Gout Gout broke into world athletics with a time of 19.67 seconds in the 200 meters during the Australian Championship in Sydney, a record that is not only the best of the year, but also surpasses what Usain Bolt had achieved at his age.
The Jamaican, considered the best sprinter in history, had run that distance in 19.99 seconds when he was 18 years old, a precedent that has now been left behind in the face of the impressive performance of the Australian, who became the fastest junior of all time in the specialty.
The achievement of the “son of Bolt”, as they call him, confirms a meteoric evolution. In recent years, it had already shown its potential by progressively lowering its records: first with 20.04 in 2024, breaking Peter Norman's historic Australian record (20.06), and then with 20.02 in 2025. The final jump came now, breaking the 20-second barrier under official conditions.
