ABC Business6/16/2026Sports1 min readAustralia
Noah Lyles Breaks 150m World Record in Ostrava, Hugs Rival Gout Gout
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- Noah Lyles shattered the 150m world record at the Ostrava Golden Spike event with a time of 14.67 seconds.
- Australian athlete Gout Gout finished third, setting a personal best, and shared a hug with Lyles post-race.
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Noah Lyles, an American champion, and Gout Gout, a rising Australian athletics star, competed against each other for the first time in the 150m race at the Ostrava Golden Spike event.
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Rising Australian athletics star Gout Gout and American champion Noah Lyles have hugged it out after their first run against each other saw the 150m world record broken.
The pair celebrated wildly after the 150m clash at the Ostrava Golden Spike event in Czechia as Lyles broke the record with a time of 14.67 seconds.
Gout came third, finishing strong to clock a personal best time of 14.96.
Sinesipho Dambile of South Africa finished second in 14.78, also beating the previous best.
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