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Sprint Star Smashes Her Own Australian 100m Record
Lewis ran 11.04 seconds to beat Elaine Thompson-Herah and win her third Australian 100m record, then added a 200m victory.
- On Tuesday, 21-year-old sprinter Torrie Lewis broke her own Australian 100m record in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, clocking 11.04 seconds and defeating five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah.
- This performance marks the third time Lewis has lowered the national record, improving on her 11.08-second mark set at last year's World Championships, and she also won the 200m event in 22.66 seconds.
- Thompson-Herah, a 34-year-old Jamaican sprint icon, finished in 11.06 seconds alongside Austria's Christania Williams, with a photo finish confirming millimetres separated the competitors.
- With the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow approaching, Lewis is set to compete in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay as the athletics competition at the 10-day Games begins on Monday.
- Athletics Australia named Lewis to the 55-member team for Glasgow, viewing the competition as a building block toward the LA 2028 Olympic Games alongside teammate Lachie Kennedy.
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Lewis shatters Aussie record
On the eve of the Commonwealth Games, Aussie sprinter Torrie Lewis has shattered the Australian 100m record.
·North Sydney, Australia
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