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When is Gout Gout competing and in what event?
Gout Gout will be running in just one event at the World Championships: the men’s 200 metres. He did not enter to qualify for the 100m, and is not a part of the Australian 4x100m relay team.
And should Gout Gout make it all the way to the final, you’re in for a late night: that will take place at 11.06pm AEST on Friday.
How can I watch Gout Gout run?
Who is Gout Gout up against?
Gout Gout won the men’s 200m at the Ostrava Golden Spike athletics meet in the Czech Republic earlier this year, becoming the new Oceanian record holder with a time of 20.02 seconds. Source: AAP / AP / Petr David Josek
US athletes Kenneth Bednarek and T’Mars McCallum, Jamaica’s Bryan Levell and Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo will also be ones to watch.
What would Gout Gout making the final mean?
Gout Gout qualifying for the 200m final would be an immense achievement: only three Australian men have achieved such a feat, and none have done so since 2005.
As the youngest athlete to ever compete in the 200m at the championships, he’d also be the youngest finalist in the event’s history. That distinction is currently held by Japan’s Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, who claimed it in 2017 at the age of 18 years and 157 days.
What has Gout Gout said?
He said a new personal best, regardless of where he ended up in the rankings, would he a huge success in his eyes.
