Gout Gout, Australia’s fastest man over the 200m distance, will be in action at the Queensland Athletics Championships 2025 in Brisbane this weekend.
The 17-year-old athlete will compete over 100m and 200m distances in the Under-20 age category.
The 100m race will be run on Saturday while the 200m race is scheduled on Sunday. Both U20 events will have a preliminary race followed by the final.
Gout Gout will first take the track in the 100m prelims at 7:02 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) on Saturday. The races can be tracked live on live.athletic.net.
Gout Gout’s manager James Templeton expects competitive times from the teen sensation at the meet.
“It’s not impossible,” Templeton told Fox Sports Australia. “If everything is in his favour I think he’s a chance to run under 10 seconds anytime he races really.” He added that a sub-20 seconds in the 200m is also on the cards.
“He feels stronger, he feels faster, he’s pretty excited,” Templeton reasoned. “He’s looking forward to getting on the track and seeing what he’s got. Let’s see how the weekend goes.”
At the Queensland Athletics Championships 2025, Gout Gout will have an opportunity to become the first Australian athlete to break the 20-second barrier over the 200m distance after missing out in December.
In December, Gout Gout smashed the 200m senior national record at the Australian All Schools Championships in 20.04s, breaking Peter Norman’s mark of 20.06s from 1968.
Gout Gout opened his 2025 athletics season with two competitions in February.
He clocked 10.44s in 100m at the Sally Pearson Shield meet, held at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane a week before timing 400m in 46.20s at the same venue.
Gout had a sensational run last year, which saw him win the Australian U20 100m title in Adelaide with a time of 10.48s. He represented Australia at the World Athletics U20 Championships 2024 in Lima, where he won the silver medal in the 200m, clocking 20.60s.
Queensland Athletics Championships 2025: Gout Gout schedule and live race start times
All times in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
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