A squad anchored by Torrie Lewis has smashed the national 4x100m record for the second time this year to claim an automatic spot at the Paris Olympics.
A squad anchored by Australia’s fastest woman Torrie Lewis has smashed the national 4x100m record for the second time this year to claim an automatic spot at the Paris Olympics.
“I think we all had a lot of trust in each other, so we said, you know what, let’s just relax, we’ve done the work and we’ve done this a million times,” Connolly said.The same quartet had flagged they were destined for great things by running 42.94 at the Sydney Track Classic in late March, breaking an Australian standard that had stood for 24 years. They will run in the final on Monday .
Lewis, 19, is also well-placed to contest either the individual 100m or 200m in Paris. Last month, she beat the world 100-metre champ Sha’Carri Richardson in a stunning 200m triumph at the season’s opening Diamond League meeting in China. The young team of Sebastian Sultana, Jacob Despard, Calab Law and Joshua Azzopardi clocked 38.50, only to be pipped for second spot by Jamaica in a photo finish.“Jamaica have always been such a powerhouse team, so to even be in the same conversation with them is kind of surreal,” said Azzopardi.
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