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‘I might actually get this’: Kennedy becomes Australia’s second-fastest ever
Lachlan Kennedy ran the second-fastest time by an Australian ever – 10 seconds flat – a night after Gout Gout got the coveted single-figure time with a tailwind. This is some rivalry.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Gout broke sprinting’s magical mark twice in one night, and it wasn’t even his best event
While not official times, Gout has now broken the 10-second barrier for the 100m. Who knows how fast he might run in his pet event; the 200m.
- by Michael Gleeson
Gout breaks 10-second barrier
Australian sprint star Gout Gout speaks to the media after running under 10 seconds in the 100m at the national championships in Perth, with an illegal tailwind.
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Gout breaks 10-second mark in 100m – twice – with illegal tailwind
Lightning doesn’t strike twice, but Gout Gout did. The schoolboy phenomenon broke 10 seconds over 100 metres twice just two hours apart at the national championships in Perth.
- by Michael Gleeson
Like lifting a polar bear: How Australia’s fastest man exploded out of the blocks against Gout Gout
Gout Gout v Lachie Kennedy is poised to become one of the great rivalries in Australian athletics. Data and video analysis show how Kennedy won their first race, and give clues to how their duels will unfold in the days and years ahead.
- by Michael Gleeson
Raelene Boyle’s 100m record stood for 57 years. This Australian schoolgirl just broke it
More stars are emerging in Australian sprinting, with a record that was set at the Mexico Olympics back in 1968 toppled, and the handicaps for this year’s Stawell Gift set.
- by Michael Gleeson
Leah O'Brien breaks raelene Boyle's record
Teenager Leah O'Brien breaks Australian women's under-18 record for the 100m at the national athletics championships. The previous record was set by Raelene Boyle 57 years earlier at the Mexico Olympics.
The ‘psychotic’ demons that drove Olympian into history books
Sprinter Bree Rizzo has revealed the high price she paid to achieve her Olympic dream, and how social media will be central to athletes reaching Brisbane 2032.
- by Nick Wright
‘Trying to arrest the decline’: The $52 million plan to put a record number of Paralympians on the podium
A dedicated unit at the Victorian Institute of Sport hopes to break down barriers for para-athletes, after Australia recorded its worst result in more than 30 years in Paris.
- by Angus Delaney
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The AFL created a TV vacuum. Gout and Kennedy filled it
Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.
- by Michael Gleeson
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‘It wouldn’t be fun if he just destroyed everyone’: Gout runs second on stunning night for Australian sprinting
A sellout crowd 10,000-strong headed to the Maurie Plant Meet to watch dominant junior Gout Gout run his first men’s 200-metre race. The spectacle didn’t disappoint.
- by Michael Gleeson
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