In a historic and dramatic evening of athletics at the national championships at Sydney Olympic Park, Lachie Kennedy became the first Australian 100m sprinter to break the 10-second barrier on home soil.
The celebratory mood flipped in an instant, however, after Jess Hull’s fall in the final straight of the 1500m. The incident triggered two protests and prompted her father and coach Simon to shout angrily within earshot of the press that his daughter was “robbed”, and the result remains in limbo ahead of an appeal to be heard on Saturday.
