- Australian clocks wind-assisted 10.04s at school championships
- Teenager wins final in a legal 10.17s in Brisbane on Friday
Australian teenager Gout Gout’s star continues to rise after the 16-year-old ran the fourth-fastest under-18 100m time in history at the All-Schools Athletics Championships in Queensland.
Gout, who turns 17 at the end of December, rocketed to the line in just 10.04s to comfortably win his heat and go under the Australian under-18 record of 10.27s held by Sebastian Sultana. An illegal tailwind of 3.4 m/sec on Friday means the previous record still stands, while Gout’s spectacular time was also quicker than his personal best of 10.29s and is the fourth-fastest in all conditions by an Australian of any age.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/06/gout-gout-australian-sprinter-u18-school-championships-records-results-heats-finals
Author : Martin Pegan
Publish date : 2024-12-06 04:21:37
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