The 17-year-old Australian fell in the semifinals, and his “older brother” ran 19.51, letting himself chill in the final meters.

The men's 200m semifinals of the World Athletics Championships 2025 were held on the sixth day of the competition.

Gout Gout and Torrie Lewis have missed the final of the 200m, both running to a hugely respectable fourth place in their semifinals.

There’s a hard and fast rule in sprinting. You must go hard and fast. Gout Gout was a bit slow from the blocks. That’s his weakness.

Noah Lyles showed that he is still the man to beat over 200 metres when the three-times world champion scorched to a huge world-leading 19.51 seconds in his semi-final on Thursday.

Australian teen prodigy Gout Gout has booked his place in the semi-final of the men’s 200m event in his debut at the athletic world championships.

Gout Gout will make his senior World Athletics Championships debut at the Tokyo National Stadium on Wednesday night. Here's how to watch.