Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has qualified for the semi-finals of the 200m at the world championships in Tokyo.

Making his senior global championships debut, the 17-year-old recovered from a slow start to storm home and stop the clock at 20.23s.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Gout Gout impresses in 200m heats.

He finished third in his heat, which was enough to secure automatic qualification.

It was a bit slower than his national record of 20.02s, but was still super impressive given the pressure on his shoulders.

“He was shaky early ... he would have been rattled for a moment, but he held it together,” legendary commentator Bruce McAvaney said.

“Job done. He is going to learn so much from all that.”

Aussie Olympian Tamsyn Manou added: “That was a lot of pressure that was on his sho

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