World athletics championships
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.
- Michael Gleeson
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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.
- Michael Gleeson
‘Gender cannot trump biology’: World Athletics introduce mandatory genetic test
Female track and field athletes will have to undergo a mandatory once-in-a-lifetime test ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September.
- 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.
- 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.
- Michael Gleeson
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His Cuban rival was leading, but Gout Gout knew he had him covered, and broke a record too
He had to wait for the school holidays to make his professional racing debut in the Czech Republic, but when he did, the 17-year-old flew to a new national record.
- Michael Gleeson
Kennedy breaks 10-second barrier for 100m
Lachie Kennedy has joined Patrick Johnson in running under 10 seconds for the 100m.
- Michael Gleeson and Iain Payten
Stawell utterly enthralled by Gout the great entertainer
Twice as many people as last year came just to see the heats. They came to see one person – the man whose name they chanted as he stood on the blocks. This was the day Gout Gout came to the Stawell Gift.
- Michael Gleeson
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Gout Gout smashes 20-second barrier, embraced by fierce rival as his legend grows
Another day, another stunning development in Australian sprinting: This time with Gout Gout winning the 200 metres in sub-20 seconds after Lachie Kennedy was disqualified.
- Michael Gleeson
‘I’m back where I belong’: Peter Bol makes it through his lost years to break national record
Like Rohan Browning on Saturday night, Peter Bol stepped out of Gout Gout’s shadow as if to say, “Remember me?” in setting a new national record after years of drama.
- Michael Gleeson