday.
Gout’s 20.29 is already Australian U18 and U20 record and he’ll no doubt be keen to improve on that this weekend.
Tune into the live stream on the Athletics Australia Youtube channel.
Earlier in the year, competing at the U/20 World Athletics Championships in Peru, Gout came away with a silver medal in the 200m despite competing well above his age group.