Michelle Jenneke’s holiday snaps rock online, athletics, hurdles and Instagram

The Australian, who has become world-famous for his dance moves behind the starting blocks, is sunning himself in Europe.

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Jenneke, 29, is taking a day off after the Commonwealth Games and uploaded photos to her social media accounts of herself in waist-deep water on Santorini, Greece.

She simply captioned the photo: “It’s safe to say I’m enjoying my vacation.”

The post amassed 2700 likes within 24 hours as fan comments flooded in on Hurdler’s physique.

The hurdling star, who made headlines for her pre-race jigs at the 2012 World Junior Championships and soon became her trademark, has returned to the sport after a disastrous series of injuries threatened to end her track career. I got the chance to wear the colors of Australia.

Yenneke was thrilled to be back in green and gold, and expressed her gratitude on social media when the team was confirmed.

“This is special. Coming back from a few years of injury to represent the country is honestly unbelievable. You have been with me through some difficult times and made this season possible. A big thank you to my team and I am proud to be back in Green & Gold for my third Comm Games,” she wrote.

Jenneke finished fifth in the 100m hurdles final at the Commonwealth Games, missing out on bronze by 0.09 seconds..

He was only 0.02 seconds behind his personal best, and a negative wind blew in his face, but he still fell short of a medal and fell in the final 40m.

Defending champion, world champion and world record holder Toby Amsan won the gold medal with a game record of 12.30 seconds.

Jenneke’s time (12.68 seconds) was just 0.03 seconds off the previous event record, but the Lightning race saw all three of the best runners smash that previous record.

Australian athletics great Tamsin Manu told Channel 7 after the race that Jenneke was pleased with the result and full of confidence as he begins his preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

It was another brutal end for Jenneke after missing out on the bronze medal at the 2018 Gold Coast Games by just 0.1 seconds.

The difference this time is that last month’s World Championship final in Oregon also had five runners and the field was red.

“I wish I had another PB, but today it wasn’t,” Jeneke told Channel 7 after the race.

“To back up my run from the world it goes fast with a bit of a headwind there…I’m really happy with the performance. It’s just tough when you’re racing in a field of that quality .

“This is the fastest race in Commonwealth Games history.”

She told reporters:

She went on to say, in an emotional moment reflecting on her comeback, how happy she is to revive her career after so many injuries have set back in recent years.

“I had a pretty tough two years. And I was telling them, ‘I have so much more.’ she said.

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