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John Salvado

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Gout hoping to square off against lyles in tokyo | History Defined

Sprint rivals and mates Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy are off to the world championships. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Schoolboy sprint sensation Gout Gout will make his Australian international senior debut at the world athletics championships in Tokyo in September.

Fresh from a standout performance at the national titles earlier this month in Perth, where he twice broke the 10-second barrier for the 100m and clocked 19.84 for the 200m - although all of those runs were wind-assisted - Gout is among the first group of 17 athletes named to the squad.

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