After competing on the biggest stage of his young life, Australian sprinter Gout Gout, who has drawn comparisons to Jamaican legend Usain Bolt, framed his debut at the World Athletics Championships as a learning experience.
Which is fitting for a 17-year-old who still has to study for his final exams.
Gout, already a sensation in Australia, ran in the men’s 200-meter semifinals at National Stadium in Tokyo on Thursday night but failed to advance to the final. He finished fourth in his heat to miss out on an automatic place in the final, which is scheduled for Friday, and his time of 20.36 seconds was not enough to claim one of the remaining two slots.
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