Sprinter Rohan Browning has apologised to teammates after his fall denied Australia a spot in the men’s 4x100m relay remaining at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In the incident seen in the video above, the 100m finalist was anchoring their warmth at Alexander Stadium on Saturday when he got here unstuck earlier than the baton change.
Australia was in the hunt for a top-three place to achieve direct qualification for the remaining after legs by Josh Azzopardi, Jacob Despard and Jake Hale.
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However earlier than Hale might go the baton, Browning stumbled after which fell to the observe.
Veteran Channel 7 commentator Bruce McAvaney mentioned he had “never seen anything quite like it, to be honest”.
Browning, who completed sixth in the 100m remaining, was devastated after the incident.
“Just gutted. So sorry. I know these boys put in so much work and in many years of athletics, nothing like that has ever happened,” he advised Channel 7.
“And hopefully never again.
“But yeah I’m so sorry to these boys and everyone at home.”
The 24-year-old defined what prompted him to fall was that the observe “caught my toe and slipped”.
In commentary for Channel 7, former sprinter Tamsyn Manou speculated Browning had not had sufficient time to work on his relay marketing campaign whereas coaching for the particular person 100m.
“If you’re in the blocks, you’re practicing pushing off those brake pads,” she mentioned.
“You see, he’s turned around and he’s doing that drive phase.
“But he’s doing it on a bend.
“Rohan’s a 100m runner. He’d usually do his drive phase on the straight.
“It’d be interesting to know how much practice he would have done from that position.”
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