Star sprinter Gout Gout qualifies fastest for 100 meters at Australian junior track titles

BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA): (Apr 17)  Star teenager Gout Gout has qualified fastest for Saturday’s 100-meter semifinals at the Australian junior athletics championships, less than a week after setting an under-20 world record time in the 200 that was faster than Usain Bolt’s best at that age.

The 18-year-old Australian sprinter finished Friday in a time of 10.19 seconds at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. He entered the heats with the best qualifying time of 10.0 seconds.

Local media is reporting Gout has his eye on lowering Patrick Johnson’s national open record for the 100 of 9.93, set in Japan in 2003.