An Australian athlete has smashed the all-conditions national record for 100m,and it wasn’t Gout Gout or Lachie Kennedy.
This may not have been the day Gout Gout entered rarefied air,but he has declared breaking the 10-second barrier was a milestone he would soon achieve.
Gout Gout warmed up for his bid to join Lachlan Kennedy in the sub-10 second club in promising fashion,as he laughed off criticism of his 200-metre record.
Less than a week after capturing the attention of the world,Gout Gout will be back on the blocks this weekend,with plans to do it again.
The second half of Gout Gout’s 200-metre,record-breaking race on Sunday was well under 10 seconds and quicker than Usain Bolt ran his final 100m when he broke the world record.
Two sprint sensations are on a collision course with history,but Sally Pearson believes a key change could open the floodgates.
Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy were supposed to go head-to-head;instead they went stride for stride,record for record in a showcase weekend for Australian athletics. This isn’t a rivalry,it’s an era.
The sprint sensation has claimed his second men’s 200m Australian title,and broken the under-20 world record,with a sizzling run in Sydney.
In the fifth and final part of our series on the biggest Australian earners in sport,we look at the 23-and-under category,including motocross superstar Jett Lawrence,whose family gambled it all on him and his brother making it big – and won.
Sha’Carri Richardson thought running at the Stawell Gift would be “glorified practice”. In reality,it felt more like playing tag in the playground – chasing down the women who all had big headstarts.