CANBERRA, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — Australian sprinter Rohan Browning has mentioned he’s getting ready to breaking the 10-second mark within the 100m occasion.
Browning opened his 2023 aggressive season with a victory over a discipline of Australia’s greatest sprinters in 10.25 seconds on the Adelaide Invitational on Saturday night time.
Despite his snug win, the 25-year-old described the time as sluggish as he seeks to develop into the second Australian man in historical past to run 100m in below 10 seconds after Patrick Johnson did so in 9.93 in 2003.
“I really want to go sub-10 this year and every race is a good opportunity to try and do it,” Browning advised the Australian Associated Press (AAP).
“That time is where I need to be to at this stage of my career, I definitely want to go sub-10 and hopefully get the Australian record.”
Browning burst into nationwide highlight when he ran a private greatest 10.01 within the heats on the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021 earlier than ending fifth in his semifinal in 10.09.
As coaching for 2023 ramps up, he mentioned by the point of the nationwide championships in April he shall be in prime situation to crack 10 seconds.
“It will take a really well-executed race, in good shape, against really world-class competition,” he mentioned.