World athletics championships
The Gout effect: Sprint phenom sparks Cathy Freeman-like boom for local athletics event
Cathy Freeman loves what she sees of global sprint sensation Gout Gout, who has driven a surge in interest for Saturday night’s Maurie Plant Meet.
- Michael Gleeson
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Australia takes record medal haul at world championships
Four medals on the final day, including gold and silver in the high jump, have delivered Australia not only its biggest world indoor championships haul but almost doubled its previous highest medal tally.
- Michael Gleeson
Teen becomes youngest ever to break four-minute mile
A 15-year-old schoolboy from New Zealand has become the youngest person ever to break the four-minute mile – and he’s on his way to compete against Australia’s teenage prodigy.
- Michael Gleeson
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He’s 17 and the world’s fastest man over 200m this year, but we should no longer be shocked by Gout Gout
If Gout Gout can do this now at the age of 17, what will he be able to do when he is not carrying his play lunch to school in Tupperware and sitting through a double period of maths?
- Michael Gleeson
Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age: The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man
Meet Queensland teenager Gout Gout: A-grade student, prefect, Mario Kart fiend – and, at 17, the talk of global sprinting.
- Konrad Marshall
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This relay runner was concussed after being hit with a baton. Her opponent says it was an accident
A high school runner in America received medical treatment after copping a nasty blow to the head, but her opponent maintains the clash was accidental. The footage has divided opinion.
- Cindy Boren
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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
‘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
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
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