NEW DELHI: In a exceptional show on the Australian All Colleges Athletics Championships in Brisbane on Saturday, younger sprinting sensation Gout achieved a unprecedented feat by recording the quickest 200m time ever by a 16-year-old, surpassing even Usain Bolt‘s youth achievements.
The Brisbane-born athlete accomplished the space in 20.04 seconds, breaking Peter Norman‘s long-standing nationwide file of 20.06 set on the 1968 Olympics.
In line with World Athletics, Gout’s efficiency stands because the quickest ever by a 16-year-old within the 200m occasion. His time additionally locations him second within the all-time rankings for under-18 athletes, forward of Bolt’s 20.13.
“These are grownup occasions and me, only a child, I am operating them. It may be an ideal future for positive,” mentioned Gout, whose dad and mom relocated to Australia from South Sudan.
“I did not count on it to be that quick however I assume I ran Australia’s fastest-ever time within the 200. I’ve been chasing that file however I did not assume it will come this 12 months. I assumed perhaps subsequent 12 months or the 12 months after that.”
His achievement follows a formidable 10.04-second wind-assisted 100m efficiency the day gone by.
“You recognize what they are saying,” he mentioned on Saturday. “Stress makes diamonds, and I assume I am higher than a diamond proper now.”
ABC experiences that Gout will quickly journey to the US to coach alongside Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles.
The proficient athlete, who’s certainly one of seven siblings, is ready to have fun his 17th birthday on the finish of this month.
