Akani Simbine (South Africa) | Men's 100m Semi-finals 1| Commonwealth Games 2022 Athletics |

Thanks Dave and Matt. So the introduction is about to begin for the first of three, and Rowan Browning's in the first of the three semis. There's the lineup. The defending champion goes from lane four, Simbe and Conroy-Jones. One to watch, in fact they're all to watch. Nine different countries. There were 48 countries that started yesterday in the 10 heats. He's the youngest in the semifinals at 19, Ogunbrum of Nigeria. He was 10.36 in third place in EC. Bronze medal in the Nigerian championships. He is the Trinidad and Tobago champion, so Harrison Jr. Used to represent USA but changed eligibility to Trinidad and Tobago in 2021. CJ Green who matched up with Rowan in that heat the other day. Here's the champion from the Gold Coast. He looks relaxed, doesn't he? He's confident. He says that if he doesn't speak to people before a race he starts to freak out. So he does look quite relaxed. Edoboron. He was de-queued in the UK 100m final. He's a European junior champion five years ago. Feeding off that home crowd. Here's the 20 year old from Jamaica, Conroy-Jones. He won his heat. He looked good, didn't he? He did and here's the Australian. And that's what we want to see with Rowan. He's got that laser focus and he's got to get everything right. He's the national champion. He's a semi-finalist back at the Gold Coast. A breath of weight to round them up from the British Virgin Isles. So Browning three from the left here. The top two will make the final in a couple of hours time and then there'll be a couple of little cues for those of the next two fastest. There's nothing quite like that feeling before a 100m race. You can sense with this crowd they really understand track and field. They know that this semi-final is loaded. It's a big occasion for Rowan. Subbini four, Browning seven, Jones six, Green three. Others to watch. How quickly can he get out here? I feel like a nation does hold its breath in the early morning. There'll be a hush, a set and a go. Away. He got a good start. Browning's right up there. Subbini a bit behind him. Rowan's going sober and halfway. Subbini coming through. Browning a great chance. He's in the final. Buckle the seatbelt. The champion beat him but he beat the others clearly. Well that's what we wanted, wasn't it? That is exactly what we wanted from Rowan. He got every part of that race right. Well done, Rowan. He's in the history books. He's made that final. First Australian to make the men's final since 2010 and only the fourth in the last 30 years. Not easy to do. He looked super. Subbini's the favourite, there's no question. He's run at 10.07, Browning 10.17. So they're not super quick, are they? And then Edeboren at 10.30. Here's Browning, three from left. The start was vital and he got it. He did. He reacted so well and you can see his head stayed low at his drive phase that him and his coach Andrew Murphy have been working on. He nailed it and he got up into his running. Subbini is in a different class but Rowan was clearly the next best in that race and what I really liked was that after that race he didn't get overexcited about it. He knows that the job's not done and he's walked straight off the track. He is focused on that final already. So Emma and Shervo were off to a flyer. Oh boy, oh boy, the next couple of hours are going to be tense and exciting. Oh, this was exhilarating sitting next to a guy who ran in.