A bitterly disappointed Torrie Lewis has come up short in her bid to create a piece of Australian sprinting history at the world athletics championships in Tokyo.

A day after breaking her own 100m national record with a flying heat time of 11.08 seconds, the 20-year-old finished fifth in her semi in 11.14.

Even though only two other Australians have ever run the distance faster, Lewis was gutted at missing the chance to become the first Australian woman to reach a world championships 100m final.

She would need to have clocked 11.04 to grab a spot in the gold-medal race.

"Not (feeling) the best," she said in the briefest of post-race interviews with SBS.

"It was definitely the start that wasn't the best."

Lewis then refused to speak to any other media before making a quick exit from t

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