Usain Bolt could reportedly lose his long-standing 100m world record if World Athletics makes a controversial regulation change.

 

Jamaican legend Bolt has held the world record in the 100m event since 2008.

 

Bolt first broke the world record when he set a time of 9.72 seconds at a Grand Prix meet in New York.

 

 

 

The Jamaican then went quicker at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, running a time of 9.69 in the 100m final.

 

A year later, Bolt broke his own world record again when he clocked 9.58 at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.

 

Since then, many have tried and failed to get close to the Jamaican’s record, raising questions over whether the time will ever be bettered.

 

 

 

However, it has now been claimed that Bolt’s record could be beaten if a ‘super track’ gets the green light from World Athletics.

 

What is a ‘super track’?

As reported by The Telegraph, a laboratory near Cambridge believes the impossible could be achieved.

 

Hong Kong-born sprinter turned entrepreneur, Alvina Chen, who has worked with a British-based team of experts across physics, maths, electrical and mechanical engineering, chemistry and manufacturing, has overseen the world’s first digital ‘smart’ track.

 

 

It has been suggested that its sensors can ‘provide a raft of real-time data that would be transformative to athletes, coaches, fans and media, but early testing has pointed to an energy return that is some 20 per cent greater than existing tracks’.

 

Usain Bolt is often regarded as the world’s greatest-ever sprinter.

 

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Chen, who founded Feldspar, explained: “There is the potential for early nine seconds if not sub nine seconds for a human. We see how running shoes have evolved a lot, training methods and nutrition… but one thing that hasn’t changed pretty much is the track surface – that hasn’t changed for like 60 years, from the 1968 Olympics.

 

 

“We believe we are creating the first major advancement. With our track, we anticipate that it will be 20 per cent faster than the Paris Olympic track, depending on athlete ability and external conditions. Our vision is to have the track become the universal standard all over the world. We have the world’s fastest running surface.”

 

The report also stated that ‘positive talks’ have been held with World Athletics with regard to ratifying Feldspar’s “super track”.

 

Head of sprints and relays at British Athletics, Darren Campbell, joined Feldspar last year and believes the ‘super track’ can be beneficial.

 

He said: “We are going into an era when technology is at the forefront of every sport. When you start trying to immerse people into athletics, you are going to have to educate them and bring them on the journey.

 

 

“I’ve always watched Formula 1 but now I can see how it is easier for someone to get into because there is so much data. One of the only sports where I’d go, ‘Where is the technology?’ would be athletics. When did we last have some form of technology that isn’t a shoe? This is the innovation I feel that athletics has been waiting for. All of a sudden nine seconds doesn’t seem crazy.”

 

 

 

 

 

Two of the fastest men in the world plan to settle a score later this year.

 

Olympic sprinter Noah Lyles and NFL star Tyreek Hill will go toe-to-toe on the track after months of trash talk.

 

 

100m champion Lyles will face NFL star Hill on the track

 

Hill, the Miami Dolphins wide receiver, has made no secret of his belief that he could beat the reigning 100m champion in a race.

 

“I’m not going to beat him by a lot, but I would beat Noah,” he said soon after Paris 2024, where Lyles won gold in one of the most dramatic races in history, crossing the line just 0.005 seconds ahead of rival Kishane Thompson.

 

That kicked off a war of words between the speedy rivals, who have been taking public jabs at one another in the months since.

 

 

Back in February, Lyles and Hill confirmed they are ready to take things to the track, and while a location and distance for the race are yet to be determined, early reports suggested the meet is likely to take place before the US Track Championships in July.

 

“Nobody is going to believe it anymore. We all fell for it, right? At the beginning I was like, ‘This is ridiculous.’ The closer it got, with a lot of marketing… I was like, ‘Okay, I’m buying into it and I’m sitting down and watching it’.

 

“And then as soon as it started, you’re like, ‘No, this is ridiculous.’”

 

Hill has been trash talking Lyles in recent months, and claims he would win the race

Hill has been trash talking Lyles in recent months, and claims he would win the

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Johnson has likened any race between Lyles and Hill to that exhibition bout

Johnson has likened any race between Lyles and Hill to that exhibition boutCredit: EPA

Johnson then went on to suggest a race between Lyles and Hill would be ‘just entertainment’ and suggested the NFL star would barely be able to touch the top 30-ranked sprinters in the world.

 

He continued: “Let me tell you: If it’s a track meet, if it’s 100 meters, that’s not a race.

 

“Tyreek can’t beat the 20th, 30th-ranked 100m runner in the world. No more so than a track athlete who’s fast can’t go over and play receiver and run routes like Tyreek and score touchdowns. That just doesn’t happen.

 

 

“Now, if you create some sort of special exhibition where you can even it out a little bit – because Tyreek is quick – if it’s about quickness, then it might be compelling.

 

“But come on. We all know this is just entertainment, man. It’s not real sport.”

 

Johnson was then asked by host Eisen to predict how comfortably Lyles would beat Hill.

 

Four-time gold medallist Johnson believes Lyles would comfortably out-pace Hill

Four-time gold medallist Johnson believes Lyles would comfortably out-pace HillCredit: AFP

 

“Over 100m? I’m gonna say 10 meters. (Lyles) is the fastest man in the world,” he concluded.

 

“Tyreek is not one of the fastest people in the world. He’s one of the fastest football players, but he’s not one of the fastest people in the world.”

 

Hill has indeed made a career of leaving defenders in the dust on the NFL field, and his speed is nothing to be sniffed at, given he entered the league with a 4.29-second 40-yard dash.

 

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But despite seeing him rip it up on turf, Johnson has no doubts over where the bragging rights lay on the track.

 

 

 

 

World Champion Sha’Carri Richardson has had tumultuous rise to global fame from a collegiate athlete to a two-time Olympic gold medallist.

 

Richardson had made waves in her teen years securing multiple titles enroute to her breakthrough year.

 

As per Team USA Richardson claimed victory in the 100m race at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics and the 2017 USATF Junior Olympics.

 

That same year, she made her international debut at the Pan American U20 Athletics Championships, securing a gold medal in the 4x100m relay.

 

But it was in 2019 that Richardson really announced herself as a strong competitor ahead of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics games.

 

In 2019, the then 19-year-old Richardson broke the NCAA collegiate record in both the 100m and 200m that would set her up for her professional debut.

 

As a Louisiana States University (LSU) freshman Richardson ran10.75 seconds in the 100-meter dash breaking the previous collegiate record of 10.78.

 

On the same day she ran 22.17 seconds in the 200m also breaking the then U20 record.

 

This was truly Richardson’s start to rise in fame she went pro the next year eying maiden Olympic qualification.

 

Sha’Carri Richardson secures maiden Olympic qualification

 

Sha’Carri Richardson secured her maiden Olympic qualification in 2021.

With most athletics events postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, the Tokyo Olympics went down in 2021.

 

Richardson had all the momentum going into the Olympic year and her performances showcased it.

 

Richardson secured her spot in the 100-meter individual race for the Tokyo Olympics by winning the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials with a time of 10.86 seconds.

 

Doing so at the age of 21, she became the youngest woman to win the event at the trials.

 

Sha’Carri Richardson’s roaring comeback at the 2023 World Championships

Sha’Carri Richardson claimed her maiden world title at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

Sha’Carri Richardson is the world’s fastest woman

Following her Tokyo Olympics disqualification, Richardson had to shelve her Olympics aspirations.

 

In her much anticipated comeback in 2021 Richardson was underwhelming at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugune, Oregon.

 

She competed in the 100m finishing ninth out of nine competitors with a time of 11.14 seconds.

 

However, it was in 2023 that Richardson really cemented her comeback, establishing herself as the sprinter to beat.

 

At the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, she roared to victory in the 100m edging out the likes of Jamaican sprinting excellence duo, Shericka Jackson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

 

She became the world champion finally establishing herself not just as the American sprint queen but as a global icon.

 

Sha’Cari Richardson claiming maiden Olympic medal in her debut

Why Sha’Carri Richardson does not regret missing out on 100m Olympic gold

Sha’Carri Richardson (L) won 100m silver medal behind Julien Alfred at the Paris Olympic Games. Photo || Imago Why Sha’Carri Richardson does not regret missing out on 100m Olympic gold

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Richardson entered the race on high momentum having blazed through the USA trials.

 

With the credentials on her ide as the world champion all eyes were on her to replicate her 2023 dominance.

 

The absence of fierce rivals Shericka Jackson presented Richardson with a glorious opportunity to claim Olympic gold on her debut.

 

Although she missed out on gold, edged out by St. Lucia’s Julien Alfred, Richardson secured silver in the 100m, bagging her maiden Olympic medal.

 

Sha’Carri Richardson anchoring team USA to gold

 

Sha’Carri Richardson won 4x100m gold medals at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

At the same Paris Olympics games, Richardson made a comeback in the 4x100m relay to get her hands on the coveted Olympic gold.

 

Receiving the baton from Thomas while Team USA were trailing, Richardson mounted a comeback to anchor the team to victory.

 

She finally secured her Olympic gold, showcasing her resilience, especially after missing out in the 100m.

 

Now aged 25, Richardson will look to add more career-defining moments under her belt as she aims for more accolades in 2025 and in the future.

 

Gout Gout competes in the men’s under-20 200m heats at the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane.

 

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Australian sprinter Gout Gout may only be 17, but Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo says the teenage sensation has the potential to be one of the greatest athletes in history.

 

Gout, widely considered one of the fastest youngsters in the world, has put together a series of breathtaking times in recent months to grab the attention of the very best in the business.

 

Sprint legend Usain Bolt has previously said that Gout “looks like young me” and now Tebogo, who upset Noah Lyles to win the 200m gold medal at Paris 2024, has had his say.

 

“His style of running, it’s top-notch,” Tebogo told journalists ahead of the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne this week.

 

“I believe he’s going to be the next big thing for the continent.”

 

Gout broke onto the scene in 2022 when he ran the 100m in 10.57 seconds as a 14-year-old, but garnered even more attention last year when he ran 200m in 20.60 at the World Athletics U20 Championships – 0.01 seconds faster than a 15-year-old Bolt managed in 2002.

 

He has continued his hot form into this season and ran a world-leading time of 20.05 seconds in the 200m earlier this month, just 0.01 outside his own Australian record which he set in December.

 

He then followed it up by becoming the first-ever Australian to break the 20-second barrier, running 19.98 seconds in the Queensland State Championships under-20 200m final. However, the time won’t stand as an official record because of illegal wind conditions (+3.6m/s).

 

Letsile Tebogo celebrates winning the 200m gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Letsile Tebogo celebrates winning the 200m gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

 

Gout will race again in the 200m event in Melbourne this week, where he’s set to face Australia’s current fastest man, Lachie Kennedy.

 

The teenager will not be facing Tebogo, though, who will instead test himself in the 400m event.

 

“He can be one of the best, he can be in the history books,” Tebogo added, per Reuters. “If he continues the hunger that he has right now, he could go very far.”

 

Tebogo has warned Gout and his team to take things slowly, urging them to not rush into racing on the senior tour.

 

“The best advice I was told was that Rome wasn’t built in a day. I couldn’t get the concept at first,” the 21-year-old said.

 

“Just introduce him slowly to the seniors … because with the seniors we are all hungry to get the money, the medals and everything.”

 

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“Gout of this world!” This is the caption that World Athletics went with when Australian sprinter Gout Gout broke Usain Bolt’s record for the fastest time in the 200 meters by a 16-year-old. Then, just days after warning Olympic gold medalist Noah Lyles that “I am coming for that spot,” Gout smashed Lyles’ personal best in 400m, clocking 46.20s, just almost a second under the American’s time.

 

As such, comparisons with Lyles and especially Bolt have been made, but Gout, while acknowledging them as “pretty cool,” wants to remain in his own lane and is trying to be “the next Gout.” However, with records tumbling almost every time he steps on the track, people will continue to draw parallels as he continues to rise up the ranks, untouched in Australia. But there is a problem.

 

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Earlier this month, competing at the Queensland Athletics Championships, he clinched the U20 200 m crown in a wind-assisted 19.98 seconds –the first sub-20 run in Australian sprint history. It is clear that he is well ahead of his contemporaries at his age and it only bodes well for his future. However, Justin Gaitlin is throwing some caution to the wind.

 

Speaking on his Ready Set Go podcast on Tuesday, Gaitlin discussed Gout’s dominance with Rodney Green. Green, while praising Gout’s performance in the 200 m at the Queensland Athletics Championships, contemplated whether Gout even has enough competition. “The competition is not even, you know, no disrespect to this competition because they are youth athletes like him, but he beat those kids by two seconds, bro. Two seconds! And in the 200, two seconds looks like a whole century.” Gaitlin agreed and chimed in with his own observation.

 

 

 

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“They weren’t even in the screen when the TV was panning… He was watching himself pull away from the field. He was just in the screen by himself. He’s on a different level than those kids, that’s all it is, man.” Gout dominance was evident in Brisbane. He clocked 10.39 seconds in the 100 m heat and 10.38 in the finals. But his real show came in the 200m.

 

 

 

His legal 20.05-second heat time stands as the fastest 200m recorded this year, and when he came out on top in the finals with 19.98 seconds, nobody was close to him. Zaine Leigh finished second with 22.10s, and Liam Atkinson was third with 22.12. As Gaitlin mentioned, Gout was well clear in the final picture. While this highlights how good he is, it also raises a concern over a perceived lack of competition and how Gout copes when he steps to a bigger stage.

 

“Where do you go from here as Gout Gout?” Gaitlin questioned. “You’re annihilating the competition throughout your whole country, by far, like you said, by two seconds or more. So what do you do now? Do you put him on a more international schedule where he can race other athletes of his caliber and be in that season to compete against them? You know what I’m saying? Or do you just let him be the king of his own domain until he’s thrust into the moment where he has to go pro and enter that cycle of racing top athletes?” Running solo while everyone else is trying to catch up paints a bigger picture that Gout Gout might be levels ahead of his competition at this point in his country.

 

But without facing stronger challenges, this young athlete risks stagnating, unable to fully develop the edge needed to dominate on the world stage, where competition is waiting for him. Just hours before his feat in Queensland, another teenager was making his mark in another part of the world.

 

At the AGN Championships in Pretoria, South Africa, South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza registered the fastest 100m time in the world this year, clocking 9.99 seconds to win the Gauteng North Provincial championships. Walaza has had a strong start to the season and is someone to watch out for this season. Notably, it was Walaza who edged Gout Gout to claim the 200m title at the U20 championships last year.

 

Right now, Gout is the second-fastest under-18 200m runner in history behind America’s Erriyon Knighton. Having just turned 17, the Australian still has two years to make his mark in this age group, but he might need tougher competition than what he is facing right now.

 

Gaitlin pointed out, “It’s not even close. The competition is not even close. He doesn’t even have one guy thinking, ‘Yeah, he might get me in the 100 if I don’t do this right.’ He could do it wrong and still go out there and annihilate the competition.”

 

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But while being the king of his domain feels good, staying in that comfort zone might not prepare him for the challenges that lie ahead. Until Gout starts racing against top-tier international athletes, he risks plateauing. There is good competition in the Australian track and field scene when Gout decides to take up the senior challenge.

 

He will compete in the senior 200m race at the Maurie Plant meet on 29 March, as well as at the national championships in Perth in early April, which will give him crucial experience. However, he will sit out the race for the senior Australian 100m title in Perth, meaning a showdown with the likes of fellow Queenslander Lachlan Kennedy, who stunned with a time of 10.03 seconds at the Perth Track Classic earlier this month, won’t be possible. Other sprint stars such as Josh Azzopardi, Jacob Despard, Calab Law and Jack Hale also await Gout, possibly at the Stawell Gift in late April.

 

With the Tokyo World Atheltics in sight, Gout will have the chance to prove himself, but the question is, will he be ready?

 

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Gout has the athletic world buzzing, and for good reason. Back in December, the 17-year-old sprinting prodigy broke Peter Norman’s 56-year-old Australian 200m record of 20.06 seconds, as he completed the finish line in 20.04. And guess what? He didn’t stop there. Since then, this rising star has beaten Norman’s time twice more.

 

He first clocked 20.05 in the 200m heat at the Queensland Athletics Championships this month, and then 19.98 in the final. Sure, that 19.98 didn’t make it into the record books because of a tailwind that was a little too generous, but it was enough to show the world that Gout is the real deal. Now, with his eyes set on the biggest stages, the young star is already dreaming about the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

 

 

 

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But that’s not all. A hometown showdown at the 2032 Brisbane Olympics is also in his books. As Gout put it, “I just want to show the world that I’m Gout and that I’m here to stay, and the Olympics is the best place to do that.” The performance data from this athlete demonstrates the reality behind his spoken statements.

 

 

 

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He scored his fastest time of 10.17 seconds in 100m racing at the Australian All-Schools Championships in Brisbane in December 2024. He has continued his amazing performance trail, which proves he is not a one-hit wonder in track events. He will make his senior-class debut at the upcoming Maurie Plant Meeting in Melbourne on Saturday, 29 March, as the main competitive attraction.

 

And if that’s not enough, Gout’s also expected to be a top contender for the 100m and 200m titles at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. With that kind of momentum, this athlete isn’t just Australia’s next big thing — he’s on track to become a global sprinting phenomenon.

 

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Gout Gout has the world at his feet and is already running so well he is matching feats achieved by Usain Bolt at the height of his career.

 

Gout has emerged as one of the hottest prospects in world athletics after breaking Peter Norman’s longstanding national 200m record and dipping under he 20-second barrier this month.

 

Lachlan Kennedy, 21, remains Australia’s fastest man with a 100m personal best of 10.03sec, 0.01 faster than Gout’s 100m PB. Kennedy won a silver medal in the 60m at the World Indoor Championships in a time of 6.50sec.

 

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After Gout set a new personal best of 19.98 seconds at the Queensland Athletics Championships, a mind-blowing detail has emerged about that run.

 

The similarities to Bolt are obvious, ranging from their running styles to the fact Gout is an excellent 100m sprinter who might be better suited to the 200m, as Bolt was.

 

Movement scientist Dylan Hicks shared some analysis of Gout’s wind assisted 19.98sec 200m run and one absurd statistic stood out — his seriously rapid final 100m in the race.

 

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Gout Gout has serious potential in the 100m and 200m. (Photo by Patrick HAMILTON / AFP)

 

According to Hicks, Gout ran the first 100m of the race in 10.67sec and came home like an absolute rocket, blitzing the second 100m in a time of 9.31sec.

 

Hicks said: “The most incredible statistic… his final 100m… 9.31sec! It’s worth looking up which athletes have run this segment of a 200m faster. In history.”

 

Hicks went on to describe Gout’s running style as “truly unique”

 

Even accounting for the running start, that time for the second half of the race is mind-boggling and already puts Gout among the fastest runners in history over the back end of a 200m sprint.

 

Michael Johnson’s splits from the 1996 Olympics were 10.12 and 9.20, giving the four-time Olympic champion one of the quickest 200m second halves ever recorded.

 

The fastest back end in 200m history belongs to Jamaica’s Yohan Blake. Back in 2011, Blake ran a time of 19.26 and he ran the second 100m in 9.12, which remains the fastest finishing 100m in the 200m.

 

Blake remains the second fastest man in 100m and 200m history behind only Bolt.

 

Bolt rounding the bend in the 200m was one of the most fearsome sights in world athletics and he produced some blistering back-ends over his career.

 

His 200m world record of 19.19 set at the 2009 world championships still stands — his splits in that race were 9.92sec for the first 100m and 9.27sec for the second 100m.

 

Bolt ran the 200m in a time of 19.30 at the Beijing Olympics, where he came home in 9.32sec over the last 100m.

 

Jamaica’s Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt were absolute weapons over 200m.

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A time of 19.70 was needed to get on the 200m podium at the Paris Olympics, while 19.99 was good enough for fourth place, so Gout is rapidly rising the ranks to soon be competitive at senior level.

 

Gout has already dipped under the 20.16 qualifying time for September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo and is going from strength to strength after training with Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles in the US.

 

Gout will next race at this weekend’s Maurie Plant Meet at Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium.

 

It’s fairly remarkable that Gout is already producing similar splits to Bolt when the Jamaican Olympic champion was at the peak of his powers.

 

Like Bolt, Gout isn’t super quick out of the blocks, so if he can improve his starts a fraction, look out world.

 

The 17-year-old recently opened up about the “overwhelming” comparisons to Bolt, declaring he wants to forge his own path in the sport.

 

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“In the moment it feels great because everyone wants to be compared to Usain Bolt, the fastest athlete alive,” Gout said in a 7News Spotlight interview with Bruce McAvaney.

 

“At times it does get a bit overwhelming, but now that I’ve grown up, I’m a bit mature and my circle really helps me stay level and I’m just trying to make a name for myself.

 

“Although I do run like Usain Bolt and I do maybe look like him, I’m just trying to be myself and trying to be the next Gout.”

 

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Australian Olympic great John Steffenson told news.com.au the whole world is talking about Gout and another Cathy Freeman moment could be on the cards come Brisbane 2032.

 

“He is fun to watch,” Steffenson said.

“It is at the point where it’s just fun and exciting and the world is on notice and really Australia haven’t had a legit sprinter since Matt Shirvington, Patrick Johnson and Peter Walsh and they haven’t done what this kid is doing.

 

“Gout Gout has done this at just 16, 17 and even if nothing happens from here what Gout Gout has done has set-up Australian sprinting for the future.

 

On Tuesday the Queensland government announced the athletics events at the Brisbane Olympics will be held at a new 60,000 capacity stadium at Victoria Park.

 

“His name is Guot”, informed Australian sprint sensation “Gout Gout’s” father, Bona Guot, in his interview with 7News Australia in December 2024. So how did Guot become Gout Gout? Well, that’s quite a story. When the family left Sudan to go to Egypt before finally arriving in Australia, the Sudanese government made an Arabic error and hence, Guot became Gout.

The track sensation’s dad is not too happy about it, “I know Gout Gout is a disease name, but, I don’t want my son to be called a disease name”, Bona Guot shared in the same interview. Although the genesis of Gout Gout’s name is quite funny, there’s nothing funny about the way the 17-year-old runs.

 

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Thanks to Gout’s raw talent, he has consistently been compared to Usain Bolt, the single most revered sprinter of all time. In December 2024, he clocked 20.04s in the 200m event at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane.

For some perspective, Bolt’s speed at the same age was 19.93s. But Gout came dangerously close to flouting the Jamaican legend’s record when in the Queensland Athletics Championships, he clocked a wind-assisted time of 19.98s. But the 17-year-old’s path to such glory hasn’t always been the smoothest. Born in South Sudan, his family, seeking refuge from conflict, relocated to Australia, where Gout would eventually lace up his running shoes and discover his talent. And there’s been something more in that story.

 

 

 

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In a rare and candid moment, Gout Gout opened up like never before. During a recent Channel 7 News Spotlight documentary, the teenage sprinting sensation revealed the side of him that fans rarely get to see—the humble, grounded boy behind the record-breaking speed.

 

 

The teenager, whose feet barely seem to touch the track as he flies through the 200m, remains firmly rooted in the values his parents instilled: humility, hard work, and unyielding love. And these emotions remained visible when Gout Gout spoke about Usain Bolt.

 

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This month, Gout Gout delivered yet another jaw-dropping performance, clocking a blistering 19.98 seconds in the men’s 200m race at the Queensland State Championships. The crowd roared. The cameras flashed. It should have been a moment for the history books—a teenage phenom breaking the 20-second barrier. But there was a catch.

 

The tailwind measured at +3.6 m/s, soaring beyond the legal limit of +2.0 m/s. The result? Gout’s record-breaking time was invalidated. The wind may have pushed him forward, but the cruel rules of athletics pulled him back. For many, it would have been a devastating setback. For Gout, it was just fuel for the fire. The teenager’s determination was crystal clear in the Channel 7 News Spotlight documentary, where he made one thing known: he’s not chasing Usain Bolt’s shadow—he’s forging his own.

 

 

 

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“I mean, obviously in the moment it feels great because everyone wants to be compared to Usain Bolt—the fastest athlete alive,” Gout admitted. “And at times, it does get a bit overwhelming. But now that I’ve grown up and I’m a bit mature, my circle really helps me stay level. I’m just basically trying to make a name for myself.” Despite the comparisons—his long, loping stride, the towering frame, and the uncanny resemblance to the Jamaican icon—Gout Gout refuses to be a carbon copy of greatness. He embraces the parallels, but he’s chasing his own legacy.

 

 

 

 

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“Although I do run like Usain Bolt, I do maybe look like him in a couple of ways,” he said with a grin. “I’m just trying to be myself and just trying to be the next Gout.” The 17-year-old’s humility is as striking as his speed. Even as he brushes against world records, he remains grounded—a teenager driven by passion, not fame. His circle of family, coaches, and friends keeps him steady, reminding him that while it’s an honor to be compared to Bolt, his actual mission is to become the first and only Gout Gout.

 

 

 

 

 

World 60mH record holder Grant Holloway was left disappointed with the actions of a Chinese man who invaded his privacy during his preparations before the start of the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing.

In a shocking revelation by Olympic champion Grant Holloway, the American hurdling star disclosed how a Chinese man disrespected his privacy while taking pictures ahead of the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing.

 

The 60mH World Record (WR) holder who has been unbeaten in the event since 2014, is in Nanjing to defend his indoor title and is among the few track stars competing at the championship.

 

 

Grant Holloway is the 60mH World Record holder and defending World Indoor Champion

In anticipation of the three-day championship scheduled to begin from March 21 – 23rd, Holloway took a day off to tour the city and meet with fans but was left disappointed with the actions of a Chinese man who invaded his privacy.

 

Tweeting about his experience, the three-time world outdoor champion expressed his disappointment on his X page.

 

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“I think Chinese culture is great, but they have a different concept of personal space. A man touched my ass while we were taking a picture and commented “mmm very muscular.” I didn’t know how to respond, so I just froze. Anyway, I suppose it’s a compliment to be considered fit,” he wrote.

 

Holloway will be gunning to win his third consecutive world 60mH title, which if successful will make him the first hurdler in history to achieve such a feat.

 

 

Runner took silver at world indoor championships

Houlihan blamed four-year ban on tainted pork

American runner Shelby Houlihan returned to the big stage after a much-debated four-year doping ban and won a silver medal in the 3000m at the world indoor championships.

 

The US record holder at 1500m sat out the Paris Olympics after her ban. The 32-year-old said she was flooded with a range of emotions after her second-place finish on Saturday behind Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu, who won gold.

 

“It’s been a long journey,” Houlihan said in an interview with letsrun.com. “I’m excited for today and now, but also kind of grieving the past a bit. It’s just been a real tough journey.”

 

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In the lead-up to Olympic trials in 2021, Houlihan revealed she had tested positive for nandralone and claimed it came from a tainted pork burrito. A slew of appeals ensued, but Houlihan’s argument was ultimately rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

 

Houlihan’s case divided opinion, mainly because many elements of it were similar to “no fault” cases that often result in athletes receiving little or no penalty. Houlihan, whose case was prosecuted by the international Athletics Integrity Unit, received no such leniency and spent the prime of her career on the sideline.

 

After her second-place finish in Nanjing, China, she reflected on the journey that led to her comeback. She said her first year out of the sport was the most difficult.

 

“Getting used to completely trying to create a new normal,” Houlihan said. “Running had been part of my life since I was five, so who am I without this? I didn’t know. [I felt] totally crumbled and trying to rebuild myself back up.”

 

She said “a ton of anger” was driving her at the time, but she realized she had to rein in her emotions. Houlihan said she is hopeful her success at the worlds in China will lead to a sponsorship deal. The world outdoor championships are in September, when Houlihan could shape up to be a factor in the 1500m or 5000m.

 

“It got to a point where I was just like, ‘I don’t want to give up because I feel like I’ll always wonder what could have been,’” Houlihan said. “And then I feel like I still have more to prove. I feel like the best is yet to come for myself and I wanted to see that through and not let someone else decide.”

 

The US finished top of the medal table at this year’s world indoor championships with six golds and 16 medals in total.