Record falls, Aussie pipped in epic men’s 100m final
Shayne Hope |
Lachie Kennedy has broken the national record and ended Australia’s agonising wait for a men’s Commonwealth Games 100m medal by taking silver in Glasgow.
Australia’s fastest man ran a personal best 9.85 seconds, beating Patrick Johnson’s mark of 9.93 set in May 2003 – several months before Kennedy was born.
It took a Games record to beat Kennedy, with Cameroon’s Emmanuel Eseme stopping the clock at 9.83.
Nigeria’s Kayinsola Ajayi (9.90) was third, with Australian Eddie Nketia (10.06) back in sixth.
Kennedy’s silver was Australia’s first medal in the men’s 100m since 1962, when Michael Cleary took bronze.
There was also joy for Ky Robinson, who completed an unprecedented 10,000m double for Australia when he finished strongly to hold off several rivals and claim gold.
Robinson won in 27:48.93 ahead of India’s Gulveer Singh and Isle of Man’s David Mullarkey.
His triumph followed Rose Davies becoming the Australian woman to win the event at the Commonwealth Games.
AAP