Teenage stars have shown glimpses of what's to come as First Nations athletes begin stamping their marks on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
On Monday night (local time) 18-year-old Para athlete Briseis Brittain made history as just the fourth Northern Territorian to represent Australia at the Games in progressing to the of the women's T38 100 metre final.
Hours later, high-schooler Thomas McGough came less than two tenths of a second shy of the podium in the men's T38 100m metre final to cap two memorable debuts on the night.
The 15-year-old Palawa Para sprinter finished fourth in lane six with a time of 11.55 seconds, behind Canadian bronze-winner Zachary Gingras (11.55 seconds), with Australian teammate Ullrich Muller grabbing silver.
McGough and Brittain are two of a record five Indigenous track and field athletes in Australia's team, with boxer Lachlan Lawson rounding out the six-strong group of First Nations competitors in Scotland.
Paris Olympian Calab Law will begin his campaign in the men's 200m in the coming days.
All six are making their Commonwealth Games debuts.
Brittain, a Gunalbingu and Njebbana woman from Ramingining & Maningrida in the NT, qualified third in her 100m heat with a time of 13.50, before equalling that pace in the final for a sixth-place finish amongst the world's best.
She'll next race the T38 200m final on Saturday night.
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Brittain was one of three Indigenous athletes in Australia's team who represented Australia at last year's World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi.
Alongside her were recent long jump convert Layla Sharp and 15-year-old rising star Lexie Brown.
Sharp, 18, will get started in the women's long jump T38 on Friday night/Saturday morning Australian time, having set a national record in the event in the lead-up to the Games.
She was part of Australia's team in New Delhi last year competing in the T38 200m and 400m.
Brown set an Australian record in India with a time of 26.87 in the T47 200m.
She'll set off in the women's T47 100m on Thursday night/Friday morning Australian time.
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Overnight, Ngarigo boxer Lawson couldn't get past England's Issac Okoh in his men's 90kg quarter final bout.
The 22-year-old bowed out on points 29-26 in a unanimous decision from the judges.
Law progresses directly to the finals of the 200m with no need to compete in last night's heats.
He'll also run in the men's 4x100m relay at the weekend.
Australia are boasting a dominant lead with 80 medals (35 gold) as of Wednesday afternoon on the Games tally.
Earlier on Wednesday, Kaanju man, Commonwealth Games Bronze winner and two-time Olympian Patrick Johnson's mantle as Australia's fastest-ever man over 100 metres ended after two-decades.
In 2003, Johnson ran a time of 9.93 seconds, making him the 17th fastest-ever at the distance and first just the 38th man to break the 10-second barrier in setting a national and Oceania record.
Lachie Kennedy earned a silver medal in the event overnight, breaking Johnson's record with a time of 9.85 seconds.
"Records are made to be broken. They are milestones of possibility, not monuments. For 23 years, I had the privilege of holding the Australian 100m record. Today, I proudly pass that baton to Lachie," Johnson, now Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Indigenous Advisory Committee chair, said in congratulating Kennedy.
"But this is bigger than a record. It's a passing of belief, standards and ambition to the next generation," Johnson said, adding "That's the beauty of sport".
Johnson went on to say the impact of Kennedy's time will be measured by those is inspires going forward.
