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Australia will have two runners in the blue-riband men’s 100m at the Olympics for the first time in 24 years after Josh Azzopardi received a last-minute call-up for Paris 2024. The 24-year-old received a quota spot and will now line up alongside countryman Rohan Browning. The much-improved Azzopardi has set two personal bests in 2024 — most recently when he stopped the clock at 10.14 seconds in Geneva in June.
Both 4x100m squads also qualified in a track and field squad of 75, the largest Australia has sent to an overseas Olympics. The last time Australia had more than one individual runner in the men’s 100m was back at the Sydney 2000. Matt Shirvington was fifth in his semi-final on home soil, while Patrick Johnson and Paul di Bella were eliminated in the earlier rounds. Browning — who advanced to the Olympic 100m semis three years ago in Tokyo after winning his opening-round heat in 10.
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