“If I can take one thing away from it Australia don’t go out and anti-vax protest. Stay at home and get around the underdogs at the Olympics,” Browning said.
“It is nice to point people wrong. It feels good to take a few big scalps early on. I still won that race so there is more to pull out of myself. I can definitely be pushed a bit more,it is the one thing I have been lacking on the Australian circuit[being pushed by competition]. And it is the thing a lot of people pointed to when they say I was not capable of making a final or doing well at this Olympics.”
Winning the race and beating a runner as credentialed as Blake was more satisfying than the fast time he ran. “I have wanted to get him for a long time,all the world’s best guys are on my hit list,” Browning said.
“I knew you would have to front up to everybody at some point. You look at the start list and I thought,‘jeez I have got one of the tougher heats but you would rather do it the hard way because it is so much more satisfying’.”
Browning had an outstanding start,getting away clearly quickest in the field and setting up his race in the first 40 metres.