Sprint sensation Gout Gout runs fourth fastest U18 100m of all time at age of 16
- Australian clocks wind-assisted 10.04s at school championships
- Teenager wins final in a legal 10.17s in Brisbane on Friday
Australian teenager Gout Gout’s star continues to rise after the 16-year-old ran the fourth-fastest under-18 100m time in history at the national All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland.
Gout, who turns 17 at the end of December, rocketed to the line in just 10.04s to comfortably win his heat and go under the Australian under-18 record of 10.27s held by Sebastian Sultana and his own personal best of 10.29s. An illegal tailwind of 3.4 m/sec on Friday meant Sultana’s record still stood after the heats, until Gout backed up his first spectacular time by winning the final in 10.17s.