"I've been chasing it ever since I got that illegal sub-20 [seconds]. It's been on my mind this whole year and this past couple of months, so, I'm glad I got it."
"It's absolutely insane. You could say it's a big weight off my shoulders knowing that I ran it legally and I have the speed in my body to run times like that."
"I definitely think the training's been working, and the training's been proving to me that I can run fast."
Gout Gout set a new national 200m record at the athletics championships in Sydney, clocking 19.67 seconds. He became the first Australian to break the 20-second barrier in legal conditions. Aidan Murphy finished second with a time of 19.88 seconds. Gout previously held the record at 20.02 seconds and had run a wind-assisted 19.84 seconds. His victory was celebrated as a significant achievement, and he expressed relief at running the time legally. Gout's performance places him among the top 20 fastest 200m runners of all time.
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