Kiwi-turned-Australian sprinter Eddie Nketia has clocked a staggering 100m time of 9.74sec at a college meet in the United States - but it won't count for record purposes because of a howling tailwind.
Nketia, who recently swapped his allegiance to Australia, did the 100m/200m double for the University of Southern California at the Big Ten Track and Field Championships in Nebraska.
It was the second time in as many months that he had gone faster than Patrick Johnson's longstanding Australian 100m record of 9.93sec.
But on both occasions the tailwind was above the legal mark of 2m per second, being measured at 5.6m/s in today's race.
"Lesss make it legal next time," he wrote on Instagram.
Only five runners in history have run a wind-legal 9.74sec or faster - Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin.
Obadele Thompson, Andre De Grasse and Richard Thompson have also hit the mark with wind-assisted times.
Born in New Zealand, Nketia set the national 100m record of 10.08sec representing the country at the 2022 world championships.
In doing so he broke the previous record set by his father, Gus Nketia.
However, after briefly switching to American Football, he returned to track and switched allegiances to Australia in December las tyear.
The 25-year-old could form part of what would be a formidable Australian 4x100m relay team also including the likes of Gout Gout, Lachlan Kennedy and Rohan Browning at next year's world championships in Beijing and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
