No pressure as Gout improves 200m mark

Australian teenage sprinter Gout Gout said he does not feel any pressure, after crushing the 200 metres field in his first senior race abroad on June 24.

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OSTRAVA - Australian teenage sprinter Gout Gout said he does not feel any pressure, after crushing the 200 metres field in his first senior race abroad on June 24.

The 17-year-old improved on his own national record by two-hundredths of a second to finish in 20.02 seconds at the Ostrava Golden Spike.

He ran a textbook race in his European debut at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event in the Czech Republic, crossing the line 0.17sec ahead of Cuban Reynier Mena, while Briton Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (20.60sec) was third.

"I feel good. New personal best, new national record in my first European race," the Queensland schoolboy told reporters.