Sport: The swimming’s wrapped up, but our Australian track-and-field stars & cycling champions are just getting started in Glasgow.
Jessica Hull is looking to lead the charge as she starts favourite in the women’s 5000m event, while the likes of Peter Bol and Lachie Kennedy will also be on the track for Day 7 action.
Stay across all the news and developments below from late afternoon (WA time)!
Key Events
Desleigh Owusu fourth in the triple jump
She’s set a season’s best 13.81.
But she’ll have to pull out something special to sneak onto the podium.
Lexie Brown takes seventh in 100m T47 final
Just 15-years-old and she gives her all in her first-ever final.
She takes plenty out of that, setting a season’s best 13.15.
“My PB is 13.12 and I’m so happy to get close to it again,” she says.
“I’m so happy to be here; the support here is great, and that’s what gave me the courage to come out here.
“I can’t wait to do it again.”
Canada claim a 1-2 finish with New Zealand’s Anna Grimaldi in third.
Lachie Kennedy makes 200m final
He held on for third in an incredibly quick final, and he’ll sneak through as one of the two fastest non-automatic qualifiers.
It’s a PB as well, though it’s just outside the legal wind so it won’t count, in 20.12 as he beats Esame, who took gold ahead of him in the 100m final.
He qualifies with the third fastest time for the final.
South Africa’s Sinesipho Dambile was quickest in 19.82.
“I’m pretty gassed; it was hard running out there,” he says.
“Another race, another final, so that’s good; the 100 is my main game but I they say the best 100 runners also have really good 200s.
“I feel like I’m in PB form in the 200m so hopefully we get a legal wind.
“Get me in the wet,” he jokes.
Law misses out
Calab Law placed fifth in the second men’s 200m semi in 20.60 as he faded late.
It’a all down to Lachie Kennedy now to try and get an Aussie in the final.
A big first day at the velodrome
It’s a shame the men’s team sprint went ahead without Matthew Richardson, but Australia will feel pretty good about taking it out after the war of words in the lead-up.
Fraser Williams has a rundown of all the medals at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
Men sprint to gold redemption!
The sprinters have gotten redemption for Australia, running over England for a well deserved gold medal.
Ryan Elliott shot out the gate to set up teammates Leigh Hoffman and Daniel Barber who brought it home in 29.644.
The bronze race was over before it started, Trinidad and Tabago earn their first medal in Commonwealth Games history after one of Wales’ racers was ruled out by the medical team in a bizarre set of circumstances.
Men’s 200m semifinals underway
Three semifinal heats with Australia’s fastest man, Lachie Kennedy, in the last one.
Top two athletes to go through to the final plus the next two fastest.
Another Aussie, Aidan Murphy, is in action in heat one.
There’s plenty of nerves as he almost false-starts, but there’s a green card as the field resets.
His second start is a little better but not great and he can’t find another gear after coming around the ben as he crosses the line seventh in 20.7
Sprint women leave empty handed
A messy start for the women in the sprint finals cost them a medal in the bronze race against Scotland.
The Australia squad couldn’t recover their slow start and it costs them a spot on the podium.
Perris does Perth proud
Diamonds thrash Northern Ireland for Games finals berth
The all-conquering Diamonds have bulldozed Northern Ireland 88-27 to punch Australia’s ticket to the Commonwealth Games netball semi-finals.
Australia demolished Northern Ireland to claim a 61-goal victory for the second time in Glasgow, outgunning the netball minnows to remain undefeated after five matches and finish at the top of pool A on Friday morning (AEST).
Northern Ireland finish the pool stage without registering a win, while Diamonds coach Stacey Marinkovich takes Australia to Saturday’s semi-finals and are primed to play world No.3 Jamaica.
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