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Sprint sensation Gout Gout<\/a> has clocked the equal-fastest legal 100m run by an Australian on home soil, notching 10.00 (+0.9) seconds in his first race at the distance in 2026.<\/p>\n Teenage superstar Gout is edging closer to legally breaking the magical 10-second barrier after a wonderful performance at the Dane Bird-Smith Shield Meet at QSAC on Saturday.<\/p>\n Gout\u2019s latest time is the same as that of Lachlan Kennedy, who achieved the feat in Perth in April 2025.<\/p>\n Kennedy and Patrick Johnson also ran legal 9.98 and 9.93 secs for the 100m in Nairobi (Kenya) and Mito (Japan) in 2025 and 2003 respectively.<\/p>\n Gout also set an Australian under-20 record in Brisbane, eclipsing the 10.15 mark set by Jake Doran in 2018.<\/p>\n With his time on Saturday, Gout sealed his first qualifying performance for this year\u2019s world under-20 championships.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old opted not to compete at this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, choosing instead to focus on the 200m at the world under-20 championships.<\/p>\n Gout wants to emulate the legendary Usain Bolt at the junior titles in Oregon and Australian Athletics<\/a> supported his decision.<\/p>\n Before going on to dominate world sprinting and rewrite the record books, Bolt kicked off his career with 200m gold at the 2002 world juniors.<\/p>\n If he triumphs in his pet event, Gout could also become the first Australian to win a sprint gold medal at the junior world championships.<\/p>\n It would be Gout\u2019s biggest accolade yet since the teenager burst onto the global athletics scene less than two years ago.<\/p>\n After breaking Peter Norman\u2019s 56-year-old 200m national record as a 16-year-old in late 2024, Gout made global headlines in 2025 with a world championships debut and 200m semi-final appearance in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n