It was a great year for Australian athletics, and all signs point to it getting better
3 months, 1 week ago

It was a great year for Australian athletics, and all signs point to it getting better

ABC  

Athletics 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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Aussie teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout smashes Olympic champion Noah Lyles' record
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aussie teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout smashes Olympic champion Noah Lyles' record

Daily Mail  

Just days after after warning Noah Lyles he was coming for the world and Olympic champion, teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has achieved a mark that has eluded the US track star. In a rare outing over 400m at the Joanna Stone Shield meet in Brisbane on Saturday, Gout clocked 46.20 seconds, almost a second under Lyles' personal best for …

Athletics Australia undergoes ‘bold’ rebrand and changes name to ‘Australian Athletics’
2 months ago

Athletics Australia undergoes ‘bold’ rebrand and changes name to ‘Australian Athletics’

The Hindu  

Athletics Australia is rebranding to “Australian Athletics” - a move that might appear subtle to most people but which the sports federation said would provide a “bold, new identity” to allow it to capitalise on a golden era ahead. “Australian Athletics enters 2025 with a bold, new identity, unveiling a rebrand that reflects the sport’s evolution and growth, connects to …

Who is Gout Gout, the Australian sprinter who broke Usain Bolt's record as world’s fastest 16-year-old in 200m?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Who is Gout Gout, the Australian sprinter who broke Usain Bolt's record as world’s fastest 16-year-old in 200m?

Firstpost  

The 16-year-old Gout Gout of Australia competed a 200m race in just 20.04 seconds surpassing the 20.13 seconds record set by athletics legend Bolt at 16 in a meet in Barbados in 2003. On Friday, Gout ran the 200 metres in 20.04 seconds at the Australian schools championships in Brisbane to break the national record Peter Norman set at the …

Gout Gout: 16-year-old rising sprint star breaks Australia’s nearly six-decade-old 200m record
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gout Gout: 16-year-old rising sprint star breaks Australia’s nearly six-decade-old 200m record

CNN  

CNN — Just a day after running the fourth fastest under-18 100m time in history, 16-year-old sprint sensation Gout Gout has broken Australia’s longstanding men’s 200m record. Peter Norman’s 200m national record of 20.06 seconds had stood since the 1968 Olympics, the country’s oldest remaining record, but Gout ran 20.04s in the 200m final at the All-Schools Championships in Brisbane …

Who is Gout Gout? Australia’s 16-year-old sprint sensation breaking records
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Who is Gout Gout? Australia’s 16-year-old sprint sensation breaking records

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. If Gout …

Teenage sprinter Gout Gout edges closer to breaking 10-second barrier for 100m
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Teenage sprinter Gout Gout edges closer to breaking 10-second barrier for 100m

ABC  

Teenage sprint star Gout Gout has underlined his potential with more outstanding performances at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane on Friday. Only an illegal tailwind of 3.4 metres per second prevented the Queenslander's heat time of 10.04 seconds being recorded as a national under-18 record in the 100 metres at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. He later …

Australian teenager Gout Gout smashes sprint records with astonishing 200m time at Queensland All-Schools Championships
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Australian teenager Gout Gout smashes sprint records with astonishing 200m time at Queensland All-Schools Championships

ABC  

Teenage Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has smashed several more records with an astonishing 200m run of 20.29 seconds at the Queensland All-Schools Championships. The 16-year-old moved to fourth spot on both the Australian all-time senior list and the world overall under-18 rankings on Sunday, while also setting new Australian and Oceania under-18 and under-20 records. The Australian senior 200m …

Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout claims U20 World Championships 200m silver with thrilling run
7 months ago

Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout claims U20 World Championships 200m silver with thrilling run

ABC  

Gout Gout has underlined his status as one of Australia's most exciting young athletes, bolting to a silver medal with a personal-best time in the 200 metres at the world junior championships. Paris Olympics semifinalist Torrie Lewis produced a personal-best time of 22.88 in the women's 200m final, also collecting a silver medal. Athletics Australia president Jane Flemming even likened …

As Rohan Browning warms up and Torrie Lewis sits out, Gout Gout steals the show at Australian Athletics Championships
11 months, 3 weeks ago

As Rohan Browning warms up and Torrie Lewis sits out, Gout Gout steals the show at Australian Athletics Championships

ABC  

In short: Rohan Browning says he is working through a slight injury after qualifying third fastest in the 100m heats Rohan Browning says he is working through a slight injury after qualifying third fastest in the 100m heats Sixteen-year-old Gout Gout claimed the 100m title and breezed through 200m qualifying in an eye-catching performance What's next? The Australian Athletics Championships …

Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul
1 year, 7 months ago

Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in the high jump medals as Australia enjoys best-ever world championships haul

ABC  

Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers have claimed silver and bronze in an emotion-charged women's high jump in Budapest, lifting Australia to a best-ever medal haul of six at a world athletics championships. Key points: Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers embraced on the track after each claiming high jump medals Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh, who won gold, had to flee her home …

Aussie Eleanor Patterson makes history by winning gold in the high jump at the World Championships
2 years, 8 months ago

Aussie Eleanor Patterson makes history by winning gold in the high jump at the World Championships

Daily Mail  

Eleanor Patterson has become just the 10th Australian athlete to win world championships gold with a thrilling triumph in the women's high jump in Eugene. Patterson became the first Australian woman to win a world or Olympics high jump title, while John Winter is the only Australian man to achieve the feat. Patterson became the first Australian woman to win …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games
3 years, 8 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games

Firstpost  

At Tokyo, Fraser-Pryce could become the first woman to win three 100-meter gold medals at the Games. “There’s no failure in progress, so keep going and push through.” Where the world used to look to another Jamaican, Usain Bolt, to rewrite history at the Olympics, Bolt’s retirement turns the spotlight over to Fraser-Pryce, who is now the most-accomplished active 100-meter …

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