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Kennedy the man as Gout eyes nationals re-match

Lachlan Kennedy underlined his status as Australia's fastest man with a sprint double in Melbourne, but young rival Gout Gout is already eyeing a 200m rematch.

AAP · Mar 28

Lachie Kennedy upstages Gout Gout to win 200m at Peter Norman Memorial

Lachie Kennedy, who also won the 100m, ahead of Rohan Browning, said of his 200m victory: ‘You’ve just got to not freak out, stay relaxed’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28

Kennedy edges Gout in 200m showdown in Melbourne

Lachlan Kennedy has done the sprint double at the Maurie Plant Meet and relegated Gout Gout to second place in the 200m.

AAP · Mar 28

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'Run it back': revenge mission for Gout under spotlight

Gout Gout is brimming with confidence as resumes his sprint rivalry with Lachlan Kennedy in the headline act at a star-laden Maurie Plant meet in Melbourne.

AAP · Mar 26

‘It’s something bling’: Gout Gout ready to sparkle as he enters new phase of sprint career

Teenage sensation has finished school and now trains as a full-time athlete as he prepares to renew rivalry with Lachlan Kennedy at Maurie Plant Meet

The Guardian - AU · Mar 26

'I'm out for revenge': Gout to race Aussie rival

Gout Gout says he'll be chasing revenge on Lachlan Kennedy when the Australian sprinters resume their rivalry in Melbourne next month.

AAP · Mar 4

Hollingsworth steps up in style to win 3000m crown

Claudia Hollingsworth and Callum Davies have won the Australian 3000m titles at the Hobart Track Classic, as sprinter Lachlan Kennedy made a successful return.

AAP · Feb 28

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Gout Gout dazzles with record-equalling 100m time

Gout Gout has kicked off his year of 100m racing in style by running 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in Brisbane, equalling the record for an Australian on home soil.

AAP · Feb 21

Travball emerges, athletics surges, Brisbane basks in success: Australia’s biggest sporting moments of 2025

An Ashes-defining intervention, an NRL showstopper, and new hope forced on the AFL are among our writers’ great moments in Australian sports this year

The Guardian - AU · Dec 30, 2025

'Off the charts': Gout's rival reveals speed secret

Australian sprinters Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy each boast traits they'd love to steal as the pair pin their ears back for next year's Commonwealth Games.

AAP · Oct 17, 2025

Gout Gout fanfare obscures depth of Australian athletics poised for world championships spotlight

The Brisbane teenager may be the talk of the town but there are many other athletes well placed to impress in Tokyo in the green and gold

The Guardian - AU · Sep 12, 2025

Quicker and wiser: Rohan Browning set to fly in Tokyo

Rohan Browning and Jessica Hull will be among a host of big-name Australians in action on day one of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

AAP · Sep 12, 2025

Huge Australian team for world athletics championships

The Australian team for the upcoming world athletics championships in Tokyo will be even bigger than the one at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

AAP · Sep 3, 2025

Australia’s pole vault queen Nina Kennedy: ‘I’m in full force to go to the world champs’

The Paris gold medallist opens up on her comeback from surgery, her longtime US rival, and the inner ‘mongrel’ that drives her to win

The Guardian - AU · Aug 31, 2025

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2025

Lachie Kennedy joins Jemima Montag in pulling out of world titles in dual blow for Australia

Australia’s athletics squad has suffered a double blow weeks out from the world championships in Tokyo with the sprinter and race walker both ruled out

AAP · Jul 5, 2025

Hull the standout Australian at Diamond League in US

Australian Jessica Hull produced the standout Australian performance as two world records were broken at the Diamond League meet in Oregon.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 1, 2025

Dorinda Cox leaves Greens to join Labor – as it happened

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AAP · May 31, 2025

Sprint sensation Kennedy breaks magical 10-second mark

Lachlan Kennedy has joined fellow sprinter Patrick Johnson in one of Australian sport's most exclusive clubs.

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AAP · May 11, 2025

Aussies take mixed 4x400m silver in World Relays

Mixed 4x400m team Luke van Ratingen, Ellie Beer, Terrell Thorne and Carla Bull have won Australia their second ever silver medal at the World Athletics Relays.

AAP · Apr 26, 2025

Kennedy fifth in the 100m on Diamond League debut

Sprinter Lachlan Kennedy was fifth in the 100m at the Xiamen DL meet, while Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson had podium finishes in the high jump.

AAP · Apr 23, 2025

Gout hoping to square off against Lyles in Tokyo

Sprint stars Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy have locked in their spots in the Australian team for the Tokyo world athletics championships.

AAP · Apr 21, 2025

Evans lives the Stawell dream; beats Gout and wins Gift

Adelaide schoolteacher John Evans has followed in the footsteps of his coach Paul Young to win the men's Stawell Gift.

AAP · Apr 20, 2025

Star turns handed tough Stawell Gift semi-final draws

Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout will have to pull out all the stops to book their spots in the Stawell Gift final on Easter Monday.

AAP · Apr 19, 2025

'Daunting': Gout, Kennedy dazzle on Stawell Gift debut

Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy both looked impressive in advancing to the Stawell Gift semi-finals on debut at Central Park.

AAP · Apr 12, 2025

Browning keen to show young pups who's the sprint boss

Australian sprint star Rohan Browning is the 2025 national champion after producing an equal career best 10.01 in Saturday's final to pip Lachie Kennedy.

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