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BIOGRAPHYInvolved in athletics from age four, Ebony Lane would wait until she was 19 to make it to Nationals. Just prior to the pandemic, aged 21, Ebony, who had made two Stawell Gift finals, was making progress in the sprints after turning her focus from gift running to the track. Then mid pandemic she made remarkable progress smashing her PBs, highlighted by a outstanding 100m time of 11.39 in Brisbane. Over the next two years her progressed was consistency at that new level. In 2023 she makes her Australian debut at the world championships in Budapest. + + + + + From a family of athletes, Ebony Lane, started her own journey in athletics aged 4. When they moved to the small Victorian country town of Echuca, sports were limited, but athletics was again an option. The family moved around a lot, Ebony has lived in 16 different homes. It would take until she 16 for Ebony to make a State final and 19 the Nationals. She was a regular at the professional running gifts, making the 70m and 120m gifts finals at Stawell in 2018 and 2019. After this was when she decided to focus on track, rather than the gifts. Mid-pandemic, in the summer of 2021, the results of this approach were evident. She broke the Victorian 100 yards record with a time of 10.59, then in February ran 11.48, a 0.32 seconds PB, then 11.39 in March. Similarly over 200m she improved from 24.67 to 24.09. After a best of 11.52 in 2022, her 2023 campaign may not have produced a PB, but she has made progress in her consistency of marks highlighted by a best of 11.41 and fourth at Nationals. In July 2023 she joined the National relay team to compete in front of 50,000 spectators at the London Diamond League where the relay ran 43.46. In August she was named in the relay team for the 2023 World Championships – her Australian debut. @ August 23 david.tarbotton@athletics.org.au World Athletics Profile https://worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/ebony-lane-14671089
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