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Teenage star Gout Gout’s stunning 100m run in school meet
It was only a Friday night schoolboy meet, and it was hand-timed therefore not official, but the Australian teen phenomenon stopped the clock at 9.94 seconds.
- by Michael Gleeson
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- by Iain Payten
This Australian runner just set a new national record. She thinks it’s ‘pretty sick’
Rising middle-distance star Claudia Hollingsworth has smashed the Australian 800-metre record in a clear statement of intent a month out from the world athletics championships in Tokyo.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘Gender cannot trump biology’: World Athletics introduce mandatory genetic test
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- by Billie Eder
Australians send records – and competitors – tumbling in London
Jess Hull smashed her own mile record, Rose Davies crushed her national 5000 metres record and Cam Myers just crashed at the Diamond League meet.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘He is just 17’: Gout may not have run under 20s, but the athletics world is impressed anyway
The Australian phenomenon was racing the wind more than the rest of the field in the under-23s 200-metre event.
- by Michael Gleeson