Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy miss out on final as Stawell Gift favourites upset

• Sprint pair both finish second in their 120m semi-finals
• Men’s races delayed due to heavy shower at handicap event

Sprint stars Gout Gout and Lachie Kennedy have been eliminated from the Stawell Gift in the semi-finals after being unable to make up sizeable handicaps.

Gout ran a strong race to finish the 120m in 12.34s but couldn’t quite catch front-marker John Evans who had almost nine metres head start on the 17-year-old and won by almost a quarter of a second.

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