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Sprint star Gout Gout to run the Stawell Gift

The hottest property in Australian athletics, Gout Gout has agreed to run in the nation’s richest foot race, a decision expected to create unseen hype for the event in its 143rd year.

  • Michael Gleeson

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Noah Lyles and Gout Gout

‘Come after me’: Olympic champion’s message after meeting Gout Gout

Noah Lyles sat opposite Gout Gout as the 17-year-old schoolboy from Queensland quietly but unabashedly told the American star he planned to beat him … this year.

  • Michael Gleeson
Gout Gout has joined the adidas stable.

The $6 million man: The story of the race for Gout Gout’s signature

He’s about to start his final year of high school and is already pocketing millions from one of the world’s sportswear giants in an eye-popping deal that will take him all the way to his home Olympics.

  • Scott Spits
Australian runners Peter Bol and Gout Gout on the track together.

Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout eyeing Melbourne race meeting

The country’s newest sporting hero is on course to be a headline act at next year’s Maurie Plant Meet at Lakeside Stadium.

  • Scott Spits
Sprinter Gout Gout trains with middle-distance runner Peter Bol in Melbourne.
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Gout Gout trains with Peter Bol

Sprinter Gout Gout trains with middle-distance runner Peter Bol in Melbourne.

Gout Gout is the talk of the athletics world.

He’s Australia’s newest sporting star. And we’ve all been spelling his name wrong

When Gout Gout’s parents fled Sudan for Egypt, officials reportedly made an error when translating the family name from Arabic - and so technically, his name should be something else.

  • Vince Rugari
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Gout Gout’s record-breaking run.

Quicker than Bolt: Gout Gout breaks Peter Norman’s famous 1968 record

The sprint sensation shocked Australian athletics again with his latest breathtaking run. His best yet was quicker than Usain Bolt ran as a 16-year-old.

  • Michael Gleeson
At Kennedy’s school sports carnivals, “no one else had a chance,” recalls a friend. “She would win every single thing: the shot-put, the running, the hurdles.”

Demoralised in Tokyo; gold medal winner in Paris. How Nina jump-started her career

Paris Olympics pole vaulter Nina Kennedy is at the top of her game right now – quite the leap from just three years ago.

  • Amanda Hooton
Gout Gout and Peter Norman

Gout on course to break the oldest and most famous record in Australian athletics

After setting a new Australia under-20 record in the 200m on Sunday, 16-year-old Gout Gout, is aiming for Peter Norman’s 1968 Olympic record.

  • Jonathan Drennan
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich stripped a chunk off the world record.

Women’s marathon world record shattered as Nike overtakes adidas in super shoe wars

The 2:10 barrier was long considered unbreakable for a woman.

  • Jeremy Wilson

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