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Having cracked the 20-second barrier with a sizzling run over 200m \u2013 and in the process fulled comparisons with the great Usain Bolt \u2013 the question now is, how fast can Gout Gout<\/a> go?<\/p>\n \u201cHow long\u2019s a piece of string?\u201d said Gout\u2019s coach and mentor, Di Sheppard, after he clocked 19.67sec at the Australian championships<\/a> in Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n The time smashed his own national record of 20.02sec and was good enough for him to become the first Australian to record a legal time under the magical 20-second barrier.<\/p>\n Aidan Murphy quickly became the second, just a step behind with another supremely impressive run in the same race, but Gout grabbed the headlines as he bettered Bolt\u2019s best when the Jamaican sprint great was the same age.<\/p>\n The only man under the age of 20 to have run quicker over 200m is Erriyon Knighton, though the now-banned American\u2019s time in 2022 was unratified.<\/p>\n