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South Australian cyclist Annette Edmonton has broken the Australian Youth Olympics (AYOF) 200m sprint record on an up-and-down day for the host nation.
Edmonton, 17, sliced half a second off the previous record, clocking 11.689 seconds at the Bass Hill velodrome in Sydney’s west on Thursday.
“It came as a big surprise. It was good,” Edmonton said.
“I was hoping to go sub 12, I’ve only done that once before. I wasn’t sure where I was in the training, I’ve just done a big power phase and not much speed.
“To come out with that time was just cool.”
The previous festival record was 12.340 seconds, set by Ting Ying Huang of Taiwan at the 2007 event.
In the men’s sprint qualification, New Zealand’s Sam Webster also belted the festival record, clocking 10.356 to better Wade Cosgrove’s mark of 10.845 set in 2001.
Fellow Kiwi Ethan Mitchell clocked 10.784 seconds to also better Cosgrove’s record.
Australia finished fourth in the provisional round of the artistic gymnastics, with Emily Little registering her country’s highest score, 14.700 on the vault, behind Japan’s Natsumi Sasada with 14.850.
China won gold, Japan silver and Great Britain bronze.
In women’s kayaking, Aussie Maddison Prior took bronze behind New Zealand’s Teneale Hatton (gold) and China’s Peixing Liang (silver).
Meanwhile, in beach volleyball, Australia’s Hamish Moore and Corey Leathart lost their heat to Norway, while the women lost to the US in straight sets.
Earlier on Thursday, Australia’s rhythmic gymnastics team took on Canada, China, Great Britain, Japan, Malaysia and New Zealand.
Australia’s Jaelle Cohen started well in the the rope and hoop, but finished second to Malaysia’s Amy Dict Weng Kwa, with China’s Baobao Dou cruising into first place during the second rotation.
Competition continues on Friday morning with the remaining two apparatus, the ball and clubs.
The AYOF ends on Sunday.