- Teenage sprinter Gout Gout has been eliminated from Stawell Gift
- Lachlan Kennedy was also knocked out in the semi final of event
The much anticipated showdown between teenage sprinter Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy at the Stawell Gift will not take place after both athletes missed out on the final.
John Evans, a South Australian school teacher, stunned Gout in the sixth and final semi, resulting in the 17-year-old not qualifying for the Stawell Gift final.
Evans won the semi from a 9.75m in a scorching time of 12.10 – the fastest of the semis.
The schoolboy put in a huge effort to almost claim victory, but ran out of time.
Gout’s rival Lachlan Kennedy was also unable to overcome his backmark and has missed out on the final after being beaten by Dash Muir.
The other semi-final winners were Jasper Thomas, Mitchell O’Neill, Patrick Martin and Joshua Lotsu.
Big guns Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout have both been eliminated in the semi-finals of the Stawell Gift
John Evans, a South Australian school teacher, stunned Gout in the sixth and final semi
Lachlan Kennedy was a close second in the first semi won by highly rated Melbourne 17-year-old Dash Muir
Scratch-marker and Paris Olympics 100m semi-finalist Bree Rizzo charged into the women’s Gift final after winning her semi in 13.81.
Only the winners of the six semi-finals on Easter Monday advance to the final later in the day at Central Park, where the eventual victor of the 120m handicap race will pocket $40,000.
More to follow.
