The future is Gout Gout’s to own and that was the teen sprint sensation’s vow after missing the final in the 200m at the world athletics championship having eclipsed Usain Bolt by making the semis.

The future is also bright for fellow Australian sprint star Torrie Lewis who ran two personal bests, in the 100m then the 200m, narrowly missing the final in the latter despite a stirring run.

With the enthralled world watching, 17-year-old Gout was no match for his older, bigger, stronger rivals in his semi-final in Tokyo as the youngest in the entire field finished fourth in 20.36 seconds, slightly slower than his heat time and outside his Australian Record of 20.02 seconds.

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He needed to break 20-seconds to make the final, but as his raking of 18 in the world out

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