Gout Gout stuns again to win 200m Australian title after rival Lachie Kennedy disqualified
13-04-2025 09:36 via theguardian.com

Gout Gout stuns again to win 200m Australian title after rival Lachie Kennedy disqualified

Teenager wins 200m title in 19.84 after rival false startsPeter Bol returns to shatter Australian 800m recordGout Gout has recorded a stunning 19.84s in the final of the 200m at the national championships in Perth, but an illegal tailwind of 2.2m/s has again prevented him from officially breaking the 20-second barrier.The 17-year-old overcame nerves and two false starts, one which disqualified rival Lachie Kennedy, to soar down the straight and stop the clock a massive 14 hundredths of a second
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