Australian teenage sensation Gout Gout enters the record books by becoming the fastest 16-year-old in history over 200 metres.
Australian teenage sensation Gout Gout has entered the record books by becoming the fastest 16-year-old in history over 200m.
Gout's time is the fastest ever by a 16-year-old and the second fastest by an athlete under the age of 18 - behind Erriyon Knighton's 19.84 as a 17-year-old in 2021."Right now I can't process it, but I guess tonight when I go to bed, I'll think about it. These are adults. And me, I'm just a kid, and I'm running them .
Gout, who turns 17 later this month, ran the fourth-fastest 100m by an Australian with a time of 10.04 on Friday.
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