Brisbane sprinter Julie Brims smashes ageist stereotypes with sprinting records

Brisbane’s Julie Brims has broken sprinting world records but the mother of two says clearing ageism hurdles has been the biggest challenge.

In January this year, a couple of weeks after her 55th birthday, the runner broke the 100-metre, 200-metre and 400-metre world records for sprinting at local competitions.

And just last week Brims smashed the world record she had set the previous month, while competing in the 100 metre sprint in Canberra.

Brims started running at 36, when her daughters started competing in athletics.

“I started joining in just doing the odd 100 metres while they were competing on the night,” the former basketball player said.

“Then I just grew more and more towards sprinting where it was just so much fun doing an…