It was a great year for Australian athletics, and all signs point to it getting better
ABCAthletics made the headlines in Australia multiple times in 2024. "I feel like if you had a said at the start of the year, we'd have seven Olympic medallists … multiple Paralympic medallists … 10 World Junior medallists, an age world record that beats Usain Bolt, you probably would have called bulls*** pretty quickly," athletics commentator Mitch Dyer said. This year's World Athletics Under 20 Championships in Peru cemented Australia's juniors as the best crop of emerging talent we've ever seen. A good time to watch athletics Gout Gout wins the final of the under-18s 200m in a national record time of 20.04 seconds during the 2024 Australian all schools athletics championships. It seems like so long ago, but we also can't forget 19-year-old Torrie Lewis, who broke the Australian women's 100m record in January.
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Who is Gout Gout, the Australian sprinter who broke Usain Bolt's record as world’s fastest 16-year-old in 200m?
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ABCAustralian teenager Gout Gout smashes sprint records with astonishing 200m time at Queensland All-Schools Championships
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ABCAs Rohan Browning warms up and Torrie Lewis sits out, Gout Gout steals the show at Australian Athletics Championships
ABCEleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul
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