Gout Gout stuns the world to win international debut in record time
Gout Gout has stitched together another Australian record to win his first senior international race on foreign soil.
The 17-year-old, returning to competition for the first time since April, stunned the Golden Spike Meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Tuesday local time (Wednesday AEST).
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Gout powered away late and crossed the line in 20.02 seconds to defeat recent Diamond League winner Reynier Mena.
'I've felt stronger in training these last couple of months and I've felt good since I got to Europe last Thursday,' Gout said.
'I knew Mena would come hard at me the first 100 but I was confident I'd be close enough to come home strongly in the second part of the race which is of course my stronger part.
'I felt calm but strong as I came off the turn and was confident I'd be strong enough to get the win.
'Another national record! Pretty happy with that, it's not a bad first-up in Europe!'
Gout is building towards the 200m at the Tokyo world championships in September. Gout Gout shaded recent Diamond League winner Reynier Mena. Credit: AAP
The run lowered his own Australian record of 20.04 set in December, and he wasn't the only Aussie to star at the event.
Middle-distance star Cameron Myers finished fourth in the 1500m to smash his own national under-20 record by nearly three seconds.
He crossed in 3:29.80 to fall less than half a second shy of Oli Hoare's Australian senior record.
'My fastest races the last two years have been miles. It's a coincidence but it's really good to have a fast 1500m and I'm really pleased to get a PB and my first time under 3:30,' Myers said.
'All 1500s in Europe are loaded right now and a lot of good guys are getting on it. It's pretty good fun to be honest.
'My next race is in Eugene at the Prefontaine Mile. As always, that will be a great race so I'm really looking forward to it.' Myers kept up his strong form with a new national under-20 record. Credit: AAP
Jude Thomas finished seventh in the same race, recording a new personal best of 3:32.07.
Peter Bol cruised to an 800m victory in 1:43.80 — another brilliant showing in the second phase of his career.
Elsewhere on the track, Torrie Lewis (11.26) finished sixth in the women's 100m as New Zealander Zoe Hobbs broke her national record (10.94) to finish third.
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