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Sprinter Torrie Lewis breaks Australian 100m record

Torrie Lewis has broken the Australian women's 100m record at the ACT championships in Canberra. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Teenaged sprint sensation Torrie Lewis has claimed the title of Australia's fastest-ever woman after bettering the national 100m record with a flying run of 11.10 seconds in Canberra.

The 19-year-old shaved one hundredth of a second off the previous mark of 11.11 set by Melissa Breen 10 years ago at the same Australian Institute of Sport track.

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