The national athletics championships come to a crescendo on Sunday in Perth and a virtuoso display is expected from 17-year-old phenomenon Gout Gout, who will look to break the 20-second mark and better his own national record in his preferred event.
The 2025 Australian championships – dubbed by insiders as Gout-mania – are the first since the teenager’s emergence as a global athletics celebrity, and the afternoon’s 200m heats and final are likely to be the last chance local fans will get to see him chase track records until after he graduates from year 12 this year.
