Gout\u2019s slow start got the better of him and his trademark burst after the turn could only carry him to fourth in 20.36 seconds \u2014 short of what was required to reach the final but still a historic outcome as the youngest in the field by far.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today \u201cThat\u2019s amazing,\u201d Tamsyn Manou said in commentary on SBS.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s 17 years of age and he\u2019s just finished fourth in a world championships semi-final. That\u2019s an incredible result.\u201d<\/p>\n Tebogo (19.95) qualified for the final behind Bryan Levell (19.78), while in the last heat Olympic 100m champion Noah Lyles laid down a marker with victory in 19.51 \u2014 the fastest time of the year to date \u2014 after fellow American Kenny Bednarek (19.88) also impressed in the first heat.<\/p>\n Gout, the youngest man ever to be selected in an Australian team for a world athletics championships, has taken the experience in his stride despite the external expectations.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great to be out here competing on the world stage,\u201d he said after his heat on Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just happy, happy to be here, and can\u2019t wait for the semi.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s great experience, running against the big dogs and I\u2019m just excited for more.\u201d<\/p>\n Gout will now return home to complete his Year 12 exams before building towards the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games in July-August next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lewis replicated Gout\u2019s fourth-place result when she lined up in the second women\u2019s semi-final half an hour after her compatriot.<\/p>\n The Aussie had a strong start but was unable to hold position and crossed the line in 22.69 seconds, with Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (22.00) claiming victory just days after winning the 100m title.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 20 years of age she really ran a pretty good 200m,\u201d Manou said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe got out well, ran around the bend, stayed relaxed when Jefferson-Wooden came through her.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably the only phase that she\u2019ll look back and say was maybe a little bit weak was coming off the bend. But that\u2019s really hard when you\u2019ve got this company.<\/p>\n \u201cShe\u2019s still run a really, really good time and I just love the championship that Torrie Lewis has had.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this week Lewis broke her own 100m national record in the heats (11.08) but was gutted to run slower in her semi-final and miss the final.<\/p>\n Elsewhere on Thursday night, Jess Hull, Abbey Caldwell and national record-holder Claudia Hollingsworth reached the 800m semi-finals in vastly different circumstances.<\/p>\n Caldwell (1:58.71) finished a narrow fourth in a fast heat to qualify on time, before Hollingsworth, 20, hit the front early and hung on for third (1:59.06) in her heat.<\/p>\n Australian champion Hull suffered a nightmare race in the final heat.<\/p>\n Treating the event as a free hit after winning 1500m bronze earlier this week, the 28-year-old was tripped and hit the deck on the first lap.<\/p>\n She got up to finish the race \u2014 and her protest was successful, ensuring Australia will have three women in the 800 semis for the first time in world championships history.<\/p>\n Australians Rose Davies and Linden Hall qualified for the women\u2019s 5000m final after finishing fifth and seventh respectively in the second of two heats.<\/p>\n Georgia Griffith missed out after trailing home in 17th spot in the first heat.<\/p>\n On the field, dual Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers and 2022 world champion Eleanor Patterson both advanced to Sunday\u2019s high jump final with ease.<\/p>\n The Australian duo both took only two jumps each in the qualifying round, with first-time clearances at 1.92m good enough for them to advance in equal first place alongside world record-holder Yaroslava Mahuchikh from Ukraine.<\/p>\n – with AAP<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Banned Olympic sprinter joins Enhanced Games weeks after controversy<\/p>\n 1 min read<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\"){kind=icon}
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