Article #3967

• Sprint sensation clocks fastest time in heats with 10.19sec in Brisbane

• 18-year-old takes aim at ‘haters’ during national junior championships
  

Gout Gout has tuned his legs for a showdown in under two months against American superstar Noah Lyles with a solid opening run over 100m at the national junior championships in Brisbane on Friday.

Five days after becoming the 16th fastest 200m runner ever by clocking 19.67sec at the national championships in Sydney, the teenager backed up at the shorter distance against athletes his own age.