Torrie Lewis: ‘If I can run 100m that fast, I can run a 200 way faster’ | Mike Hytner
Australia’s fastest woman, who broke the 100m national record earlier this year, may not even race the event at the Paris Olympics
She may be Australia’s fastest woman ever over 100m, but the blue-ribband event is not a priority for Torrie Lewis as she seeks to qualify for the Paris Olympics later this year. It may seem counterintuitive, but to the 19-year-old it makes perfect sense.
Given the choice, Lewis, whose profile has sky-rocketed since breaking the national 100m women’s record in January, would run the 200m instead, an event she has always considered herself to be more suited to.