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John Salvado

Gout Gout bows out - but promises to return even faster

Gout Gout has pledged to come back bigger and better after his thrilling run to the 200m semi-finals at the world championships in Tokyo.

At 17 and the youngest man ever to represent Australia at a world titles, the schoolboy sensation was eliminated in the 200m semis on a wet evening in the Japanese capital.

He finished fourth in 20.36 seconds in a semi won by rising Jamaican star Bryan Levell in 19.78.

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