Sprint queen Torrie Lewis has completed the perfect preparation for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games by smashing her own Australian 100m record, taking down five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah in the process.
Lewis claimed the win at the Tipos PTS meet in Slovakia in 11.04 seconds, stripping four hundredths of a second off the previous mark which the 21-year-old had set in the heats at last year's world championships in Tokyo.
Jamaican legend Thompson-Herah, who did the 100m/200m double at the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, and Austria's Christania Williams finished second and third respectively in 11.06.
"I just saw it was a strong field with Elaine Thompson and just wanted to try and win it. I wasn't thinking of a record at all, but thrilled that I ran well and broke it again," Lewis said.
"I was just really happy. I've watched her (Thompson-Herah) for so many years winning the Olympics, and of course I know she is not in her peak shape, but it's pretty cool to beat someone of that calibre.
"And I was very happy to have a hug with her at the end."
Lewis also won the 200m on Wednesday morning (AEST) in 22.66 - making it the second straight year she had done the sprint double in the Tipos PTS meet in the town of Banska Bystrica.
Lavanya Williams from Jamaica was second in 23.13.
It was the perfect final Commonwealth Games warm-up for Lewis, who will contest the 100, 200m and 4x100m in Glasgow.
The track and field program begins on Monday and the flying Queenslander should be right in medal contention in all her events.
Lewis only added the Slovakia trip to her program a fortnight ago, after missing a recent meet in Switzerland because of an Achilles problem.
"That's a part of the reason I wanted to do the 100m and 200m double ... to see how my body pulls up the next day and to get a feeling of how it would be to race back-to-back multiple days in a row," Lewis said.
"And it's been successful. My Achilles feels great this morning and I do feel like I could race again today.
"So that does help my confidence going into Glasgow, knowing how busy and tough my schedule is going to be."
Lewis learnt some valuable lessons at last year's world championships where she was bitterly disappointed to miss a spot in the 100m final after setting the previous Australian record in the opening round.
The 34-year-old Thompson-Herah is the reigning Commonwealth 100m champion but will not defend her title at the Glasgow Games.
Several other Jamaican sprint superstars including Oblique Seville, Kishane Thompson and sisters Tina and Tia Clayton are also giving the Commonwealth Games a miss.
In another standout Australian performance at the Tipos PTS meet, Claudia Hollingsworth won the women's 800m in two minutes 0.34 seconds.
The 21-year-old Hollingsworth will be a key member of a stacked Australian women's middle-distance contingent in Glasgow.
Luke Boyes was third in the men's 800m in 1:44.87 and countryman Peyton Craig sixth in 1:45.65.
