Nketia ran a 9.84 at a US college meet on Sunday, breaking Patrick Johnson\u2019s record of 9.88 set in 2003. As Nketia\u2019s run came with a tail-wind of +2.8m\/s, his time isn\u2019t official. <\/p>\n
WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n \u201cThank you god. Job\u2019s not done,\u201d Nketia wrote on social media after setting the record while representing the University of Southern California. <\/p>\n Nketia was born in New Zealand but raised in Canberra and he switched allegiances to Australia last year. His father Gus was a sprinting star and NZ record holder. <\/p>\n While Nketia\u2019s time isn\u2019t official, his performance shows just how strong the Australian sprinting stocks are.<\/p>\n Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy are the two names on everyone\u2019s lips at the moment given their strong domestic seasons.<\/p>\n Kennedy holds the second fastest legal time from an Australian over 100 metres with 9.96, behind only Johnson\u2019s 9.93.<\/p>\n Gout Gout\u2019s best legal time is 10 flat but has a wind-assisted 9.99 on the CV.<\/p>\n Track and Field journalist Mitch Dyer posted a replay of the run on social media site X, with the following caption: Australia has a new record holder all conditions, with 24-year-old Eddie Nketia clocking a 9.84 (+2.8) in the U.S. this morning \u2026 Scary times in Aus.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s another Australian sprinting star on the scene after 24-year-old Eddie Nketia recorded the country\u2019s fastest ever 100m…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,85],"class_list":["post-616365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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