Faster Than Bolt at 16: Aussie Breaks 56-Year Old National Record

Gout Gout of Queensland celebrates winning the Boys' U18 200m Final in a new national record time of 20.04 seconds during the 2024 Chemist Warehouse Australian All Schools Athletics Championship at Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in Brisbane, Australia on Dec. 7, 2024.Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

There seems to be no moment that can rattle 16-year-old track star Gout Gout, who pipped one of Australia’s most famous records at the Australian All Schools Championships in Brisbane on Saturday.

History beckoned in the form of Australian sprinter Peter Norman’s 56-year-old national 200-metre record, and the teenager delivered with a stunning time of 20.04 seconds, edging Norman’s 20.06 set at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.