Rohan Browning breaks the 10 second barrier for 100m

Sprinter Rohan Browning has become just the second Australian to run the 100m under 10 seconds, clocking a 9.96s at the Illawarra Track Challenge on the weekend.

With a strong, illegal tailwind of 3.3 m/s, it won’t count towards qualification for the Tokyo Olympics, but it’s an outstanding feat for the NSW Institute of Sport athlete.

Browning joins Sydney 2000 Olympian Patrick Johnson as the only other Australian to have ever below the 10 second mark.

Australian athletics history has been made in Wollongong this weekend…

Twenty-three-year-old Rohan Browning becoming just the second Australian to break the 10-second barrier in the 100-metres sprint. #9Today pic.twitter.com/zEmK33MCjV

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Rohan Browning, a member of the NSWIS Athlete Advisory Group, is aiming for selection on the Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo.

@Rohan_Browning just clocked a 100m time of 9.96 with a 3.3m/s wind in Wollongong.

Congratulations Rohan and coach Andrew Murphy.
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— David Tarbotton (@David_Tarbotton) January 16, 2021