09-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com

‘Perth is primed for fast times’: Australian athletics’ Generation Next set to light up nationals | Jack Snape

Conditions are ideal at this week’s national championships, with the prospect of a sub-10s 100m driving much of the pre-meet excitementIt’s not a good week to be a national record. The Fremantle doctor, Perth’s famous heat and 14mm of vulcanised rubber are exciting clock-watchers at this week’s Australian athletics championships as a new generation of sprint stars take to the swift WA Athletics Stadium.All-age events are yet to begin but already the meet has delivered one
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