Young Australian flyer Lachlan Kennedy has roared to an historic silver medal in the 60 metres at the world indoor championships, but was pipped agonisingly for gold despite a blistering finish in China.
The 21-year-old Queenslander, making a spectacular indoor debut, proved fastest over the final 10m but just couldn't reel in Britain's European champion Jeremiah Azu, who won a photo finish by just one-hundredth of a second on Friday's opening day in Nanjing.
Kennedy's 6.50sec was an Australian indoor record, and demonstrated again that, following Gout Gout's recent spectacular exploits, the country now boasts more than one brilliant young men's sprinter.
