Australia Announce Athletes For World Athletics Championships 2025; Gout Gout To Make Debut

The World Athletics Championships and the World Para Athletics Championships are set to be held in Tokyo and New Delhi this September. Australia has officially begun preparations for the prestigious championships. 

The competition will see world record holders, Olympic and Paralympic medallists, and debutants taking part for Australia in the event. 

The Australian side is headlined by Paralympic champion James Turner, five-time global medallist Eleanor Patterson. The highlight at the event will be  teenage sensation Gout Gout – who gets ready to make his Australian Team debut in the Open ranks at just 17-years-old.

“I’m super excited to be picked to run the 200 in Tokyo at the World Championships! That’s what we’ve been aiming for.  I’m looking forward to September being part of my first Australian senior team and looking forward to seeing what I can do against the best of the best,” Gout said.

Australian Athletics General Manager, High Performance Andrew Faichney noted the strength of these athletes:

“These athletes have not only proven themselves to be the best in the country, but so too the best in the world. Their selection is credit to the work they’ve put in across the season as well as their support in lifting the domestic season to the strong showing it has become today,” Faichney said.

“We can’t wait to see what they do in Tokyo and in New Delhi and we’re also really looking forward to the next few months of international athletics as more Australians look to book their spots on both teams.”

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Australian Athletics Team At World Athletics Championships 2025, Tokyo

100m – Lachlan Kennedy (QLD, Andrew Iselin)

200m – Gout Gout (QLD, Diane Sheppard)

800m – Peter Bol (WA, Justin Rinaldi), Peyton Craig (QLD, Brendan Mallyon & Craig Mottram), Abbey Caldwell (VIC, Gavin Burren), Claudia Hollingsworth (VIC, Craig Mottram)

1500m – Cameron Myers (ACT, Dick Telford), Sarah Billings (VIC, Nic Bideau)

20km Race Walk – Rhydian Cowley (VIC, Brent Vallance), Jemima Montag (VIC, Brent Vallance), Rebecca Henderson (VIC, Simon Baker)

35 km Race Walk – Cowley, Olivia Sandery (SA, Jared Tallent), Elizabeth McMillen (NSW, Jared Tallent)

400m Hurdles – Sarah Carli (NSW, Abbie Taddeo)

Long Jump – Liam Adcock (QLD)

High Jump – Eleanor Patterson (VIC, Fayaaz Caan)

Javelin Throw – Mackenzie Little (NSW, Angus McEntyre)

Australian Athletics Team – 2025 World Para Athletics Championships, New Delhi (8*):

100m – James Turner (ACT, Iryna Dvoskina, T36), Rheed McCracken (NSW, Louise Sauvage, T34)

200m – Mali Lovell (NSW, Katie Edwards, T36)

400m – Turner, McCracken

800m – McCracken

1500m – Reece Langdon (VIC, Tim O’Shaughnessy, T38), Michael Roeger (SA, Philo Saunders, T46)

Long Jump – Vanessa Low (ACT, Scott Reardon, T61)

Javelin Throw – Dayna Crees (VIC, Gordon Talbot, F34), Michal Burian (VIC, Dale Stevenson, F44)