JOHN PYE
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The kind of pace that propelled teenage sprinting phenom Gout Gout to break decades-old Australian records and earned him an invitation to train with Olympic champion Noah Lyles ended up costing him in his season finale.
The handicapper’s calculations on Monday achieved what few of Gout’s rivals could do all southern summer, making it too difficult for the 17-year-old high school senior to win.
As a back marker at the Stawell Gift — a 120-meter handicap race contested on the Easter weekend since 1878 on a turf track in regional Victoria state — Gout missed out on the final when he placed second in his semifinal race.