The Australian sprinter Gout Gout (17) signed this Sunday, March 16 in Brisbane the best global performance of the year in 200m in 20 “05 05. The young man had made himself known in December with the fastest time ever made on the distance by a 16 -year -old athlete in 20” 04. This brand has erased the personal record of Usain Bolt at the same age and the Australian record of Peter Norman (20 “06) dating from the 1968 Olympic Games. Gout Gout then crossed the 20 second mark in the final with a time of 19” 98, however non-homologated due to an overly favorable wind. “Seeing the stopwatch, I was really happy and surprised in a certain way, but I felt like I was relieved of a weight. Now that I did it, I just have to be more regular, ”said the sprinter. Born in Australia of South Sudanese parents who arrived in 2005, it was described as “a rare and precious talent that we will have to continue to maintain and protect” by Sebastian Coe, the president of the World Athletics Federation. The minima for the world athletics championships scheduled for September in Tokyo are set at 20 “16, a time that Gout Gout has already beaten twice.
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Athletics: Australian Gout Gout signs the best world performance of the year in 200m
