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Who is Rohan Browning? Australia's 'Flying Mullet' in 100m semi-final after 'humiliation'

Global sprinting stars are competing for medals at the Commonwealth Games today as the 100m semi-finals and finals take place.

Among them is Australia 's second-fastest man, Rohan Browning.

The sensational sprinter came top in his heat with a time of 10.10 seconds, which secured him a place in the semi-finals.

His time was the equal-fourth best across the 10 heats and was just 0.4 seconds behind the fastest qualifier, Sri Lanka's Yupun Abeykoon.

Now, Rohan will be looking to break his personal record and make Australian history as he competes in the semi-finals after a 'humiliation' during the World Championships last month.

As he aims to make it to the finals tonight, here's who Rohan Browning is.

Who is Rohan Browning?

The Australian sprinter won his heat in the Commonwealth Games (DEAN LEWINS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Rohan Browning is a 24-year-old Australian sprinter, who's known as "the Flying Mullet" by his adoring fans.

Browning is currently Australia's second-fastest man after he made history at the Tokyo Olympics last year when he ran the fastest time ever by an Australian at the games.

The sprinter won his 100m heat with a time of 10.1 seconds, beating former World Champion Yohan Blake in the process.

Unfortunately, he lost out on a place in the final after a 10.9-second run that wasn't enough to progress.

Since then, the athlete has been on a mission to break the 10-second barrier.

Only one Australian runner has ever had a sub-10 finish in the 100m race.

Rohan made his first Commonwealth Games appearance in 2018 and narrowly missed out on a place in the final by a one-thousandth of a second.

He also competed in the men's 4 x 100m event the same year and his team finished fourth.

Rohan Browning's sporting career and life off the track

Rohan started doing athletics when he was 13 years old (DEAN LEWINS/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

In comparison with many other sprinters, Browning entered the world of athletics at a later age.

Browning first played football before moving to rugby and athletics at the age of 13.

He did one year of Little Athletics before he started training for athletics after moving to Trinity Grammar School where he met his coach, Olympian Andrew Murphy.

Outside of his sporting career, Browning is still a student.

He's currently completing a Bachelor of Law/Arts at the University of Sydney.

Rohan Browning's World Championship 'humiliation'

Rohan didn't make it to the semi-finals during the World Championships this year (Getty Images)

Despite his previous success, Browning had a disappointing time during the World Championships in Oregon in July, after he was run out in the heats with a time of 10.22 seconds.

But his bounce-back at the Commonwealth Games could partly be due to the pressure after his poor form at the World Championships.

Browning said: “I try not to take it to heart.

“There’s always that humiliation element when you get run out in the heats, but just trying to bounce back from it and not take it to heart and just trust that the form is there, it’s just in the execution.

"I think I’ve tapped into a good vein of form.”

The men's 100m semi-finals takes place at 7.10pm on Wednesday August 3.

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