{"id":384070,"date":"2024-04-12T09:41:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=384070"},"modified":"2024-04-12T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:02:42","slug":"browning-tackles-tune-up-with-little-knee-niggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=384070","title":{"rendered":"Browning tackles tune-up with 'little knee niggle'"},"content":{"rendered":"

An untimely flare-up mean\ufeffs Australian sprinting champion Rohan Browning<\/a> is not in his typically superb condition for the national athletics<\/a> titles in Adelaide this week.<\/p>\n

But after taking control of his 100m heat with a taped-up knee on Friday afternoon, Australia's fastest man\ufeff only described the injury as a "little knee niggle" and said he knew how to manage it.<\/p>\n

Browning won his heat in 10.43 seconds\ufeff to secure his semi-final ticket at SA Athletics Stadium.<\/p>\n

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"I've been carrying a little knee niggle and I haven't been able to do any accelerations for the last three weeks," Browning told reporters trackside.<\/p>\n

"I think my top end's really good, but I've got to be able to set the race up.<\/p>\n

"I feel like I'm probably a week away from being fully, fully fit. But the championships are this week, so I have to turn up.<\/p>\n

"It's nothing serious; it's just an irritation that I battle every year. Every now and then it just rears up, but I know how to manage it."<\/p>\n

\"Rohan<\/p>\n

Browning will race the 100m semi-finals and final\ufeff on Saturday afternoon, and is noted down for the preliminary 200m heats on the same afternoon, but whether he contests the longer distance remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

His legal 100m personal best is 10.01 and he must run 10.00 or quicker to qualify for the Paris Olympics<\/a> by time. Another avenue to a second Olympic<\/a> appearance is via world rankings.<\/p>\n

The fastest woman in Australia, 19-year-old Brisbane speedster Torrie Lewis<\/a>, was listed to contest the 100m heats on Friday afternoon but withdrew.<\/p>\n

The rising star will begin her campaign in the 200m, her chief event, on Saturday afternoon.\ufeff<\/p>\n

She's run 11.10 for 100m, a smidgen outside the 11.07-second Olympic entry standard, and 23.02 for 200m, a touch short of the 22.57\ufeff-second Paris qualifying time.<\/p>\n

\"Torrie<\/p>\n

Friday also saw Tokyo 2020 sensation Peter Bol make his first appearance at a national titles since 2022, having received an exemption for the 2023 championships amid the doping shambles that dogged his career. The 30-year-old cruised through his heat in 1:51.03, doing enough to advance to Saturday afternoon's semi-finals.<\/p>\n

It marked just his second outing of the season, following\ufeff an 800m showing at Sydney's Albie Thomas Mile in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At SA Athletics Stadium on Sunday evening, the Australian OIympic Committee (AOC) will reveal the first lot of track and field athlete\ufeffs selected for the Paris Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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