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  • Gout Gout called ‘soft’ by US athletics star as teen faces harsh accusation

    Gout Gout has been heavily criticised by American track star Noah Williams. The 26-year-old is less than impressed with the Australian, branding Gout as “soft” ahead of the teenager’s highly anticipated Diamond League debut in July.

    The 17-year-old has put his name down to take part in the Under-23 200m event in Monaco on July 11, but decided against competing in the open category alongside big track stars, as well as the 100m event.


    This choice has left Williams annoyed with the up-and-coming athlete. While appearing on the Track World News podcast, Williams expressed his disapproval over Gout’s decision, even suggesting the Australian might be avoiding the more challenging competitions.


    “The kid is super talented, but that’s beside the point,” the 400m runner said. “The narrative now is he’s ducking these professional races.

    “I see he’s entered in the Diamond League races to run U-23, and I think that’s really, really just soft. Being American and understanding our culture of how we choose to play up instead of playing down.”

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    Gout’s rise in Australian athletics has drawn comparisons to sprint legend Usain Bolt, with his wind-assisted times approaching the records set by the Jamaican icon.

    The teenager has recorded a time of 9.99 seconds in the 100m, which is not far off of Bolt’s stunning world record of 9.58 seconds. With an impressive wind-aided 19.84 seconds over 200m at the Australian Athletics Championships, Gout’s ambition is likely to surpass Bolt’s 19.19-second performance in the future.

    However, Gout’s team is reportedly keen to protect the rising star from serious injury by not pitting him against the world’s top sprinters too soon, which could put undue strain on his young body.


    Consequently, Gout has yet to compete in the 100m sprint at the open level, choosing instead to run only in age-specific competitions, and was also held back from participating in the 4×100 relay at the recent World Athletics Relays event.

    Despite taking a measured approach, Gout is confident he can follow in the footsteps of his idol, Bolt, who secured eight Olympic gold medals during his illustrious career.


    “I think the limit is just obviously winning the Olympics and winning world championships and honestly dominating like Bolt did,” Gout expressed to Fox Sports Australia’s The Back Page earlier this month. “I think that limit is reachable for me.”

    With the Brisbane Games in 2032 on the horizon, there will be considerable expectation for Gout to perform well on home soil, assuming he qualifies. However, Gout is first setting his sights on making an impact at the LA Olympics in 2028.

    “The times I’ve run so far could potentially make it into finals, make the top four, top five, top six,” he added. “Just getting better and aiming for LA obviously would be a great achievement.

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    “Trying to be on that podium running against [Olympic 200m gold medallist Letsile] Tebogo, Noah [Lyles], [Lachlan] Kennedy, all them athletes, that’s definitely a goal of mine – and to keep aiming for the top.”

     

  • Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games

    Seville, Nugent, Watson lead Jamaicans at Atlanta City Games

    KINGSTON, Jamaica- Jamaican sprinters led by Oblique Seville in the men’s 100m, Ackera Nugent in the 100m hurdles and Antonio Watson in the men’s  200m, will be on show at today’s staging of the Adidas Atlanta City Games at Piedmont Park.

    The event, which is held on a specially designed elevated track, is expected to produce outstanding performances from a number of top athletes, including 17 from Jamaica.

    Seville, who ran a wind-aided 9.84 seconds at the opening Grand Slam event in Kingston three weeks ago, will hope for better conditions when he lines up against world leader Akani Simbine of South Africa along with fellow Jamaicans, Ryiem Forde, Kadrian Goldson and Deandre Daley, who will be making his professional debut.

    Coming off her season’s best 12.34 seconds in Miramar, Florida earlier this month, third best in the world so far, Nugent will start favourite to win despite the presence of former world leader, Grace Stark of the USA, Tia Jones, also of the USA and world record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria.Megan Tapper and Demisha Roswell of Jamaica will also line up.

    Watson, the reigning men’s 400m world champion, is one of four Jamaicans who are down to race in the men’s 200m, where Trinidad and Tobago’s world number two ranked Jereem Richards and Great Britain’s Kingston based Zharnel Hughes are expected to feature.

    Sprinter Bryan Levell, as well as Demish Gaye, are also down to contest the half lap race while Niesha Burgher will compete in the women’s 200m where she will race against Americans Lynna Irby-Jackson and Talitha Diggs as well as Aliyah Abrams of Guyana.
    Orlando Bennett is listed to contest the 110m hurdles where he faces Americans Trey Cunningham, Michael Dickson, Freddie Crittenden and Robert Dunning.

    Ashanti Moore will contest the women’s 150m against American Tamari Davis, Daryll Neita of Great Britain and Favour Ofili of Nigeria.

    Two Jamaicans, Carey McLeod and Nikolai Williams, are set to contest the men’s long jump, where Italy’s Mattia Furlani will start as favourite.

     

  • Noah Lyles Weighs In on Joining his Fiancée Junelle Bromfield in the 400m

    Noah Lyles Weighs In on Joining his Fiancée Junelle Bromfield in the 400m

     

    Noah Lyles and his fiancee Junelle Bromfield ©Junelle Bromfield Instagram

    Noah Lyles has hinted at the possibility of running the 400m but is keeping his plans open, especially with his fiancée in the picture.

    Reigning Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles has opened up about the chances of competing in the 400m this season, joining his fiancée, Junelle Bromfield, a two-time Olympian.

     

    Noah Lyles has been vocal about trying new things in his career, with the 400m being among his career goals.

     

    The triple world champion competed in his first 400m as a professional at the Tom Jones Memorial, crossing the finish line in 45.87 seconds. The race was also his first 400m race in nearly 9 years.

     

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    Ferdinand Omanyala’s One Request as Kenya Makes Historic Return to World Stage After 41 Years

    Will Noah Lyles join Junelle Bromfield in competing in the 400m?

     

    Junelle Bromfield and Noah Lyles Image source: Imago

    Noah Lyles revealed that he is getting closer to adding the 400m to his list of events, but this season, he will not be running it frequently.

     

    The three-time world 200m champion pointed out that he will compete in a few 400m races to build on his endurance.

     

    He added that since it is a long season, he will also do the 400m races for fun, but most importantly, just to keep fit ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September.

     

     

    Akani Simbine Warns Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson After South Africa’s World Relays Win

    Noah Lyles further noted that they had plans to compete in the 4x400m relay or mixed relay at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, but things did not go as planned.

     

    “You know what’s crazy is every year you ask, I get closer and closer to running it. I don’t think it’s going to happen as much this year, but I will say that Ryan and I were practising today, and we thought of the idea of putting together an All-Star 4×4 relay for the New Balance Grand Prix, which would be pretty cool,” Noah Lyles revealed in an interview with Run Blog Run.

     

    “You know, just for fun, I mean it’s indoor, right, we got a long season, we don’t have to do anything crazy, we’re all building up our endurance or maybe putting together a mixed relay, I think that would be cool.”

     

     

    Kenya’s Women’s 4x400m Relay Team Reinstated and Record Restored After Successful Appeal

    At the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, Noah Lyles only managed to compete in the 60m, which he won, making it his last indoor race of the season.

     

    Noah Lyles started his season with a win in the 60m at the RADD Sports College Invitational and Multi-Event.

     

    Junelle Bromfield competing in the 400m

     

    Junelle Bromfield, Noah Lyles’ fiancée, is a professional 400m runner but has yet to open her 2025 season, with many speculating that she might have retired.

     

    Junelle Bromfield was part of the Jamaican 4x400m relay team that won a bronze medal at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She also finished eighth in the semi-final of the women’s 400m at the Paris Olympic Games among other notable achievements.

  • McLaughlin once again among Grand Slam winners in Miami

    McLaughlin once again among Grand Slam winners in Miami

     

     

    Following her triumph at the opening meeting of the series last month, world and Olympic 400m hurdles champion Sydney McLaughlin once again achieved a perfect score of 24 points in the long hurdles category at the Grand Slam meeting in Miramar, on the outskirts of Miami.

     

    This time, she went quicker in both disciplines, clocking a world-leading 52.07 in the 400m hurdles on Saturday (3) and following it with a dominant run of 49.69 in the 400m on Sunday (4), winning both races by two seconds. They’re also the fastest times she has ever recorded at this point of the season.

     

    Jamaica’s Andrenette Knight finished second in the 400m hurdles (54.08) and in the category overall, while heptathlon specialist Anna Hall was second in the 400m flat (51.68).

     

    Another world champion over one lap of the track, Marileidy Paulino, also bagged maximum points in her category. Following on from her 400m win on Friday, the sprinter from the Dominican Republic returned on Sunday to win the 200m in a national record of 22.30.

     

    Two-time Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek was another 24-point winner. The US athlete sped to a wind-assisted 9.79 (2.4m/s) 100m win on Saturday, then clocked a world-leading 19.84 (0.2m/s) to take the 200m on Sunday.

     

    Jamaica’s Oblique Seville (9.84 / 20.13) was second overall in that category, finishing just ahead of Britain’s Zharnel Hughes (9.87 / 20.13).

     

    In the women’s short sprints class, Olympic 200m champion Gabby Thomas won her specialist event in 21.95 (1.1m/s), but Melissa Jefferson-Wooden – who had won the 100m on Friday – was confirmed the category grand slam winner, thanks to her third-place 200m finish in 22.15.

     

    Jacory Patterson produced one of the more surprising performances on Saturday. The world indoor bronze medallist, running in the outermost lane, charged into the lead in the home straight of the 400m to stop the clock at a world-leading PB of 43.96, becoming just the 26th man in history to break 44 seconds.

     

    Jereem Richards won the grand slam title in this category, after finishing second in 44.32, 0.05 ahead of Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith.

     

    Full marks for Cunningham and Dos Santos in hurdles

    Trey Cunningham and Alison dos Santos impressed in the men’s hurdles to win their respective categories with the maximum possible points.

     

    Cunningham sped to an equal PB of 13.00 in the 110m hurdles on Saturday, then followed it with a 10.17 PB in the 100m flat on Sunday, winning both races and giving him 24 points in the short hurdles category. Sasha Zhoya was second overall after clocking a 13.06 PB in the sprint hurdles and running 10.36 in the 100m.

     

    Dos Santos, the 2022 world champion, followed his 400m hurdles win on Friday with a PB of 44.53 in the 400m flat, giving him 24 points and a category victory.

     

    Jamaica’s world indoor bronze medallist Ackera Nugent, who placed third in the record-breaking 100m hurdles on Friday, came back to win the 100m flat in a PB of 11.09, giving her the short hurdles grand slam title by one point over Olympic champion Masai Russell.

     

     

    Having finished some way off the pace in the Grand Slam season opener in Kingston last month, world 1500m champion Josh Kerr rebounded in impressive fashion in Miami to win the short distance category.

     

    The Briton claimed 1500m victory on Friday, then followed it with a fifth-place finish in the 800m on Saturday (1:45.01) in a race won by world champion Marco Arop (1:43.69). Both world champions had claimed victories in their specialist event, but Kerr’s higher placing in his secondary event gave him a two-point advantage over Arop.

     

    World indoor 3000m champion Freweyni Hailu showed impressive range to win the short distance title. Having won the 1500m in 4:06.96 on Saturday, she finished third in the 800m (1:59.84) behind Mary Moraa to take the grand slam in her category.

     

    The closest contest of the weekend came in the women’s long distance category which came down to a tiebreak between 5000m winner Agnes Ngetich and 3000m winner Hirut Meshesha (8:22.72). Ngetich was declared the winner as she had the lowest combined 3000m/5000m time of the pair.

     

    Double Olympic bronze medallist Grant Fisher claimed the grand slam in the men’s equivalent thanks to his 5000m win in 13:40.32 on Sunday.

     

     

  • Former Texas Longhorns WR Transferring to Syracuse

    Former Texas Longhorns WR Transferring to Syracuse

    A former Texas Longhorns wide receiver has found his new home out of the transfer portal.

    Texas Longhorns wide receiver Johntay Cook II (1) runs the ball in the second half against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium.

    AUSTIN — Former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Johntay Cook II has landed with his third team in less than a year.

    Per On3’s Hayes Fawcett, Cook II has committed to the Syracuse Orange, as he’ll head to New York to play for second-year head coach Fran Brown. Cook II recently completed a visit with Syracuse, signaling that he could be coming to a decision.

    A former five-star, Cook II has two years of collegiate experience to his name as he begins a new chapter. He also visited the Arizona State Sun Devils — per Anwar Richardson of OrangeBloods — along with having reported interest from teams like Houston, Oklahoma, Indiana, Arkansas and BYU.

    Sep 28, 2024; Austin, Texas, USA; Texas Longhorns wide receiver Johntay Cook II (1) reacts to missing a catch as the Texas Longhorns take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.Cook II and Texas parted way in November, leading to him entering the portal and eventually committing to the Washington Huskies. However, his time in Seattle came to a quick end and Cook II was back in the portal by January.

    He was arrested twice in a two-week period in Texas in February, first for misdemeanor theft and second for possession of marijuana before re-entering the portal.

    Cook II finished his time at Texas with just 16 catches for 273 yards and two touchdowns across two seasons. His most notable performance came in the 56-7 win over UTSA in September. Cook II finished with three catches for 35 yards and two touchdowns, catching one score apiece from Quinn Ewers and Arch Manning.

    He met with the Texas media in September and talked about the talent in the wide receiver room. Longhorn fans expected Cook II to break out as a sophomore but instead his exit and the events that followed combined to make one long dramatic episode.

    “Just my growth, overall maturity,” Cook II said in September when asked about his biggest improvement. “Just really my approach to my everyday, schedule, routine, I would say. Just learning from the guys that were before me, and just really buying into the program.”

  • F1 News Today: Hamilton quit fears issued as Ferrari star reveals unexpected new role

    F1 News Today: Hamilton quit fears issued as Ferrari star reveals unexpected new role

     

     

    F1 News Today: Hamilton quit fears issued as Ferrari star reveals unexpected new role

     

    Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton has been tipped to quit his new Ferrari team as early as this year having been identified as struggling at the famous Italian outfit.

     

    Lewis Hamilton caught off guard as Ferrari star reveals unexpected new role

     

    Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has been caught off guard in a confusing move made by his Ferrari F1 team.

     

     

    Former F1 boss gives DRIVE-THROUGH Verstappen penalty verdict

     

    A former Formula 1 team owner has issued his verdict on Max Verstappen’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix penalty, suggesting he should have been punished more harshly.

     

    FIA statement explains Max Verstappen double penalty decision

     

     

    Michael Schumacher memorabilia to go up for auction in Miami

     

    A stunning piece of Michael Schumacher memorabilia is set to go under the hammer during an auction at the Miami Grand Prix weekend.

     

     

     

    Team boss reveals Adrian Newey doesn’t come to meetings or reply to emails

     

    Aston Martin team principal Andy Cowell has opened up on the day-to-day of working with Adrian Newey, as the legendary designer works on his first car for the team.

     

     

    Former FIA steward blasts ‘unprofessional and disrespectful’ Max Verstappen

     

    Former FIA steward Johnny Herbert has labelled reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen ‘unprofessional’ after his actions at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

     

    Female F1 drivers get their own ‘Drive To Survive’ as Netflix make huge announcement

     

    The streaming service giants behind smash-hit Formula 1 documentary Drive to Survive have released further details about an exciting new project.

     

    Helmut Marko declares when Red Bull will be back to their best

     

    Red Bull Formula 1 director Helmut Marko has issued a prediction regarding his team’s chances of closing the gap to McLaren over the coming races

     

    Verstappen hits out at ‘super sensitive’ world after penalty

     

    Max Verstappen has blamed today’s ‘super sensitive’ culture for his reluctance to comment on a controversial penalty he received at last weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.

     

    Nicole Piastri opens up on ‘horrifying’ moment as an F1 mum

     

    The mother of McLaren Formula 1 star Oscar Piastri has revealed a ‘horrifying’ moment she experienced whilst watching her son race in the pinnacle of motorsport.

     

     

  • Omanyala, Tebogo and Simbine wow crowds in Botswana

    Omanyala, Tebogo and Simbine wow crowds in Botswana

     

     

    Akani Simbine (left), Ferdinand Omanyala and Letsile Tebogo. Photo credit: Pool

     

     

    Letsile Tebogo delighted home fans at the FNB Botswana Golden Grand Prix by easing to a dominant 200 metres victory at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting which also brought together 60 metres bronze medallist Akani Simbine and Africa 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala in Gaborone at the weekend.

     

    The Olympic champion’s compatriots Bayapo Ndori, Oratile Nowe and Kethobogile Haingura also roared on to victory at the National Stadium on Saturday, while South Africa’s Akani Simbine stormed to 100m success and USA’s Dalilah Muhammad clinched a clear 400m hurdles win.

     

     

    Making his 200m season debut after four 400m races over the past couple of months, Tebogo’s win over half a lap of the track never looked in doubt.

     

    Lining up alongside South Africa’s Luxolo Adams, Tebogo got a strong start and ran alongside Adams, on his outside, around the bend. But the African record-holder, who clocked 19.46 to win his Olympic 200m title in Paris, cruised down the home straight and eased up on his approach to the finish line, winning in a comfortable 20.23 (-1.6m/s). Adams was second in 20.42.

     

    The event featured two 200m races and the first was won by South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile in 20.01 (-1.8m/s).

     

    In his first race since securing the first individual global medal of his career at the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, 60m bronze medallist Simbine stepped back up to the 100m in style.

     

    He was put under pressure from Kenya’s African record-holder Ferdinand Omanyala, but Simbine had the stronger finish and he strode ahead in the final metres. The South African clocked 9.90 seconds into a -1.4m/s headwind for the fastest 100m in the world so far this year. Omanyala was second in 10.00.

     

    The women’s 100m was won by South Africa’s 17-year-old Hanna Hope Vermaak in 11.44 (-0.2m/s), the same time as runner-up Viwe Jingqi.

     

    Former world 400m hurdles record-holder Muhammad continued her farewell season with a dominant victory. The 2019 world champion clocked 53.81 to triumph ahead of her US compatriot Cassandra Tate (55.59), while a close men’s race was won by South Africa’s Njabulo Mbatha in 49.06.

     

    Tebogo’s Olympic 4x400m silver medal-winning teammate Ndori achieved a strong 400m win. He was ahead off the final curve and maintained that momentum, crossing the finish line in 44.35 for the second-fastest time of his career to win by three tenths of a second ahead of South Africa’s Zakithi Nene.

     

    The women’s 400m was won by Egypt’s Bassant Hemida in a national record of 50.77. Racing in her first outdoor 400m since 2021 after focusing on the shorter sprints, the multiple national 100m and 200m champion improved her outdoor one-lap best by more than two seconds to win ahead of South Africa’s Miranda Coetzee (51.10).

     

    Botswana’s Nowe also made history in front of home fans in the 800m. The 24-year-old had Kenya’s world U20 champion Sarah Moraa on her shoulder at the bell, but the teenager couldn’t match her rival over the second lap. After glancing over her shoulder down the back straight, Nowe kicked on her approach to the finish line and dipped under 1:59 for the first time, improving her own national record to 1:58.96.

     

    There was another home win in the men’s 800m as Haingura held off his compatriot Tshepiso Masalela and they achieved a Botswana 1-2. A month on from running a PB of 1:43.88 in Johannesburg, this time Haingura clocked 1:44.18 to pip Olympic finalist Masalela, who ran 1:44.77.

     

    Hailemariyam Amare was so sure of his victory in the 3000m steeplechase that he celebrated on his way to the finish line. Crossing it in 8:28.00, the two-time African gold medallist won ahead of his Ethiopian compatriots Milkesse Fekadu (8:28.67) and Demelash Girma (8:29.67).

     

    In her first competition since becoming the world indoor long jump champion in Nanjing, USA’s Claire Bryant soared 6.79m to secure another win. Karmen Fouche was second with 6.51m, while USA’s 2016 world indoor champion Marquis Dendy won the men’s event with a leap of 7.94m.

     

    Zane Weir and Leonardo Fabbri topped the shot put, throwing 20.83m and 20.64m respectively to clinch an Italian 1-2, and South Africa’s Olympic silver medallist Jo-Ane van Dyk threw 61.23m to win the javelin.

  • Commanders sign Josh Johnson to deal, as veteran QB returns to Washington ahead of 18th NFL season

    Commanders sign Josh Johnson to deal, as veteran QB returns to Washington ahead of 18th NFL season

    Josh Johnson has had quite a journey in the NFL, one which will continue with an organization he’s already been a part of. The veteran quarterback is signing with the Washington Commanders, the team announced Friday. This will be Johnson’s second stint with Washington in what will be his 18th season of professional football.

    Johnson spent the 2018 season with Washington, playing four games and starting three. He completed 52 of 91 passes (57.1%) for 590 yards with three touchdowns to four interceptions and a 69.4 passer rating. Washington went 1-2 in his starts.

    A fifth-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Johnson has played for 14 NFL teams, including three different stints with the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens (where Johnson spent the last two seasons).

    He has also played for the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the defunct United Football League and was on the initial roster of the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football. In total, Johnson has played in four different leagues during his career (NFL, UFL, AAF, XFL).

    Here’s a list of all the teams Johnson has played on in his lengthy career. This marks the most teams any player has ever played for in NFL history.

    Josh Johnson teams (18-year pro career)

    Teams League Year

    Tampa Bay Buccaneers

    NFL

    2008-2011

    San Francisco 49ers

    NFL

    2012

    Sacramento Mountain Lions

    UFL

    2012

    Cleveland Browns

    NFL

    2012

    Cincinnati Bengals

    NFL

    2013

    San Francisco 49ers

    NFL

    2014

    Cincinnati Bengals

    NFL

    2015

    New York Jets

    NFL

    2015

    Indianapolis Colts

    NFL

    2015

    Buffalo Bills

    NFL

    2015

    Baltimore Ravens

    NFL

    2016

    New York Giants

    NFL

    2016-2017

    Houston Texans

    NFL

    2017

    Oakland Raiders

    NFL

    2018

    San Diego Fleet AAF 2018 (drafted, never played)
    Washington NFL 2018
    Detroit Lions NFL 2019
    Los Angeles Wildcats XFL 2020
    New York Jets NFL 2021
    Denver Broncos NFL 2022
    San Francisco 49ers NFL 2022
    Baltimore Ravens NFL 2023-2024
    Washington Commanders NFL 2025

    Since Johnson has played for 14 teams (the most in NFL history), he significantly outpaces everybody else in that department.

    Most teams played for in NFL career

    Player Position Teams

    Josh Johnson

    Quarterback

    14

    Shayne Graham

    Kicker

    10

    Tillie Voss

    End/Tackle

    10

    Ryan Fitzpatrick

    Quarterback

    9

    Andre Roberts Wide receiver 9
    Jason Babin Defensive end 9
    Jim Kendrick Back/End 9

    Johnson has completed 58% of his passes for 2,297 yards with 13 touchdowns and 16 interceptions (70.7 rating) in his 17 seasons. He has never thrown more than 125 attempts in a season, but has provided valuable quarterback depth for a number of teams over the years.

    Johnson, who turns 39 years old in May, will compete with Sam Hartman for a spot on the Commanders roster.

  • Gout Gout breaks 10-second barrier for 100m at Australian athletics championships

    Gout Gout breaks 10-second barrier for 100m at Australian athletics championships

    Gout Gout runs in the U20 100m heat during the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships at WA Athletics Stadium in Perth

    Gout Gout breaks the 10-second barrier in the U20 100m heat during the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships at WA Athletics Stadium in Perth.

    17-year-old runs 9.99s with illegal tailwind of 3.5m/s in heat

    Sprint sensation to run U20 final later on Thursday in Perth

    Sprinter Gout Gout has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100m for the first time, but his 9.99s won’t be officially recorded in the record books due to an illegal tailwind of 3.5m/s.

     

    The 17-year-old set the time in the heats of the under-20 100m at the national athletics titles in Perth on Thursday afternoon, and he is due to run the final later on Thursday evening.

     

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    Gout was only told he had broken the 10-second mark by media immediately after the race. He let out an “oh” in surprise, but quickly regained his composure and said he was just focused on recovery and preparation for the final.

     

    When asked whether it felt special to break the historic mark, even with the tailwind, Gout said no.

     

    “It doesn’t feel very special,” he said.

     

    “I mean, this is the stuff you’ve got to do to get to the next level, so sub-10 was inevitable, it happened today, so hopefully it will keep happening.”

     

    Gout chose to contest the under-20 category for the 100m at this meet, while he juggles the opens competition in the 200m in which he holds the national record.

     

    Dressed in the maroon of Queensland, he started slowly but quickly accelerated and actually eased up before the line.

     

    The clock initially showed 10.02s, but the time was adjusted to 9.99s, prompting the confusion after the race.

  • Hamilton to drive alongside new teammate in Bahrain as Verstappen absent

    Hamilton to drive alongside new teammate in Bahrain as Verstappen absent

     

    and Red Bull are two of six F1 teams that have decided to make changes to their driver line-ups in Bahrain this week.

    Ahead of the Grand Prix on Sunday, some drivers are being replaced for a practice session due to a little-known rule.

     

     

    Hamilton and Leclerc will be separated for the first practice session

    Hamilton and Leclerc will be separated for the first practice sessionCredit: AFP

    Verstappen isn’t going to be involved

    Verstappen isn’t going to be involvedCredit: Getty

    Lewis Hamilton won’t be sitting out of the opening session of the raceweek, but his teammate Charles Leclerc will.

     

    Instead, rookie Dino Beganovic is taking Leclerc’s seat.

     

    World champion Max Verstappen is going to be absent for FP1 in Bahrain too, with his seat being taken by Ayumu Iwasa.

     

     

    Mercedes, Williams, Aston Martin and Haas will all also be dropping a driver in place of a rookie for the session.

     

     

    It means George Russell, Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso and Oliver Bearman are all not going to be taking part on Friday.

     

     

    Russell is giving up his seat for Danish youngster Frederik Vesti, while former F2 champion Felipe Drugovich replaces Alonso.

     

    Sainz’s seat is going to be taken by Luke Browing and Bearman misses out on the session so Ryo Hirakawa can step in.

     

     

    This isn’t just a coincidence, it’s actually the teams following the F1 regulations for the 2025 season.

     

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    Each team must allow a rookie (a driver that has driven in two or fewer Grand Prix) to take a spot in practice twice per car per season.

     

    This was increased to twice per car for 2025, with it previously being at least once per each car from 2022.

     

    Vesti is replacing Russell for Williams in FP1Credit: Getty

     

    Drugovich is taking Alonso’s seat for the sessionCredit: Getty

    Over half of the grid have chosen to use the first practice session at the Bahrain International Circuit as one of their slots.

     

    The other teams will swap out drivers and complete their mandatory rookie appearances in other raceweeks.

     

    Russell’s replacement Vesti, who has already made two appearances in FP1, is pleased to be getting back in the Mercedes.

     

     

    “I am really looking forward to getting my first taste of the W16 in FP1 in Bahrain,” he said. “Being able to put all of my simulator work into practice on the track is a really exciting prospect for me.

     

    “At the start of the year, I set myself the goal of maximising every chance I get behind the wheel of an F1 car in 2025, and that is what I hope to achieve in Bahrain.

     

    “I will be doing everything I can to help the team, George, and Kimi get set for the rest of the weekend. I am grateful to Mercedes for once again giving me this opportunity.”

     

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    24-year-old Drugovich is stepping in for Alonso and he’s also been speaking about getting the chance to drive in F1 again.

     

     

    He said: “I’m very happy to be getting out in the F1 car again, especially so early in the season.

     

    “I’ve been preparing on the simulator to get a feel for the car, and Bahrain is a track I know well and really enjoy driving.

     

    “I’m excited to contribute and give the team the data they need to perform at their best this weekend. Thanks to the whole team for their continued support.”

     

    Sainz is giving up his seat for Browning and the youngster has called the chance to drive the Williams ‘a dream come true’.