Lex Revell-Lewis has dipped under Shaun Farrell's 1998 mark over 400 metres by 0.21 of a second, after going close at home this summer.

He's completed the one-lap race in 45.88 seconds.

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17 May: Kiwi high jumper Hamish Kerr has finished second at the latest Diamond League event in Doha

14 May: The dreaded beep test: outdated or still a valid assessment of your fitness?

10 May: Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua is pouring cold water on the assumption athletes will make more money playing in Australia's Super Netball than the ANZ Premiership

05 May: Triathlete Hayden Wilde has been hospitalised in Japan after a bike crash

27 Apr: Tori Moorby - nee Peters - has claimed silver in the women's javelin final at the latest Diamond League athletics meet in China

01 Apr: Lex Revell-Lewis has expressed his relief at breaking the national 400 metre sprint record set by Shaun Farrell in 1998

23 Mar: Teenager middle-distance sensation Sam Ruthe is auctioning his world record running shoes to raise money to support his training partners and coach Craig Kirkwood

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