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Australian sprint king calls time on career
The four-time national champion ends his sprinting career after helping Australia win its first relay gold since 1974.
- On Wednesday, four-time Australian 100m champion Rohan Browning announced his retirement at age 28, stepping away following Australia's gold-medal victory in the men's 4x100m relay at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
- Browning chose to conclude his career on a high note, stating "I really wanted to go out on a high note and after winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the relay, it was only going to go downhill from there."
- Known as the "Flying Mullet," the sprinter became a household name at the Tokyo Olympics by clocking a 10.01-second personal best in 2021, and he remains proud of making every national team from his 2017 debut through his 2026 retirement.
- Australian Athletics chief executive Simon Hollingsworth paid tribute on Wednesday, calling Browning a "fantastic athlete and ambassador for our sport" whose 2021 Tokyo performance inspired a generation of Australian sprinters.
- Browning's exit leaves rising stars Lachlan Kennedy, Gout Gout, and Eddie Nketia as the faces of Australian men's sprinting, with these athletes now focusing on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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Track Olympian Calls it Quits to Announce Early Retirement at 28
Rohan Browning was hoping to end his 2026 season on a high at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. But his individual 100m campaign did not go as planned. The Australian sprinter ran 10.24 seconds in his heat to reach the semifinals and failed to make the final. But there was still the relay. Browning stepped […]
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‘Out on a high note’: Australian sprint great Rohan Browning retires
Rohan Browning burst onto the world stage at the Tokyo Olympics in a stadium emptied by the COVID pandemic, but departs with Australian sprinting in a much healthier state.
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