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Aussie Rohan Browning clips 'unfair' 100m surprise sprung on sprinters
Rohan Browning made it into the semifinals, but only just. (Getty Images: Michael Steele)
Just a day or two before the start of the athletics program at the Commonwealth Games, the public was made aware that the top eight 100 metre sprinters in the rankings would be given a free ticket into the semifinals in a break from tradition.
It left the rest of the field, including Australians Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia, to duke it out in a mass time trial across 11 heats.
It was a significant change to the usual system where everybody runs the heats and the top two in each race are automatic qualifiers, with the remaining runners trying to get through on times.
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As per the new rules for the Commonwealth Games, the top eight runners from the start of the competition season would directly qualify for the semi-finals without having to run heats.
Rohan Browning finished second in his 100m heat on Monday. Getty Images
It has traditionally been that the first two athletes to cross the line in the heats would progress, with the few extra spots filled up by the next fastest overall times.
Instead, the eight automatic qualifiers – including Australia’s Lachlan Kennedy – will be joined in the semi-finals by the 17 fastest times recorded in the heats.
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‘Plainly unfair’: Rohan Browning slams 100m qualifying rules at Commonwealth Games
Glasgow: Rose Davies looked at the big screen and couldn’t work out how far ahead she was. She had taken the lead with two laps of the 10,000 metres to go, and she was flying.
But the screen was deceptive. Were her opponents closing? Had she gone too early?
“I was running scared. You know, anything could happen, and I had no idea where the girls were,” she said.
“I was trying to look on the big screen, but I was just going as hard as I could in the last 100 metres. But yeah, once I crossed the line, I was very happy.”
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