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Olympic champion tells Gout Gout to bide his time after sixth place finish
Reigning 200m Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo had some advice for teen star Gout Gout after the Australian finished sixth in his first Diamond League race.
- Michael Gleeson
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(Very) Fast Eddie: Another Aussie 100m runner stuns with wind-assisted 9.84s
An Australian athlete has smashed the all-conditions national record for 100m, and it wasn’t Gout Gout or Lachie Kennedy.
- Iain Payten
The sluggish start, the wave, and the win: Why Gout Gout started celebrating before the finish line
This may not have been the day Gout Gout entered rarefied air, but he has declared breaking the 10-second barrier was a milestone he would soon achieve.
- Nick Wright
‘If you have haters you’re doing something right’: Gout Gout laughs off US barbs in 10-second bid
Gout Gout warmed up for his bid to join Lachlan Kennedy in the sub-10 second club in promising fashion, as he laughed off criticism of his 200-metre record.
- Nick Wright
Gout’s spectacular record brought out the doubters. He’ll respond on the track
Less than a week after capturing the attention of the world, Gout Gout will be back on the blocks this weekend, with plans to do it again.
- Iain Payten
- Analysis
- Australians in sport
The numbers that show just how impressive Gout’s 200m record is
The second half of Gout Gout’s 200-metre, record-breaking race on Sunday was well under 10 seconds and quicker than Usain Bolt ran his final 100m when he broke the world record.
- Michael Gleeson
Gout Gout and Kennedy are just the start: Olympic great says new deal will create more heroes
Two sprint sensations are on a collision course with history, but Sally Pearson believes a key change could open the floodgates.
- Nick Wright
- Analysis
- Commonwealth Games
A sprinting golden age arrives on seismic weekend for Australian athletics
Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy were supposed to go head-to-head; instead they went stride for stride, record for record in a showcase weekend for Australian athletics. This isn’t a rivalry, it’s an era.
- Michael Gleeson
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- Athletics
Faster than Bolt: Gout Gout stuns with new national record of 19.67s
The sprint sensation has claimed his second men’s 200m Australian title, and broken the under-20 world record, with a sizzling run in Sydney.
- Billie Eder and Iain Payten
- Australia’s richest athletes
- Business of sport
Jett used to share a sandwich with his family to save money. Now he’s one of Australia’s richest athletes
In the fifth and final part of our series on the biggest Australian earners in sport, we look at the 23-and-under category, including motocross superstar Jett Lawrence, whose family gambled it all on him and his brother making it big – and won.
- Marc McGowan