Aussie teen Gout’s 20.05s is fastest 200m sprint in 2025

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Australian sprinting prodigy Gout Gout ran the fastest men's 200m in the world this year on Sunday, with the 17-year-old saying he felt "literally free".

The youngster rose to prominence in December when he clocked the quickest time ever by a 16-year-old. That mark broke Usain Bolt's personal best at the same age, with his 20.04secs also bettering Peter Norman's Australian record of 20.06 from the 1968 Olympics.

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He turned heads again on Sunday with a 20.05 in the heats of the Queensland State Championships, the fastest in the world this year. Gout then smashed through the 20-second barrier in the final with a 19.98, but it was wind-assisted so deemed illegal.

"I felt literally free. I had 80 metres left to go, and I thought, let's send it," he said of the final. "Only from then did I believe I had a chance of going sub (20). I was really happy and surprised in a way, but it just felt like a weight off my shoulders.

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