Nketia Shatters Aussie 100m Record, Official Mark Unlikely

0:00Eddie and Ketia just smashed the Australian all conditions 100 meter record with a blazing 9.84 seconds at the Meetsack Relays Inn, California. That's faster than Patrick Johnson's 9.88 from 2003, but it won't count as the official national mark because of A. Tailwind over 2 meters per second, clocked at 2.3. He finished second behind Gelani Watkins, who hit 9.82, and this puts in Ketia right in the mix with Australia's hot sprint crew like Gout Gout, whose sub-ten runs got scratched last year for the same wind issue. Rules are strict. Anything above 2 meters per second kills record eligibility in the 100 and 200 meters. And Ketia switched from New Zealand to Australia last December, after owning their 100 meter record at 10.08 a marquee took from. His dad, Gus, who held it for 28 years. Got himself jumped from Ghana to New Zealand back in 1991, making it a family tradition

1:00of bold moves and big speed. Now the 24-year-olds locked in for his first Aussie team, running the 4x100 relay at the World Athletics Relays in Botswana. Next month, he's already teasing bigger things, signaling that official record is coming soon. With talents like Lockling Kennedy and Gout turning heads, and Ketia's rise shows Australia's sprint game is heating up fastwatch this space. Sydney News today, powered by AI bringing you what matters.