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Indian Express
a day ago
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World Athletics : After Gout Gout heroics in 200m, Japanese teen sensation Sorato Shimizu rewrites record books in 100m
Eight months after school boy 17-year-old Gout Gout broke Peter Norman's 56-year-old Australian record of 20.06 seconds in men's 200m the Australian All Schools Championship, Japanese school boy 16-year-old Sorato Shimizu has become the U18 100m world record holder with a timing of 10.00 seconds in a local High School competition in Hiroshima in Japan on Saturday. Shimuzu, who is. student of the Seiryo High School in Ishikawa in Japan, broke the previous record of 10.06 seconds jointly held by Puripol Boonson of Thailand and Christian Miller of the USA. While Gout had become the second fastest U18 100m sprinter in the men's 200m with his run of 20.04 seconds in December with US athlete Erriyon Knighton being the fastest U18 200 m runner with a U18 world record time of 19.84 seconds set in 2021, Shimuzu's feat in 100m makes him the fastest U18 100m sprinter in the world. 'I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final. I'm happy to have set a high school record. I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it' Shimuzu told the Japanese media after the meet. Shizumi, who is 14 months younger than Gout, is now the joint fifth fastest Japanese runner of all time. Shimizu's record run on Saturday also meant that he also broke the Japanese high school record of 10.01 seconds set by Yoshihide Kiryu in 2013. With Gout having a personal best timing of 10.17 seconds in 100m, there have already been talks in Australian media about the two teenage sensations racing against each other in an event. Shimizu's record is also faster than any of the 100m timings recorded by Olympic champion Usain Bolt as a 20-year-old in his illustrious career. 10.00s WORLD AGE 16 BEST WORLD CHAMPS QUALIFIER =5th JAPANESE EVER Sorato Shimizu 🇯🇵 blew away the field in the boys 100m at the 2025 Inter-High School Championships in Japan, clocking 10.00s (+1.7) to take 0.09s off the previous world age 16 best!!! 🤯🔥 🎥 TF-bl4ik… — Owen (@_OwenM_) July 26, 2025 Bolt had clocked his first timing below 10.4 seconds at the age of 21 years and six months in March 2008 before he broke the ten seconds mark for the first time in his career with a timing of 9.76 seconds in May, months before he won the 100m title in Beijing Olympics. Gout Gout had recorded his personal best timing of 20.02 seconds in the 200m race in Ostrava Golden Spike Meet in Czech Republic last month and Australian media have already started comparing Gout and Shimizu and expecting both the teenage sensations to run against each other in near future. 'Gout is the rising star of athletics but the fact a boy younger than him has achieved a time he hasn't is sure to get his competitive juices flowing. Similarly to Usain Bolt, Gout has suggested the 200m event is more suited to his running style, due to his slower start and trademark acceleration – similar to that of Usain Bolt. But the Aussie will still be competing at several 100m events in the coming months and years, and is sure to have noticed the young Japanese phenom. Gout has gone under 10 seconds twice in his young career but both runs were wind assisted, meaning Shimizu has got one up on the Aussie sensation, at least for now. With Gout shining at the Diamond League and Shimizu clocking a world record time it is only a matter of time until the pair do battle on the track,' wrote in their report about Shimizu feat. Like Shimuzu, Gout, who was born in Ipswich in Queensland with his parents being South Sudanese immigrants, who moved to Australia in 2005, too had talked about his passion for breaking records. 'I feel good. New personal best, new national record in my first European race. I don't feel any pressure. Because as soon as I step out on that track, it's just me by myself and what I've got to do – my favourite thing, and that's to run. So, I just go out there and run and nothing stops me from doing that … Get some more races in me and (the 20-second barrier) will drop for sure.' Gout told reporters after winning the title in Ostrava.
7NEWS
a day ago
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- 7NEWS
Gout Gout's 100m personal best crushed by 16-year-old Japanese athlete Sorato Shimizu
Australian sprinting sensation Gout Gout has been upstaged by a 16-year-old from Japan. Sorato Shimizu has sent a warning shot to both Gout and the world after running a blinding 10.00 flat 100m sprint at a meet in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teenage sensation betters Gout Gout in blazing 100m run. The teenager, who is 14 months younger than Gout, smashed the Aussie prodigy's personal best time of 10.17. Ominously, he is also now quicker than Usain Bolt at the same age. The Jamaican Olympic legend had not recorded anything faster than Shimizu's 10-flat at any stage until after he turned 20. Shimizu's run set a new 100m under-18 world record, which was previously held by both American Christian Miller and Thailand's Puripol Boonson, who had ran 10.06 seconds. Miller set the mark in July 2023 before Boonson joined him just under three months later. He is also the equal fifth-fastest Japanese runner of all time in the event. Speaking after the run, a hungry Shimizu said he didn't even hit his own personal goal, but said he was happy to have broken the country's high school record, which was previously Yoshihide Kiryu's 10.01 set in 2013. 'I was determined to run under 10 seconds heading into the final,' he said. 'I'm happy to have set a high school record. I'd like to get a taste of it if I can make it.' It comes just over a month after Gout stitched together another Australian record when he won 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 in late June. 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 at the time. '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, and recently confirmed he would run for Australia at next year's Commonwealth Games in Scotland. The major competition will take place in Glasgow from July 23 to August 2 next year and be broadcast exclusively live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport. Gout has taken the sprinting world by storm with his freakish talents, and next year's Games will be the biggest event of his budding career. It's unclear which event the 17-year-old is planning to run, but he is expected to compete before going to the World Junior Championships in Oregon. 'We need to wait for the full Commonwealth Games program to be released but yes, we are planning that Gout will be available to run at an event in Glasgow before going on to the World Juniors in Eugene,' Gout's manager, James Templeton, said.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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- Yahoo
Peter Bol lifts lid on special Gout Gout prediction amid Usain Bolt comparisons
Peter Bol has told Yahoo Sport Australia he is keen to join an elusive club and compete in his fourth Olympics at LA 2028 having also revealed the sky is the limit for 17-year-old track teammate Gout Gout who could eclipse Usain Bolt's feats. Bol and Gout were once again making headlines in the Diamond League Monaco meet earlier this month with the 800m Aussie champion breaking his own national record with a time of 1:42.55. Bol finished fourth in the race with winner Emmanuel Wanyonyi recording the fastest-time of the year. However, Bol proved he is only getting faster with the 31-year-old translating his form in Australia to overseas competition. And his much younger teammate, and recent roommate, Gout was also breaking records. The 17-year-old phenom fell short of cracking the 20 second barrier in the 200m having run at a disadvantage against a strong headwind during his debut win at the Diamond League. While Gout opted to run in the U-23 men's division, he still left a lasting impression having blitzed his opponents and won his race in 20.10 seconds. Gout was fortunate to have been paired with Bol as a roommate during his time in Monaco with the 800m champion acting as the veteran in the team. And Bol admitted it's hard to offer too much advice to a young star who is tracking alongside Olympic legend Bolt at the same age. Although Bol, who became a household name in Australia after his feat at the Tokyo Olympics, said it was embracing the nerves that can take him to a new level. "It was his first Diamond League circuit. He is an impressive kid. We get to spend a bit of time [together]. I was thinking about what advice can I give someone who is so impressive at such a young age and achieving so much," Bol told Yahoo Sport Australia at the I.V. Liquid 'The Funnest Fun Run event'. "The only thing I could think of is to be yourself and be prepared to be more nervous than ever. It happens. You've got to go through it. And he is going to do it well. He has got everyone around him. His coach is amazing. His management team, he is impressive as a kid." Peter Bol claims Gout has no limit in 200m Ever since Gout burst onto the athletics scene as a teenager in Australia, the Queensland-born runner has been compared to the greatest sprinter of all-time. As a 16-year-old, Gout bettered Bolt's 200m record at the same age. Gout then joined Bolt as one of the six fastest under-20 athletes of all-time with his 19.98 time last year. Although the time didn't count as a national record because it was wind-assisted. And Bol has witnessed Gout's ability on the track and claimed there is no limit to what he can achieve going forward. Bol also predicted Gout has time on his hands and his best could come at the Brisbane 2032. "I don't think he has a limit. It is definitely doable and it is realistic for a guy with his potential and for a guy with his expert team. Everything is there for him. He is hard working. I could bet on it. I think he will reach amazing heights," Bold said on his track teammate. "And the beauty of that is he might reach the top of his heights in Brisbane. Where he is he can medal at home, that is super special." Peter Bol eyes fourth Olympics in LA Bout's recent national record in Monaco was the 28th fastest run of all-time. The 31-year-old is showing no signs of slowing down having closed the gaps on the likes of Wanyonyi. And Bol said beating a number of the best runners in the world has given him confidence heading into Tokyo this September. "The whole year I've been in a good place. I've been pretty confident and running really well in Australia. So it's always great to head overseas and keep that consistency going. Winning is important, it's what we are required to do at a championship. At Monaco we had all the finalists from last year on the start line. So it was great to beat a few of them," he said. "Because I've always believed I am one of the top guys in the world. So believing it is one thing, then doing it is a whole different level. So it gives you a lot of confidence heading into the World Championships in Tokyo. Last time I was in Tokyo at the Olympics I came fourth, so my goal is to done one step better and that is on the podium." And Bol has set a goal of featuring in the LA Olympics, which would mark his fourth games representing Australia. "I came to this country as a 10-year-old and to say I have the ability to go for a fourth Olympic Games is pretty special," he added. Bol was taking part in the Liquid I.V. 'The Funnest Fun Run', which reminds people to stay hydrated and exercise. "I do run professionally, so when I get the chance to do something fun like a bit different, less fun engaging with the community."
The Hindu
6 days ago
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- The Hindu
Gout Gout at Commonwealth Games 2026: Australia's sprint sensation confirms plans for Glasgow CWG
Australia's teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout is set to to take part in the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It was expected for Gout to prioritise the World Junior Athletics Championship in the United States (August 5-9), with the CWG running from July 23 to August 2. But it has been understood that the 17-year-old will plug in a race in Glasgow, ahead of the junior worlds. 'We need to wait for the full Commonwealth Games program to be released, but yes, we are planning that Gout will be available to run at an event in Glasgow before going on to the World Juniors in Eugene,' said Gout's manager James Templeton to Gout's move was welcomed by Australia's Glasgow 2026 chef de mission, Petria Thomas. 'It's very exciting when our best athletes publicly announce their intention to be at the Games. There is of course qualification processes that all of our athletes will need to go through, a lot can happen in the year leading into a Games,' Thomas told ABC Sport. Gout has been touted to be the next big thing in global athletics. He recently broke the Australian senior record in 200m and claimed the under-23 title in the same distance at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Indian Express
6 days ago
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- Indian Express
Australian teen sensation Gout Gout to run in 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Eight months after he broke Peter Norman's 56-year-old Australian record of 20.06 seconds in men's 200m, 17-year-old Australian teen sensation Gout Gout has announced that he will run in next year's Glasgow Commonwealth Games. The Australian athlete had ran his personal best in men's 200m with a timing of 20.02 seconds sin the Ostrava Golden Spike Meet in Czech Republic last month and is now expected to run in 100m event in Glasgow with a possibility of running in 200m event too. Gout Gout will also be competing in the world junior championships in the USA starting August 5 with the Glasgow Commonwealth Games happening from July 23 to August 2 next year. 'We need to wait for the full Commonwealth Games program to be released, but yes we are planning that Gout will be available to run an event in Glasgow before going onto the World Juniors in Eugene,' Gout's manager James Templeton told Code Sports. In December last year, Gout had become the second fastest U18 sprinter in men's 200m with US athlete Erriyon Knighton being the fastest U18 200 m runner with a U18 world record time of 19.84 seconds set in 2021 at the age of 17 years, with his timing of 20.04 seconds in the Australian All Schools Championship in Brisbane breaking Norman's record of 20.06 seconds made in his silver medal winning feat in 1968 Olympics. Track legend Usain Bolt had run 200m with a timing of 20.13 seconds as a 16-year-old in 2003 and also holds the all-time world record of 19.19 seconds made during the 2009 World Championships. While Bolt never competed in an individual race in Commonwealth Games, the Jamaican legend was part of Jamaica's gold medal winning 4X100m men's relay team in 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. 'It's very exciting when our best athletes publicly announce their intention to be at the Games. There is of course qualification processes that all of our athletes will need to go through, a lot can happen in the year leading into a Games. It's really exciting that the athletes are saying they want to compete in the Games and we're looking forward to having our best athletes possible on our team ready to go in a year's time. There is of course qualification processes that all of our athletes will need to go through, a lot can happen in the year leading into a Games. It's really exciting that the athletes are saying they want to compete in the Games and we're looking forward to having our best athletes possible on our team ready to go in a year's time.' Petria Thomas, Australia's Glasgow 2026 chef de mission, told ABC Sport. The 17-year-old Gout was born in Ipswich in Queensland with his parents being South Sudanese immigrants, who moved to Australia in 2005. The teen sensation, who will be competing in the World Championships later this year, will also hope to emulate Bolt, who won the 200m title in world junior championships in 2002, in the world juniors in USA post Commonwealth Games. He had also talked about comparisons with Bolt after he came up with his best timing of 20.02 seconds at Ostrava. Back in 2006, Bolt had made his European debut winning the gold in Ostrava with a timing of 20.28m before he went to break world records and won three Olympic 200m golds along with other Olympic titles. I feel good. New personal best, new national record in my first European race. I don't feel any pressure. Because as soon as I step out on that track, it's just me by myself and what I've got to do – my favourite thing, and that's to run. So, I just go out there and run and nothing stops me from doing that … Get some more races in me and (the 20-second barrier) will drop for sure.' Gout told reporters after winning the title in Ostrava.
