Queenslander beaten by one-hundredth of a secondTime of 6.50 seconds is a national indoor record
Young Australian sprinter Lachie Kennedy has roared to an historic silver medal in the 60m at the world indoor championships, pipped agonisingly for gold after a blistering finish in China.
The 21-year-old Queenslander, making a spectacular indoor debut, proved fastest over the final 10 metres but could not quite reel in Britain’s European champion Jeremiah Azu, who won in a photo finish by just one-hundredth of a second on Friday’s opening day in Nanjing.
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