Australian sprint sensation Rohan Browning WINS his 100m heat Tokyo Olympics

Sprint star Rohan Browning has won his opening-round 100m heat at the Tokyo Olympics in spectacular style and moved to second spot on the Australian all-time list.

Browning left the likes of 2011 world champion Yohan Blake from Jamaica in his wake as he stopped the clock at 10.01 seconds.

Browning beat his own personal record of 10.05 and beat Yohan Blake by the smallest of margins, as he recorded 10.06 

The only Australian to have clocked a faster legal time was Patrick Johnson, who ran 9.93 back in 2003. 

‘Wow, that was so brilliant. Rohan Browning take your hat off. That was just fantastic,’ Tamsyn Manou said on Seven’s coverage.

 ‘Australians, we have a sprinter that has made the semifinal. He won the heat and beat a quality field. He didn’t just win it. He won it easily. And in style.’

The semi-finals will begin at 8.15pm on Sunday night, and the final race will take place at 10.50pm. 

‘Without a doubt, finals and beyond,’ Browing said in a post race interview.

‘There are a lot of media pundits who are writing up really well-meaning stories about how great it would be for me to make the finals, but you know I’ve never been here just to make the final.

‘No matter what the bookies say, the pundits, the punters. I hope there are a few more believers tonight’.  

His electrifying performance was hailed on social media, but some fans were more impressed with Browning’s mullet hairstyle.