Gotta’s races in the Maurie plant meet at the Lakeside Stadium in Melbourne; Lacie Kennedy wins 100 m; Letile Tebogo
Everything was almost right. The weather was hot, not hot. The wind, for the women’s race, was behind them. The stands were full. Bruce Mcavaney was commenting.
If it were the AFL, they would call him retro, the moment in which Cathy was queen and athletics was beautiful. Ten thousand people filled the Lakeside Stadium.
Lachlan Kennedy beats Rohan Browning in the male 100 meters in front of 10,000 people at the Lakeside stadium.Credit: Luke Hemer
The only thing that was missing, at the beginning at least for the main event (Gout Gout in the 200 meters was to be the last event of the night), was that the coveted time that we hoped so much that it filed on the screen. This is the moment when, for the 100 meters of men, it could start with a nine.
He did not do it.
Where for the 100 meters of women there was a slight tail wind, at the time of the men’s race it was performed five minutes later it was a slight opposite wind. Only -1.1 meters per second but it is sufficient when the margins are so thin.
So for Lacie Kennedy who heard, with the right conditions, could break 10 seconds on any track, this was not the night for that type of historical heroic, but he got the victory.
A powerful appetizer, who is not surprising for a man who has just won world silver over 60 meters, Kennedy has made the leap on the field and has never been directed. He won in 10.17 seconds from Sultana Seb in 10.29.
This made fun of the night was that Witzil Tebogo, the 200 m gold medal of the Paris Olympics, was not here to manage the 200m and then run against gout. He was managing the 400m. So, yes, it was nice to see him run, but it’s like going to see Pat Cummins play and decides to launch Spina out.
Still Tebogo, and his Botswana teammates organized a show with Bayapo Ndori (45.14s) who steals the moment from Tebogo, who could not reinforce him, arriving in second place in 45.26.
