‘Who else?’: Gout Gout stuns once more in 200m heat

Gout Gout continues to show his extraordinary talent, coasting to victory in his first 200m run at the All Schools Championships.

Gout Gout has demonstrated his sprinting prowess once again, with the teenager cruising through his under-18 200m heat at the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland.

The 16-year-old, coming off a brilliant effort in the 100m final on Friday, eased up well before the finish line and still clocked a super quick 20.38 seconds in his heat

“Here’s your man on screen, Gout Gout,” the commentator said.

“Who else but Gout Gout can look that easy running 20.38? And that was a much better start than we saw yesterday. Absolutely electric.”

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Gout has been breaking records for fun on the track, setting national age group records over 100m and 200m in recent years and climbing to fourth on the all-time Australian ranks just last month when he clocked 20.29 over 200m.

That time will be under huge threat when he races to the line later in the final.

It all comes a day after the Australian sprinting prodigy wrote his name further into the record books in a stunning opening day of the championships.

Gout kicked off the day running the fourth fastest under-18s 100m time in history in a blistering 10.04 seconds.

Gout pulled up well before the line. Photo: YouTube

Gout showed his class again in the 200m heats. Picture David Clark

It was also the fifth fastest time by an Australian in history in any conditions.

The result won’t go into the record books after he ran with an illegal tailwind of 3.4m/s.

For the record to count, the tailwind can be no more than 2m/s.

Gout, who came into the race with a PB of 10.29 — just 0.02 behind the Oceania under-18s record held by current Australian champion Sebastian Sultana — showed once again he is the real deal.

The incredible time at such a young age shows just how much of a handful he’ll be for the sprinting world for years to come.

Gout Gout reacts after winning the under-18 100 metre final. Picture: David Clark

“10.04, how do you do Gout Gout. That is absolutely unbelievable,” Mitch Dyer said, calling the race. “Ladies and gentlemen, that is history.”

But just to make sure his name would go down in history, Gout ran a second incredible time of the day in the final to take Australian and Oceania records in 10.17 with a 0.9m/s tailwind. The time is officially equal 17th fastest in history in the Oceania region, and sixth fastest of all-time by an under-18 in the world.

Gout’s unofficial time has only been bettered by Patrick Johnson (9.88, 3.6m/s wind), Rohan Browning (9.96, 3.3m/s), Tim Jackson (10.00, 4.3m/s) and Matt Shirvington (10.03, -0.1m/s). The official fastest Oceania times are Johnson’s 9.93 (1.8m/s) in 2003, followed by Browning’s 10.01 (0.8m/s) and Shirvington’s 10.03.

Originally published as ‘Who else?’: Gout Gout stuns once more in 200m heat