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Gout’s spectacular record brought out the doubters. He’ll respond on the track

Sydney Morning Herald - Latest News·Iain Payten·about 2 months ago
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His remarkable 200m record in Sydney brought out the sceptics, but Gout Gout is poised to provide his response on the track in Brisbane this weekend – and the 18-year-old has another magical time barrier in his sights. Gout stopped the clock at 19.67 seconds in his sizzling run to win the Australian 200m title and lower his own national record by a whopping 0.35 seconds. It was faster than Usain Bolt ran at the same age . The run was legal, with a 1.7m tailwind , but questions about the legitimacy of the result quickly swirled given the man who finished second, Aidan Murphy, also lowered his personal best by a fair chunk to run 19.88, and become only the second Australian to break 20 seconds. In all, seven of the 200m finalists ran personal best times. The sceptics were mostly US-based, and included trolling influencers looking to harvest strong traffic attached to Gout and Lachlan Kennedy, but also some legitimate athletics writers and analysts.…

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