The numbers that show just how impressive Gout’s 200m record is

April 13, 2026 — 2:08pm

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The second half of Gout Gout’s 200-metre, record-breaking race on Sunday was well under 10 seconds and quicker than Usain Bolt ran his final 100m when he broke the world record.

Not the junior world record, the senior one.

Comparisons between Gout and Bolt will become odious, if they haven’t already, but presently they are unavoidable. Bolt is the only sprinter to fairly measure Gout against as a junior.

There will be a point where we stop benchmarking everything he does against Bolt, but it isn’t now.

The second 100m of Gout’s 19.67-second national title run in Sydney was faster than the second 100 that Bolt ran for his 19.19s world record – the open age one – in Berlin at the world championships in 2009.

Gout ran 9.24s down the straight for his second 100m on Sunday. Bolt in Berlin ran 9.27s for his second 100m. Of course, that means the Jamaican also ran 9.92s around the bend for the first 100m in Germany.

For further perspective on Bolt, he was the first person to break 10 seconds running the 100m around the bend. Splits in athletics are not as........

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