Australian sprint sensation Gout Gout has lived up to the billing, storming into the 200m semifinals in Tokyo after a blistering heat at the World Athletics championships.

With only the top three from each heat securing automatic qualification and fast times in the first four heats, Gout had to run at least near his best to make it through to the semifinals.

Starting in lane eight, Gout got off to a middling start but charged home over the final 50m to finish well clear in third to comfortably make it through in a time of 20.23.

Jamaica’s Bryan Levell took first in 19.84, the eighth fastest time this year, while Zimbabwe’s Makanakaishe Charamba took second in 20.06

Gout’s time is the eleventh fastest in Australian history on what was his senior international debut.

His personal best o

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