Australian sprint star Rohan Browning was unable to make the final of the men’s 100m after finishing fifth in his semi-final with a time of 10.09.
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Browning last night stunned fans by qualifying for tonight’s semi-final with a time of 10.01 during the heats, a race that also saw the Australian defeat Jamaican sprint star Yohan Blake.
But tonight he was unable to repeat his heroics from the heats, with a slow start out of the blocks proving too big of a task for Browning to overcome.
Zharnel Hughes of Britain finished first with a time of 9.98, while second-fastest was Enoch Adegoke with a time of 10.00 during the second semi-final involving the 23-year-old Aussie.
“It’s tough. I just never got out, then I had my work cut out for me,” he said after the race.
“I feel I came back well toward the end of the race, but I left myself with too much work to do. It’s only 100 metres.”
Meanwhile, Blake also missed out on a spot in the final after finishing sixth in the first semi-final with a time of 10.14.
In the third and final semi-final, China’s Su Bingtian blitzed his competition with a cracking time of 9.83 – the fastest time recorded of the day so far.
Su became the first man from China to break 10 seconds.
The men’s 100m final will feature: Su (China), Hughes (Britain) Adegoke (Nigeria), Lamont Jacobs (Italy), Akani Simbine (South Africa), Ronnie Baker (USA) Fred Kerley (USA) and Andre De Grasse (Canada).
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