Gout Gout’s 2026 season has come to an abrupt and painful end, with the teenage sprint sensation forced to withdraw from next month’s World Under-20 Championships in Eugene after scans
Championships are rarely remembered in full. Not for the timetable, or the long list of results that blur together by the final day. They’re remembered in moments, the ones that
Gout Gout has recorded a performance for the ages, riding a 1.7 m/s tailwind in perfect conditions at Sydney Olympic Park Athletic Centre to a 19.67 second run over 200m.
Increasingly the prospects of being a full-time professional athlete rely on content creation as well as prowess on the track. Cover image by Fred Etter Let’s take a closer look
Entering perhaps its 50th edition, the Australian All Schools Championships have been the proving ground for the nation’s best young athletes. Since the first edition in 1974*, the meet has
Queensland sprint sensation Gout Gout produced another dazzling performance at his final GPS (Great Public Schools) Championships — the state’s inter-school athletics meet featuring Queensland’s most elite private schools —
Australia sent its biggest world championships team ever to the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, with 88 athletes originally selected across the track, field, road and relays. From that
A record 87 athletes will represent Australia at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo this month, marking the nation’s biggest team ever assembled for a global championships. More than just
Welcome to the first edition of Inside Track — your curated wrap of the biggest stories in athletics from across Australia and around the globe. Each week, we’ll scan the
Australian 200m record holder Gout Gout has it all ahead of him to make the the final of the Stawell Gift after drawing short-priced favourite John Evans in his semi-final.
The Australian Athletics Championships in Perth had already produced fireworks, but the grand finale was reserved for two of the sport’s brightest stars – a teenage phenom rewriting history and
The domestic season nears its thrilling conclusion this week in Perth, with the 2025 Australian Athletics Championships set to deliver fireworks across four jam-packed days. With national titles, bragging rights,
A sprint double from World Indoor silver medallist Lachlan Kennedy highlighted the Maurie Plant Meet in Melbourne. As favourite for the 100m it was no surprise when he took out
Gout Gout redefined Australian sprinting – at a school meet – while other athletes who will also be a prime age for Brisbane 2032 also made the most of the
World junior silver medallist Gout Gout has shattered the Australian U20 200m record with a sensational run at the Queensland All School Championships. The 16-year-old ran 20.29 seconds with a
In the men's 1500m heats Olli Hoare, Stewart McSweyn and Cameron Myers seemed a class above while two of the favourites didn't line up in the women's 1500m.