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John Salvado

Lewis smashes her own Australian 100m record at worlds

Australian sprinter Torrie Lewis has made light of a stacked field and a headwind to smash her own national 100m record and storm into the semi-finals on day one of the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

Lining up against defending world champion Sha'Carri Richardson from the US, two-time world 200m champ Shericka Jackson from Jamaica and two other runners with career sub-11 second PBs, Lewis could well have been overwhelmed.

Instead she was inspired.

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