Rohan Browning became the first Australian sprinter in 28 years to make the 100m semi-final at the World Athletics Championships after blitzing his heat in Budapest.
Rohan Browning focused on doing the ordinary and achieved something extraordinary. Now, the Australian sprinter is turning his mind to doing something rarer still.
Australian Rohan Browning finishes his 100m heat in second place at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.It made him the first Australian male to reach the semi-final of the 100m at a worlds since Damian Marsh in Sweden in 1995.“I’m sick of winning the heat and then getting knocked out in the semis,” Browning said.Rohan Browning crosses the finish line second in his 100m heat, headed by Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo .“I’m totally cognisant that it doesn’t end with the heat.
“That was like literally my average run for the year , and that’s what I needed,” the 25-year-old said. “The things I have to do are all ordinary, but if I do them all together then hopefully I can run at an extraordinary level. I’m not sure if that’s true, but I’m going to roll with it.”On a steamy night in Budapest, Browning was slow out of the blocks but stormed through the closing stages of his heat.
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