Australian Teen Gout Gout Advances to 200m Semifinals at World Athletics Championships
TOKYO – Australian sprinter gout Gout continued his breakout season, qualifying for the 200m semifinals at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday. The 17-year-old, consistently likened to athletics megastar Usain Bolt due to his similar upright sprinting action and powerful finishing ability, showcased both traits during his heat in Tokyo.
Gout’s performance adds to an impressive 2025 campaign.In March, he won the under-20 Australian 200m title in a wind-assisted 19.98s. A month later, he triumphed in the senior Australian 200m final in Perth with a wind-assisted 19.84s. He then set a legal personal best of 20.02s, breaking his own national record by 0.02s – the second-fastest time ever posted by an under-18 athlete in the 200m.
fellow Australian Torrie Lewis also qualified for the 200m semifinals, achieving a lifetime best of 22.56s in her heat. Lewis finished second behind Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith (22.40s). this marks Lewis’s second consecutive major championships semifinal appearance in the 200m, following qualification at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games where she finished seventh.
Elsewhere on night five, American Katie Moon secured the women’s pole vault title with a season-best 5.01m, defeating compatriot Sandi Morris.Isaac Nader of Portugal won a closely contested men’s 1500m final, edging out 2022 champion Jake Wightman by just 0.02s.
