- Teenage sprinter Gout Gout secured victory in the under-20 100m at the Australian Junior Championships in Brisbane.
- The 18-year-old won with a time of 10.21 seconds, recovering from a slow start to finish ahead of Zavier Peacock and Uwezo Lubenda.
- This marks Gout's second consecutive national under-20 100m title, despite not achieving his goal of breaking the elusive sub-10 second barrier.
- Less than a week prior, Gout became the first Australian man to run under 20 seconds in the 200m, clocking 19.67 seconds, a time faster than Usain Bolt at the same age.
- Gout expressed confidence that he will soon break the 10-second mark in the 100m, having previously run a personal best of 10.00 seconds.
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