Teen sprint sensation Gout Gout now has something in Australia he hasn’t had before – competition. And it will be on show again next week.
A sellout crowd 10,000-strong headed to the Maurie Plant Meet to watch dominant junior Gout Gout run his first men’s 200-metre race. The spectacle didn’t disappoint.
We tracked down the teenagers who were blown away by the world’s fastest man over 200m this year. Here’s what they said about the experience.
Cathy Freeman loves what she sees of global sprint sensation Gout Gout,who has driven a surge in interest for Saturday night’s Maurie Plant Meet.
If Gout Gout can do this now at the age of 17,what will he be able to do when he is not carrying his play lunch to school in Tupperware and sitting through a double period of maths?
If he hadn’t already broken Peter Norman’s long-standing 200m record,Gout Gout would have broken it on Sunday. The youngster now has the two quickest times by an Australian man.
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The historic Stawell Gift is synonymous with betting but under Victorian laws punters won’t be able to back the sprint race’s headline act this year.
The young sprint sensation’s participation in the famous handicap race on Easter Monday will be unmissable.