Sprint sensation Gout Gout smashes Noah Lyles’ personal best time for 400m

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Just days after warning Noah Lyles he was coming for the world and Olympic champion, teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has achieved a mark that has eluded the US track star.

In a rare outing over 400m at the Joanna Stone Shield meet in Brisbane on Saturday, Gout clocked 46.20s, almost a second under Lyles’ personal best for the distance and the fastest under-18 time by an Australian for 35 years.

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