Trplc Empire Games winner, Decima Norma:, can now skim over the hurdles for 9f)yds in 11 l-10sec. That is only l-10sec. slower than the fastest women sprinters in the world — for 100yds. At least, the Australian Women’s Amateur Athletic Union ha.t signed rod approved a record sheet crediting Miss * Norman with a new Australian record cif 11 l-10sec. for the 90yds hurdles. .Victorian athletic officials appreciate this “burst of speed,” but point out that in this instance the union has made, a sligherror of one second. They believe .'ho time should be 12 1-lCsce.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20028, 29 August 1939, Page 9
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