Australian teenager Gout faster than Bolt at 18 |17 April 2026

Australian teenager Gout faster than Bolt at 18

Eighteen-year-old Australian Gout Gout ran 200m faster than sprinting great Usain Bolt managed by the same age as he raced to a national title on Sunday.

The teenager clocked a superb time of 19.67 seconds to set a world under-20 record. It was the first time that Gout had gone under the 20-second mark legally, after a wind-assisted 19.84 last season, and is the leading time in the world this year.

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