Armed with the largest team ever assembled for a major athletics meet, Australia enters the World Athletics Championships with a sense of excitement.

Many Australian eyes will be focused on schoolboy sprinting sensation Gout Gout when he lines up for his heat in the men's 200 metres on Wednesday.

The 17-year-old is a major drawcard at this year's championships, but he is just one of a swathe of young Australians who are making waves in world athletics.

What a baby-faced Bolt can teach us about Gout Photo shows Composite image of Gout Gout and Usain Bolt running.

Gout Gout's star is rising even faster than his legs can carry him, and with a world championships debut on the horizon, managing expectations is going to be difficult.

Of the 87-member squad picked by Australian Athletics

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