Rohan Browning criticises Commonwealth Games 100m qualifying as he and Eddie Nketia progress
- Just a day or two before the start of the athletics program at the Commonwealth Games, the public was made aware that the top eight 100 metre sprinters in the rankings would be given a free ticket into the semifinals in a break from tradition.
- It left the rest of the field, including Australians Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia, to duke it out in a mass time trial across 11 heats.
- It was a significant change to the usual system where everybody runs the heats and the top two in each race are automatic qualifiers, with the remaining runners trying to get through on times.
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- Just a day or two before the start of the athletics program at the Commonwealth Games, the public was made aware that the top eight 100 metre sprinters in the rankings would be given a free ticket into the semifinals in a break from tradition.
- It left the rest of the field, including Australians Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia, to duke it out in a mass time trial across 11 heats.
- It was a significant change to the usual system where everybody runs the heats and the top two in each race are automatic qualifiers, with the remaining runners trying to get through on times.
Sources: ABC Australia