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Gout Gout<\/a><\/strong> and Alexandra Eala<\/strong><\/a> are among the sporting stars named in Forbes\u2019 \u201930 Under 30 Entertainment & Sports\u2019 list for Asia.<\/p>\n The group consists of 30 leading industry figures aged under 30, which includes the Australian sprint starlet and Philippines\u00a0tennis star in the 2026 edition.<\/p>\n Gout, 18, has broken a string of junior records on the athletics<\/a> track, and holds a 100m personal best time of 10.00s flat, along with the men’s 200m world under-20 record.<\/p>\n Eala, 21, is the highest-ever-ranked tennis player from the Philippines, having reached a career high of 29 in March and is on the verge of being a Grand Slam seed.<\/p>\n The list also includes several Olympians, including double Olympic skateboarding gold medallist Yuto Horigome<\/a><\/strong>. The Japanese street specialist defended his title from Tokyo 2020 at Paris 2024<\/a> and aims to go for an unprecedented\u00a0threepeat at LA28<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Zealand\u2019s Olympic high jump champion Hamish Kerr<\/a><\/strong> is also recognised among the field, which includes names from Asia and Oceania. He joins Gout and Chinese hurdler Wu Yanni<\/a><\/strong> in representing track and field.<\/p>\n Other Olympians\u00a0named on the Forbes list are Thailand\u2019s badminton silver medallist Kunlavut Vitidsarn<\/a><\/strong>, breaking<\/a> athlete Shigeyuki Nakarai \u2018Shigekix\u2019<\/a><\/strong>, plus golfers\u00a0Lee Minjee<\/a>,<\/strong> and Shannon Xuan Yin Tan<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n