Gout Gout lights up the track in Brisbane with world-leading 200m time
- Sprint sensation clocks 20.05 secs in U20 heat at state championships
- Australian breaks 20-second barrier in final with wind-assisted 19.98s
Sprint sensation Gout Gout, Australia’s fastest man over 200m, has lit up the track with a world-leading run during the Queensland Athletics championships on Sunday.
Gout first blitzed the field in the under-20 heats to cross the line in 20.05s for the fastest 200m recorded across the globe in all ages in 2025. The 17-year-old smashed the previous best 20.13s clocked by Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba in Texas last month but better was still to come in the final in Brisbane.