{"id":559862,"date":"2026-07-26T05:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559862\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:00:09","slug":"australian-100m-sprinters-clear-air-over-awkward-selection-drama-that-left-one-feeling-robbed-commonwealth-games-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/559862\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian 100m sprinters clear air over \u2018awkward\u2019 selection drama that left one feeling \u2018robbed\u2019 | Commonwealth Games 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rohan Browning has put the Commonwealth Games<\/a> track selection drama in the rear vision mirror as he seeks to spearhead Australia\u2019s sprint charge in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old former national champion was picked alongside current title holder Lachie Kennedy and Eddie Nketia<\/a> in a three-pronged 100m assault.<\/p>\n

It begins on Monday at Scotstoun Stadium, with the men\u2019s 100m heats among the first events on the Games athletics program before nine finals are contested in the evening session.<\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s 100m selection call sparked a challenge from Josh Azzopardi, whose appeal heard by the National Sports Tribunal was ultimately unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Azzopardi said he felt \u201cabsolutely robbed\u201d by the decision, but hoped it wouldn\u2019t dent the mood in an Australian camp eyeing unprecedented track success at the Games.<\/p>\n

It appears there are no hard feelings from Browning, who is adamant the saga hasn\u2019t dampened his relationship with Azzopardi.<\/p>\n

The pair are both part of Australia\u2019s five-man 4x100m relay squad in Glasgow, and worked together at training camps in Italy and Spain in the lead-up to the Games.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nature of going through an appeal process can make this feel a little personal, but ultimately it\u2019s not,\u201d Browning told AAP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sport is zero-sum, and Josh and I are trying to make a living out of it. I respect his right to appeal and I certainly respect his opinion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a conversation and both decided \u2013 before the appeal process was even over \u2013 to just compartmentalise the individual event and the relay.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019d say the team culture has been good. We\u2019ve spent a lot of time around each other and with each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say it\u2019s all in the past. It\u2019s just one of those awkward things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s and women\u2019s 4x100m relay finals, among the most keenly anticipated events at any Games, will take place on the final day of the athletics program.<\/p>\n

Browning and Azzopardi join Kennedy, Calab Law and Christopher Ius in the men\u2019s 4x100m relay squad, with Nketia on standby.<\/p>\n

Teen sensation Gout Gout is absent, having first decided to prioritise the under-20 world championships over the Games before sustaining a significant hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur chances are legitimately very strong and the team wants to win it,\u201d Browning said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the sprint events the Commonwealth is very strong. A lot of the world\u2019s best are still there and a lot of the relay teams are very strong.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we want to win it and I like our chances.\u201d<\/p>\n

Browning was dethroned as 100m national champion by Kennedy in April, when the 22-year-old became the first Australian man to break 10 seconds on home soil.<\/p>\n

Browning admits he\u2019s had an \u201cup and down\u201d season under new coach Jack Edwards, after parting ways with long-time mentor Andrew Murphy last August.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve changed things up. I\u2019m a bit better out of the blocks but maybe I\u2019ve been a little bit down at the top end,\u201d Browning said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hoping to piece it all together when it counts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been around the block, you know, so I feel like somebody who responds well to the stress of competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an environment that brings out the best in me, so I\u2019m hoping that it all clicks quite naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rohan Browning has put the Commonwealth Games track selection drama in the rear vision mirror as he seeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-559862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}