JAKARTA - Australian sprinter Michelle Jenneke has a unique warm-up before competing. He always presents a special dance.
The 100 meter hurdles athlete is currently at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
He comes to the event after three years out with serious back and ankle injuries. The injury almost ended his career prematurely.
"This one is special. To be able to return to represent my country after a few years of injury is honestly quite amazing," the 29-year-old Sprinter wrote in a post on Twitter.
"Many thanks to my team for sticking with me during some difficult moments and for making this season possible. Proud to be back on green & gold at my 3rd Comm Games," he continued.
Jenneke has successfully battled her injury problems to secure her place in the Australian team. Jenneke joins Celeste Mucci and Liz Clay as part of the Australian team for the women's 100m hurdles in Birmingham.
He is one of the popular figures of the many athletes who competed in the four-year event.
He is famous because of the special dance that is always performed before starting the race. Apart from that, he also has a strong fan base thanks to his career as a model.
Jenneke rose to fame with her signature dance at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona. At that time, the 'jiggling' dance that was shown before the competition went viral. After that, he opened his voice saying what was shown actually did not define him at all.
However, this athlete who graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Engineering received a lot of criticism when he was eliminated from the 2016 Rio Olympics, even though at that time he was one of Australia's hopes for a medal.
"People can very quickly build you up and then knock you down, but they don't know what's going on behind the scenes... the various factors that affect performance," he said after the Games.
"People think that by making dances, I'm trying to attract attention. But I'm not," he added.
Jenneke impressively finished second in the 100 meters hurdles at the Music City Track Carnival in Nashville as well as the Oceania Athletics Championships in Queensland earlier this month.
He also recorded a season-best time of 12.95 seconds at Mackay. Thanks to that appearance, he was able to ensure that he represented Australia this month until early August.
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