‘Plainly unfair’:Rohan Browning slams 100m qualifying rules at Commonwealth Games
Ordinarily, the first two finishers in each heat, and then two or three of the next fastest runners across all heats, would advance.Unhappy: Gun sprinter Rohan Browning has expressed his displeasure with the new finals format.Getty Images“It’s an unheard-of progression. It’s extremely weird,” said Browning, an Olympic and world championships semi-finalist.Advertisement“I mean, it’s gusty out there. So when they just make up these rules about eight guys get to go through and the rest of the field goes through like on the time trial rather than, you know, first or second across the line, the reality is some heats will get better conditions than others.
- ▪Ordinarily, the first two finishers in each heat, and then two or three of the next fastest runners across all heats, would advance.Unhappy: Gun sprinter Rohan Browning has expressed his displeasure with the new finals format.Getty Images“I
- ▪It’s extremely weird,” said Browning, an Olympic and world championships semi-finalist.Advertisement“I mean, it’s gusty out there.
- ▪So when they just make up these rules about eight guys get to go through and the rest of the field goes through like on the time trial rather than, you know, first or second across the line, the reality is some heats will get better conditi
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