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Rivals and friends: Lachie Kennedy and Gout Gout embrace.

Don’t worry about Gout Gout, says his famous rival Lachlan Kennedy

Kennedy says Gout’s disappointing Diamond League debut race is nothing to worry about, and nor was Australia suffering from missing him in the men’s sprint relay team.

  • Michael Gleeson

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Fred Kerley Gout Gout

Kerley taunts Gout, challenges teen to race him clean at Enhanced Games

American sprint star Fred Kerley doesn’t think Gout Gout can handle the “pressure” of elite sprinting, warning the teenager he would beat him in a head-to-head race at the Enhanced Games.

  • Tom Decent
Fred Kerley after winning silver in the 100 metres at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

The Enhanced Games star trying to run faster than Usain Bolt – drug free

The biggest name at the controversial event will race drug-free in Las Vegas as he chases Usain Bolt’s untouchable 100m world record.

  • Tom Decent
Australia’s men’s 4x100m relay team - Lachlan Kennedy, Joshua Azzopardi, Christopher Ius and Rohan Browning equalled the national record at the World Athletics relay championships in Gaborone, Botswana, where they will now compete in the final.

Australia’s relay team just equalled the national record … without Gout or Fast Eddie

By matching the national record, set last year, Australia booked itself a place in the men’s 4x100m at next year’s athletics world championship, by which time their stocks could be bolstered.

  • John Salvado
Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha both broke the two-hour barrier.

Could Australia see Sawe? Sydney Marathon to chase sub-two hour stars

After incredible times were set in London, Sydney Marathon organisers are in talks with Sebastian Sawe’s camp about running in the Harbour City in August.

  • Iain Payten
Sabastian Sawe of Team Kenya.

The secrets behind Sabastian Sawe’s marathon world record

Sabastian Sawe broke the men’s marathon world record in London on Sunday. This is how he did it.

  • Jeremy Wilson
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Sabastian Sawe celebrates with his adidas supershoe

The super-shoes that carried Sabastian Sawe to a sub-two hour marathon

The shoes didn’t do the running. Roger Federer’s racquet needed Roger on the other end. The super-shoes are more akin to modern cricket bats, the ball goes further, but you have to know how to hit it.

  • Michael Gleeson
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe has become the first person to break the fabled two-hour barrier in the marathon in London.

Sabastian Sawe conquered sport’s Everest. Where does it fit among the greatest feats?

The performance of a Kenyan runner in London has stunned the sporting world.

  • Oliver Brown
Sabastian Sawe of Team Kenya.

1:59.30: Kenyan shatters world record in new marathon territory

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to break the fabled two-hour barrier in the marathon, smashing the men’s world record by 65 seconds in London.

Eddie Nketia running in a college relay in the US last year.

He could be Australia’s best ever sprinter and his name’s not Gout or Kennedy

All of a sudden, Australia is assembling a formidable sprint team, with the powerfully built Eddie Nketia putting his name alongside Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout.

  • Michael Gleeson