Sprint sensation Gout Gout clocked the equal-fastest legal 100 metres run by an Australian on home soil, notching an even 10 seconds (+0.9) on Saturday in his first race at the distance in 2026.
The teenage superstar is edging closer to legally breaking the magical 10-second barrier after an awesome performance at the Dane Bird-Smith Shield Meet at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre.
Gout’s latest time is the same as that of Lachlan Kennedy, who achieved the feat in Perth in April 2025.
Kennedy and Patrick Johnson also ran legal 9.98 and 9.93 secs for the 100m in Nairobi (Kenya) and Mito (Japan) in 2025 and 2003 respectively.
Gout also set an Australian under-20 record in Brisbane on Saturday, eclipsing the 10.15 mark set by Jake Doran in 2018.
The man whose under-20 record Gout broke, fellow sprinter Jake Doran, was quick to congratulate the young Queenslander on Athletics Australia’s Instagram account.
“It was only a matter of time! Proud it took someone of Gout’s calibre to eclipse my mark,” Doran wrote.
Doran is on the comeback trail after rupturing his hamstring last year, so he could still compete against Gout in the future.
Gout Gout’s remarkable feats just keep coming.Credit: Getty Images