Gout Gout closes in on more history with under-20s record within his sights

While Gout has shown himself to be in a league of his own for a 16-year-old, his history-making run takes him one step closer to a number of other records that may well be within his sights over the coming months and years.

He now sits second on the all-time list of under-18 200m runners, behind only the USA’s Erriyon Knighton who set a time of 19.84 seconds as a 17-year-old back in 2001. Knighton already has a silver medal from the 2023 World Athletics Championships and bronze from the Olympic Games Paris 2024 to his name just three years later.

Once again, Gout’s record takes him above Bolt in that particular list, with the Jamaican’s best under-18 time a 20.13-second run from 2003, which, at the time, was also the age group world record.

However, perhaps even more impressive is the fact that Gout is now placed joint-sixth on the all-time list of under-20 200m runners, a ranking that is made up of athletes who were up to four years older than him when they set their times.

If he is to top that list, he will need to slash over half a second off his personal best to beat Knighton’s record of 19.49 seconds set in 2022.