Australia’s athletics squad has suffered a double blow weeks out from the world championships in Tokyo, with rising sprinter Lachie Kennedy and genuine medal prospect Jemima Montag both ruled out with heartbreaking injuries.
Kennedy, who, along with Gout Gout, is at the forefront of Australia’s exciting emerging sprinting stock, revealed on Tuesday he has had to make the difficult decision to skip the worlds in Japan, which begin on 13 September, with a stress fracture in his back.
