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The prodigy of Australian Sprint Gout Gout was implemented Saturday by compatriot Lachlan Kennedy in a thrilling male 200m in Melbourne on Saturday.
Kennedy retained a quick finish drop to produce a better personal time of 20.26 seconds in front of a lively crowd of 10,000 people to meet the Maurie factory.
The 17 -year -old drop, born in Australia after the migration of her southern Sudan parents, finished second with 8:30 p.m. in the biggest race in her nascent career.
The toolened young person got importance in December when he timed the fastest of all time by a 16-year-old child, then ran the fastest 200m in the world this year with 20.05 this month.
“My goal was right to hold it back and I think five minutes more than he would have had,” said Kennedy, 21, who won the money in the male 60m at the indoor world championships last week in Nanjing.
Kennedy failed earlier to become the second Australian watchmaker less than 10 seconds by 100 meters.
But his time of 10.17 was still enough to lead Sebastian Sultana (10.29) and Rohan Browning (10.30).
Gout started slowly during his first race against senior runners this season and was well behind Kennedy straight before going to the finish line.
“The race is great and helps strengthen my confidence and what I have to do,” said Gout, who has made comparisons with eight times the Usain Bolt Olympic gold medalist.
Gout has experienced a dazzling increase, becoming a most visible track athlete in Australia and pocketing multi -year sponsorship.
He did not have to face the champion of the Olympic male sprint 200m Lettsile Tebogo, who chose to compete in 400m.
Tebogo, 21, ran a better time in the season of 45.26 but finished second behind his compatriot Botswana Runner Bayapo Ndori, who retained a late Tebogo wave to cross 45.14.
“Ra focus on the 200m now, did what we wanted to do,” said Tebogo exhausted.
The growing Australian runner Cameron Myers strengthened his references after a powerful finish to win the 1500m male.
“I knew it was going to be bloody with the wind, so I was trying to keep so much energy for the last 900 meters,” said Myers, 18, who finished with a time of 3: 34.98.
In field events, the Australian Olympic bronze medalist Matthew Denny produced a competition record in the male disc launch after launching 68.17 m.
He obtained his place at the world athletics championships this year in Tokyo, while compatriot Eleanor Patterson won the female leap after erased 1.94 m.
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