Teenage sprint sensation was the reason why over 5000 people tuned up to watch the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth last weekend.

since shooting to prominence December last year during the Australian All Schools Athletics Championships.

How Was the Atmosphere?

The excitement to see Gout Gout race at the WA Athletics Stadium in Perth was evident in the spectators eyes, who had come to witness the Australian and Oceanic record holder in 200m write more history.

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The atmosphere generated by Gout Gout was encapsulated brilliantly by a lady in her seventies watching on from high in the grandstand according to .

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«Nobody was breathing!» beamed Perth local Rebecca in a thick Irish accent, describing the scenes in which the 17-year-old stormed to victory in 19.84 seconds in the open-age 200-metre final on Sunday afternoon.

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«Everybody was engaaaaaged in it,» she added, her hands flailing around.

and down the straight, recording every stride of what turned out to be the fastest run yet of the teen phenom’s spellbinding sprint career, albeit in illegal wind conditions.

The only field event playing out when the runners set themselves in the blocks was the women’s hammer throw final, but that was put on pause when the schoolboy sensation was ready to run. 

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Every one of the 5278 people at WA Athletics Stadium on the day, the hammer throwers included, had to watch.

What Gout Gout has Achieved So Far

Although , it is only a matter of time before lady luck smiles on the teenager’s face as he inches closer to breaking Usain Bolt’s world record.

Born in Ipswich, Queensland, to parents from South Sudan, who moved to Australia two years before he was born, in April 2024, running a time of 10.48 seconds.

Gout Gout grabbed a silver medal in 200m with a personal best time of 20.60 seconds in 2024 during the.

In December, he recorded the fourth-fastest U18 time in the world  and the fifth-fastest  all-time 100m run by an Australian, after cutting the tape in 10.04 seconds.

as well as to challenge Olympic champion Noah Lyles at the World Championships this year in Tokyo.

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