MELBOURNE, July 29 (Reuters) – \u2060Sprinter Lachlan Kennedy has hailed a \u2060new golden age in Australian athletics after \u200che and Torrie Lewis broke 100m national records in clinching Commonwealth Games medals in Glasgow.<\/p>\n
Kennedyran a personal best \u200b9.85 seconds to beat Patrick \u2060Johnson’s mark of \u20609.93 set in 2003 to claim a silver \u2060medal \u200cbehind Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme (9.83) in the Games’ fastest 100m final on \u2060Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Lewis improved on her own 100m national \u200brecord in \u200cthe semi-finals and raised the bar again \u2060in the \u200bfinal, taking bronze in 10.99.<\/p>\n
“Far out … we got a medal in every event we competed \u2060in,” 22-year-old Kennedy told Australian \u200bmedia.<\/p>\n
“Aussie track is clearly in, I think, the best spot it’s ever been and our \u2060team is so strong.<\/p>\n
“We’re in a real golden age with a lot of youngsters and a lot of good veteran talent as \u200bwell.”<\/p>\n
Kennedy became the second Australianto \u2060legally break the 10-second barrier in the \u200b100m when he ran 9.98 \u200cseconds at a meet \u200bin Kenya last year.<\/p>\n
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