Australian Teenager Gout Faster Than Bolt At 18

Australian teen Gout Gout has tally 200m faster than sprinting awesome Usain Bolt did astatine nan aforesaid age.

The 18-year-old clocked a superb clip of 19.67 seconds to triumph astatine his nationalist championships connected Sunday.

It was nan first clip that Gout had gone nether nan 20-second people legally, aft a wind-assisted 19.84 past season, and is nan starring clip successful nan world this year.

He had nan quickest-ever clip by a 16-year-old - mounting a nationalist grounds of 20.06 - erstwhile he burst connected to nan segment successful 2024. Sunday's people successful Sydney was quicker than nan Jamaican eight-time Olympic champion's clip of 19.93 backmost successful 2004.

Aidan Murphy, who was 2nd to Gout, besides hit nan 20-second people pinch a clip of 19.88.

"This is what I've been waiting for," said Gout, who was calved successful Queensland to parents from South Sudan.

"We person specified unthinkable athletes successful Australia and maine being capable to title these athletes, we push each different to nan limits. Two Australians sub-20. I mean, this is amazing.

"There's a large weight disconnected my shoulders knowing I ran it legally, and I person nan velocity and my assemblage to tally times for illustration that. So, it decidedly feels great, and fresh for more."

Gout has indicated that he will skip nan Commonwealth Games, which statesman successful Glasgow connected 23 July, to attraction connected nan World Under-20 Championships successful Oregon successful early August.