Lachlan Kennedy breaks 10 second barrier for 100m but Jess Hull crashes out of 1500m final

Queenslander clocked 9.96sec in nationals in Sydney

Jess Hull’s fall in 1500m final triggers protests

In a historic and dramatic evening of athletics at the national championships at Sydney Olympic Park, Lachie Kennedy became the first Australian 100m sprinter to break the 10-second barrier on home soil.

The celebratory mood flipped in an instant, however, after Jess Hull’s fall in the final straight of the 1500m. The incident triggered two protests and prompted her father and coach Simon to shout angrily within earshot of the press that his daughter was “robbed”, and the result remains in limbo ahead of an appeal to be heard on Saturday.