Gout Gout frenzy drives huge Australian interest in World Athletics Championships
World titles to be broadcast in prime-time free-to-air double act
Jess Hull and Matt Denny among podium hopefuls in Tokyo
The emergence of Gout Gout has supercharged Australian interest in the World Athletics Championships which get under way this week in Tokyo, where Olympic medallists such as Jess Hull and Matt Denny will be vying for the podium in broadcasts beamed into living rooms at prime time in the evening.
Both Channel Nine and SBS will screen the nine days of competition in an unusual free-to-air double act, and 14 Australian journalists have been accredited for the event – more than twice the number that attended the 2023 edition in Hungary.