Overview

• Kennedy clocked a personal best 9.98 seconds to win the men’s 100m at Nairobi’s Kip Keino Classic on May 31.
• He ran into a –0.7 m/s headwind and navigated a false-start delay to overtake South Africa’s Bayanda Walaza and Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala.
• His sub-10 finish makes him only the second Australian after Patrick Johnson to legally break the 10-second barrier.
• The 21-year-old’s breakthrough follows a legal 10.00s run in April and highlights the growing impact of sprinters like Gout Gout on the global stage.
• The meet also featured South Africa’s Zakithi Nene setting a world-leading 43.76s in the 400m, Jonah Koech posting a 1:43.32 800m PB and Luiz Mauricio da Silva throwing 86.34m in the javelin.