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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Angus Fontaine

Torrie Lewis to Gout Gout: new generation fires Australia’s athletics resurgence

Australia's Torrie Lewis competes alongside Sha’Carri Richardson of the US and Italy's Arianna De Masi in the women's 4x100m relay heats at the Paris Olympics
Australia's Torrie Lewis competes alongside Sha’Carri Richardson of the US and Italy's Arianna De Masi in the women's 4x100m relay heats at the Paris Olympics. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Australia’s strongest team yet has assembled for the World Athletics U20 Championships starting this Tuesday, with 67 of the nation’s rising stars in Lima, Peru to light the fuse on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and the 2032 Games in Brisbane.

Led by 2024 Paris Olympians, Torrie Lewis, Peyton Craig and Claudia Hollingsworth, Australia’s Generation Next is widely tipped to better its most successful performance at an under-20 tournament: the 10 medals won in Sydney in 1996.

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