Australian sprinter Lachie Kennedy: ‘There’s rarely any beef. It’s all pretty light and pretty fun’
The former rugby winger is one of the biggest drawcards in a group of exciting young athletes that includes fellow Queenslander Gout Gout
Sprinter Lachie Kennedy triggered one of world athletics’ biggest dramas in 2025, and he has loved every minute. In the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it distance of 60 metres, the Australian ran a world-leading 6.43 seconds in Canberra in January, one of the top-10 fastest times in history.
Social media exploded in disbelief, but the 21-year-old Queenslander could only laugh. “It was so funny, I was just reading the comments, screenshotting and sending them to Calab [Law, his training partner and relay teammate],” Kennedy says.