Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Sport › Gout Gout flies home for third in rarely-contested 150m...
Sport

Gout Gout flies home for third in rarely-contested 150m behind US great Noah Lyles

The Guardian UK Wednesday 17 June 2026, 01:30 UTC By Australian Associated Press 1 min read
Key Points

Australian sprinter sets new national record of 14.96 in OstravaResult an improvement on teenager’s Diamond League debutTeenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has flown home to finish third behind his training mate and new 150m world record holder Noah Lyles at the Golden Spike track and field meet in Ostrava. Paris Olympics gold medallist Lyles clocked 14.67 seconds in the rarely-contested distance, smashing the previous previous mark of 14.92 set by Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson earlier this year...

  • Australian sprinter sets new national record of 14.96 in Ostrava

  • Result an improvement on teenager’s Diamond League debut

Teenage sprint sensation Gout Gout has flown home to finish third behind his training mate and new 150m world record holder Noah Lyles at the Golden Spike track and field meet in Ostrava.

Paris Olympics gold medallist Lyles clocked 14.67 seconds in the rarely-contested distance, smashing the previous previous mark of 14.92 set by Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson earlier this year in Florida.

Continue reading...
US (LOCATION) Noah Lyles (PERSON) Australian (ORG) OstravaResult (ORG) Diamond League (ORG) the Golden Spike (LOCATION) Ostrava (LOCATION) Paris Olympics (ORG) Lyles (ORG) Jamaica (LOCATION) Kishane Thompson (PERSON) Florida (LOCATION)
Originally published by The Guardian UK Read original →

Related Stories

Messi ties Klose record with 16th World Cup goal

KANSAS CITY, Kansas -- Lionel Messi made history Tuesday night by tying the record for most World Cup goals at 16 with Miroslav Kolse after scoring a hat trick and staking Argentina to a 3-0 lead over Algeria before coming off late in the second half. The hat trick was Messi's 11th of his international career, but first at the World Cup, and he is now the oldest player to score three goals in a game at the tournament. When Messi took the field, he also became the first-ever player to feature...

ESPN just now

Austria bench veteran striker Arnautovic for World Cup opener v Jordan

Austria bench veteran striker Arnautovic for World Cup opener v Jordan SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, June 16 : Austria's all-time top goal-scorer Marko Arnautovic has been left on the bench, with Sasa Kalajdzic starting in attack in their Group J World Cup opener against debutants Jordan on Tuesday. • Austria coach Ralf Rangnick has opted for Romano Schmid, Xaver Schlager and Marcel Sabitzer in a three-pronged attack behind Kalajdzic.

Channel News Asia 8m ago

Lionel Messi makes World Cup history with fabulous Argentina hat-trick in Algeria romp

Lionel Messi makes World Cup history with fabulous Argentina hat-trick in Algeria romp Lionel Messi nets his first World Cup hat-trick to move level with Miroslav Klose as the tournament's all-time leading goalscorer as Argentina thrash Algeria 3-0 in Kansas City The United States is now fully acquainted with Lionel Messi, with the playmaker approaching three years at Inter Miami, but there was still something special about the occasion in Kansas City. Messi is approaching his 39th birthday,...

Daily Mirror 9m ago

Argentina’s Messi equals World Cup goalscoring record with hat-trick in defeat of Algeria

Argentina’s Messi equals World Cup goalscoring record with hat-trick in defeat of Algeria Lionel Messi piled up the records as he scored all three goals for Argentina in their 2026 World Cup opener against Algeria on Tuesday, becoming the first player to feature in six World Cups and matching former Germany striker Miroslav Klose's tally of 16 goals on football's biggest stage. Lionel Messi equalled Miroslav Klose's all-time record for goals at World Cup tournaments when he netted for the...

France 24 10m ago