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Gout Gout wins his heat of the Qld U20 200m in a legal 20.05 (just a fraction behind his own PB and National Record). Wow Wow.
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And wins his 200m final in a wind assisted 19.98 (+3.6)
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Watched the Sydney Track Classic again last night and did some analysis on the 4x100m men's relay team and finished it off this evening.
Bruce is right to have gotten very excited by the 37.87 run by Kennedy, Azzopardi, Isu and Law, as he said, 37.87 makes an Olympics or World Champs finals, and what he didn't say is that it occasionally wins a medal, especially with DQ's and dropped batons.
Then there have been doping bans with retesting of samples a few years after the event and one of the teams minor runners fails the doping retest, and the medal is taken away and 4th placed team who runs around a 37.87, ends up with a medal and other 2 medal winners move up the podium.
In 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jamaica won in 37.10, the yanks dropped the baton in the heat and didn't qualify for the final. 9 years after the race, Nesta Carter's sample was retested and he failed a doping test and Jamaica was stripped of the gold medal. 2nd placed Trinidad and Tobago ran a 38.06 and were bumped up to the gold medal.
A 37.50 has guaranteed a medal at every Olympics and World Champs since and including Sydney and the last 2 Olympics its the gold medal winning time as the Yanks have stuffed up and not qualified for the final in Tokyo and stuffed up a relay change in Paris and finished 7th but then were DQed.
Can the Aussie boys get down to 37.50?? Time will tell but it will be bloody tough and to deliver it on the big stage.
In the Bahamas last year at the World Athletics Relays, to help qualify the 16 teams for Paris, Despard, Law, Azzopardi and Sultana ran 38.50 in their heat, finished 3rd in a photo finish to 2nd placed Jamaica, so missed qualification for the final, and then the same 4 ran 38.46 and finished 2nd in their repechage heat, 3rd of all repechage teams and qualified for Paris.
In Paris, Kennedy, Despard, Law and Azzopardi ran 38.12 in their heat and finished 6th. They set the new Oz and Oceania record which the 4 runners on Saturday night knocked off.
They missed the finals, despite running faster than top 3 in the other heat, as the top 3 in both heats qualified for the finals and then the next 2 fastest.
Its interesting that Law has been involved in all 4 races given he is a 200m runner, and has run the back straight in Bahamas, the 2nd bend in Paris and the anchor leg Saturday night.
Saw Chris Ius run a great bend in his 200m race in Perth, so I wasn't surprised that he ran in the team on Saturday night.
I reckon 2 or 3 Aussie runners might crack 10 seconds this year, either at nationals or in Europe. If that is the case then that 37.87 could drop by 0.10 to 0.20 seconds.
Its great that Australian Athletics over the last few years has put in a decent coaching and funding effort into the relays and training camps.
Several countries who don't have any star 100m or 400m male or females have great programs for their 4x100 and 4x400 and get minor medals. I'm thinking of Belgium, Japan, and Poland especially in the three 400m relays, but there are others.
If Gout and Browning join the team training sessions, fully commit to them and run their best efforts, who knows what they might achieve at Tokyo World Champs in September.
Here are the times of the best runners this year and their PB's / prior year PB's. I have included windy results in 2025 as the wind doesn't matter come 4x100m relay times. Gout's best legal time was 10.17 the day after he ran 10.04W in December last year. Browning has also run a 10.02 in 2023 and 10.08 in 2022.
I have put Ius's and Law's 200m times as I reckon one of them might sneak in to run the bend even if Gout and Browning join the team during the year.
Bruce is right to have gotten very excited by the 37.87 run by Kennedy, Azzopardi, Isu and Law, as he said, 37.87 makes an Olympics or World Champs finals, and what he didn't say is that it occasionally wins a medal, especially with DQ's and dropped batons.
Then there have been doping bans with retesting of samples a few years after the event and one of the teams minor runners fails the doping retest, and the medal is taken away and 4th placed team who runs around a 37.87, ends up with a medal and other 2 medal winners move up the podium.
In 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jamaica won in 37.10, the yanks dropped the baton in the heat and didn't qualify for the final. 9 years after the race, Nesta Carter's sample was retested and he failed a doping test and Jamaica was stripped of the gold medal. 2nd placed Trinidad and Tobago ran a 38.06 and were bumped up to the gold medal.
A 37.50 has guaranteed a medal at every Olympics and World Champs since and including Sydney and the last 2 Olympics its the gold medal winning time as the Yanks have stuffed up and not qualified for the final in Tokyo and stuffed up a relay change in Paris and finished 7th but then were DQed.
Can the Aussie boys get down to 37.50?? Time will tell but it will be bloody tough and to deliver it on the big stage.
In the Bahamas last year at the World Athletics Relays, to help qualify the 16 teams for Paris, Despard, Law, Azzopardi and Sultana ran 38.50 in their heat, finished 3rd in a photo finish to 2nd placed Jamaica, so missed qualification for the final, and then the same 4 ran 38.46 and finished 2nd in their repechage heat, 3rd of all repechage teams and qualified for Paris.
In Paris, Kennedy, Despard, Law and Azzopardi ran 38.12 in their heat and finished 6th. They set the new Oz and Oceania record which the 4 runners on Saturday night knocked off.
They missed the finals, despite running faster than top 3 in the other heat, as the top 3 in both heats qualified for the finals and then the next 2 fastest.
Its interesting that Law has been involved in all 4 races given he is a 200m runner, and has run the back straight in Bahamas, the 2nd bend in Paris and the anchor leg Saturday night.
Saw Chris Ius run a great bend in his 200m race in Perth, so I wasn't surprised that he ran in the team on Saturday night.
I reckon 2 or 3 Aussie runners might crack 10 seconds this year, either at nationals or in Europe. If that is the case then that 37.87 could drop by 0.10 to 0.20 seconds.
Its great that Australian Athletics over the last few years has put in a decent coaching and funding effort into the relays and training camps.
Several countries who don't have any star 100m or 400m male or females have great programs for their 4x100 and 4x400 and get minor medals. I'm thinking of Belgium, Japan, and Poland especially in the three 400m relays, but there are others.
If Gout and Browning join the team training sessions, fully commit to them and run their best efforts, who knows what they might achieve at Tokyo World Champs in September.
Here are the times of the best runners this year and their PB's / prior year PB's. I have included windy results in 2025 as the wind doesn't matter come 4x100m relay times. Gout's best legal time was 10.17 the day after he ran 10.04W in December last year. Browning has also run a 10.02 in 2023 and 10.08 in 2022.
I have put Ius's and Law's 200m times as I reckon one of them might sneak in to run the bend even if Gout and Browning join the team during the year.
| Runner | Age | Best 2025 | 2nd | 3rd | PB | Year |
| Kennedy | 21.3 | 10.03 | 10.10 W | 10.17 | 10.20 | 2024 |
| Azzopardi | 25.3 | 10.06 W | 10.09 | 10.28 | 10.14 | 2024 |
| Despard | 28.3 | 10.14 W | 10.17 W | 10.24 | 10.15 | 2024 |
| Sultana | 19.6 | 10.08 W | 10.11 | ------ | 10.17 | 2024 |
| Law | 21.3 | 10.24 | 10.24 W | 10.32 | 10.26 | 2022 |
| Browning | 27.3 | 10.12 | 10.24 | ------ | 10.01 | 2021 |
| Gout | 17.3 | 10.38 | 10.39 | 10.44 | 10.04W | 2024 |
| Ius | 25.1 | 10.25W | 10.29 | 10.29W | 10.24 | 2020 |
| Ius 200m | 25.1 | 20.57W | 20.66 | 20.76 | 20.61 | 2024 |
| Law 200m | 21.3 | 20.54 | 20.66 W | 21.05 | 20.42 | 2022 |
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It appears neither of them (along with Sultana) have signed up for relays this year. They could be added if they make the World Champs team as individuals, but I think the coaches are better to stick with guys who have trained at the camps and committed to the team.
The last time Browning was added in at a late stage - he dropped the baton and cost AUS a medal.
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When you quoted me you cut off that I wrote - "fully commit to them."
Bruce is mentoring Browning and one other sprinter who I can't think of and wasn't able to find out who it is in a quick google search. Wonder if Bruce will tell him to get fully involved, as there is the chance to win an international medal(s) over the next few years, as its a pretty young squad.
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Matthew Richardson - Cyclist not footballer - who switched to Britain was disqualified of a World Record but not Gold after found to have left his line/lane
The Olympic silver medallist clocked 9.041 seconds in qualifying for the men’s sprint competition at the UCI Track Nations Cup round in Konya, Turkey, holding an average speed of 79.637km/h. His time took 0.047 seconds off the world record (9.088 seconds), set by Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and appeared to nudge the benchmark closer to the elusive 9-second mark.
After an investigation, however, it was ruled that Richardson's effort was not valid because he strayed beneath the blue band, onto the 'apron',
Matthew Richardson breaks world record, UCI rules it out
Brit's flying 200m time voided after exiting the track during his effort
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The Olympic silver medallist clocked 9.041 seconds in qualifying for the men’s sprint competition at the UCI Track Nations Cup round in Konya, Turkey, holding an average speed of 79.637km/h. His time took 0.047 seconds off the world record (9.088 seconds), set by Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and appeared to nudge the benchmark closer to the elusive 9-second mark.
After an investigation, however, it was ruled that Richardson's effort was not valid because he strayed beneath the blue band, onto the 'apron',
