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 in the field for the Paris Olympics . Racing at the World Relays meet in the Bahamas, the team of Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Ella Connolly and Lewis stopped the clock at 42.83 seconds to finish second in their heat behind Germany.
Lewis, 19, is also well placed to contest either the individual 100m or 200m at the Paris Games. The US women were fastest in the Bahamas qualifying round in 42.21. Australia’s 4x100m men went within a whisker of also claiming an automatic Olympic slot on day one at the World Relays. 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.
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