Australian sprinting sensation Gout Gout has claimed the world under-20 200m record with a stunning 19.67-second performance at the Australian Athletics Championships in Sydney. The 18-year-old Queensland athlete broke Usain Bolt's long-standing under-20 mark of 19.93 seconds from 2004 on Sunday 12 April, while also setting a new Australian senior national record.
Running with a legal tailwind of 1.7 metres per second at Sydney Olympic Park, the time was Gout's first legal sub-20-second effort and tops the global rankings for 2026. It would have earned him a bronze medal in the 200m at the Paris Olympics.
