The Queensland teen bettered Peter Norman's time of 20.06 seconds at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics by 0.02 seconds.
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00:00Another really good start there and they're away in this men's under 18 200
00:06metre final so we're about to wind him up and watch him go here. Gout, Gout. He's
00:10already got the stagger so he moves right on past Chase Grant and now we
00:14really start to open him up. So let the legs loose and let the kid run. He is absolutely gone. He is Gout of this world.
00:2321.07. That is not human. And let's wait for the speed, let's wait for the adjustment because this may be the fastest we've ever seen, if not the second. That is ridiculous.
00:45I've been chasing that record but I didn't think it would come this year. I thought it would come maybe next year or the year after that.
00:51So just getting it now is definitely a great achievement for sure. You knew you were going fast. I mean, I came off the bend after that rocky start, we had that unsteady start there, but then I felt kind of uneasy.
01:02As soon as it got wet, I just, I was flying and just came home, came home.
01:08Up the Australian's longest serving athletics record. Wow.
01:13It's pretty crazy. I mean, right now I can't really process it, but I guess tonight when I go to my bed and think about it, it will be pretty crazy for sure.