Athletics-Osei-Nketia keeps New Zealand's 100m national record in the family

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's 100 Metres - Heats - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 15, 2022 New Zealand's Edward Osei-Nketia and Ghana's Joseph Paul Amoah in action REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) - When New Zealand's Edward Osei-Nketia clocked 10.08 seconds in the 100 metres heats at the World Athletics Championships not only did he qualify for the semi-finals but he also broke his father's national record that had stood for 28 years.

Osei-Nketia, 21, was not even born when his father Augustine Nketia clocked 10.11 at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. Augustine was also a former Olympian having participated in the 100m at the 1996 Atlanta Games.