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Elsewhere, rising Australian sprinter Gout Gout, 18, finished second in the men's 200m, 0.05secs behind international team-mate Lachlan Kennedy, 25, who won in a time of 20.38.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

"Think of it like a marathon runner versus a sprinter," said Rando, who is also a professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Ka Ying Rising beat a top-class international field at the Everest in Sydney last October to cement his standing as the world's best sprinter.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

He has trained his entire life to be the rarest athlete in the sport: a sprinter who doesn’t lose steam over long distances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

A sensationally fast sprinter, Jordan had seen nothing but Jesse Owens’s back at the 1936 Olympic trials and, like Louie, was aiming for gold in Tokyo.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand