And that’s day seven done and dusted in terms of those glistening medals. Thanks for your company, do join us again tomorrow. In the meantime, stay tuned for all of the reaction and news from the Gold Coast, starting with this wonderful gallery:
Malaysia win synchronised 10m diving gold!
After leading from start to finish, they storm to victory in the team final platform event. Canada take silver, England finish in fifth.
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Botswana win women's 400m gold!
Amantle Montsho pips a Jamaican double-act, who have to settle for silver and bronze, with Montsho stealing the show ...
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South Africa win men's long jump gold!
Joy for Luvo Manyonga, with a monstrous 8.41m.
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Two quick-fire golds ...
Australia win F38 shot put gold!
Cameron Crombie takes another medal for the hosts. Elsewhere, the women’s 10m synchronised diving is under way ...
Australia win high jump gold!
They are having some evening, Starc, the brother of the Aussie cricketer Mitchell, brings home another medal.
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Australia win T35 100m gold!
Isis Holt, the 16-year-old, takes victory with an electric run of 13.58secs. She celebrates with a little jiving rendition with her fellow Aussies. Maria Lyle, of Scotland, takes silver, Brianna Coop takes bronze. All of the competitors in this discipline have cerebral palsy.
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Are Australia heading for their 49th gold of the Games? Brandon Starc has made a rip-roaring start to the men’s long jump, with a mammoth 2.32m.
Leon Reid is into tomorrow’s men’s 200m final, where he will join the silky, speeding Zharnel Hughes. “My mum has come all this way – she couldn’t come here for nothing – so I had to get it done,” he says. “She’s going to be buzzing, I can’t wait to go and see here.” Hughes adds: “I know what I can do, and I’m focused, ready to go.”
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England’s Jack Laugher, who clinched gold a little earlier, has been speaking. “I’ve been struggling with injuries all year, it’s been a really terrible time,” he told the BBC. “I’ve only had a couple of w weeks training, and defending a title is so tough, so I’m really proud.”
Cyprus win rhythmic gymnastics gold!
The island country take gold in the team final. Malaysia take silver, Australia bronze. After four rotations, it’s Cyprus who come out on top.
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The men’s 200m semi-finals are in full swing, with Richard Kilty the first to miss out. The top two from each heat, plus the two fastest losers, will go through to the final. Zharnel Hughes goes in the second semi, Northern Ireland’s Leon Reid in the third. Usain Bolt, present on the Gold Coast for these Games, of course, set the world record in Berlin in 2009, 19.19secs.
Not a great Commonwealth Games debut for Robbie Grabarz, who is out of the men’s high jump after fluffing three straight attempts. The 30-year-old, a bronze medalist at London 2012, will be gutted with that. Scotland’s Allan Smith has half a chance of nabbing a medal, though.
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Kathryn Mitchell is up on the podium to collect her javelin gold in front a home crowd. She looks totally made up, taking deep breaths and close to tears through the Australian national anthem, cradling the Games’ mascot Borobi, the koala, all the way through.
What’s next? The men’s long jump and shot put will be upon us in a minute, while the women’s 400m will wrap up the athletics on day seven. Elsewhere, the women’s synchronised 10m platform final kicks off in an hour, with England’s hopes resting on Birch and Toulson. Australia, meanwhile, have two double-acts involved in the latter.
England win 1m springboard diving gold!
Jack Laugher defends his crown, with a stonking score of 438.00 at the Optus Aquatics Centre. James Connor takes silver for Australia, while James Heatly picks up bronze, and another medal for Scotland. Laugher will be back on Thursday, in the 3m, in search of more silverware.
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Double success for England: Dina Asher-Smith is into tomorrow’s 200m final, breezing through the semis. “I’m really excited, I’m looking to go quicker and I really want to do well here and do England proud.” In the long jump, Jazmin Sawyers joins Shara Proctor in the final.
Australia win javelin gold!
Kathryn Mitchell storms to victory, and even a foul on her final throw doesn’t dampen the enthusiasm around a rocking Carrara Stadium, in front of a deafening home crowd. A brilliant atmosphere.
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Jamaica win 3000m steeplechase gold!
A brilliant gold medal for Aisha Praught, getting over the line in 9.21.00. That’s some result, with Chespol of Kenya forced to take silver and bronze, with Rosie Clarke, of England, taking fourth. “It was a great race to be a part of,” Clarke says. “We are trying to whittle our way towards Kenya, but hopefully in the next couple of years we can push on.”
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In the diving, Jack Laugher is cruising, in the lead with a score of 217.50. Ross Haslam, one of two Haslam brothers in the 1m springboard, is in the running to take silver while Heatly’s down in sixth. All to play for yet too.
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To the women’s 3000m steeplechase, with Iona Lake and Rosie Clarke running for England. There are two Australians in the field too, but Kenya have three representations, and they’ll fancy their chances.
Jack Laugher is setting the tone here, making easy work, but Australia’s Kurtis Matthews and James Connor recording impressive scores with four dives still to come. Over in the track and field, Shara Proctor, a silver medalist in 2015, is into the long jump final.
We’re under way at the Aquatics Centre, with the Australian 17-year-old Matthew Carter setting the early pace with a brilliant score of 67.60. Ross Haslam dived well this morning, and his first dive produces a solid score of just over 62. In the boxing ring, Oriyomi threw in the towel, handing McNaul a route through from the quarter-finals.
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Before we jump into the pool for the 1m springboard final, more boxing, with Aylsat Oriyomi, of Nigeria taking on Northern Ireland’s Carly McNaul.
After years operating in Nicola Adams’ shadow, Lisa Whiteside finally steps out into the limelight and beats Pinki Rani of India via split decision (2-3) to guarantee a medal. She goes into the bronze-medal match.
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To the boxing now then, where Lisa Whiteside, of England, is taking on Pinki Rani, of India, in the 51kg quarter-finals. Whiteside has started well, with a series of direct hits, a couple of right-hand jabs. We have about a minute to go in the second, with a terrific reverse one-two by Rani taking Whiteside by surprise but the 32-year-old from Chorley looks in control.
Lawn bowls kickstarts a flurry of medal events, with 10 golds to play for before day seven is out on the Gold Coast. That gets under way in half an hour or so, and after that, we will rattle through the athletics, including the javelin, shot put, high and long jump.
Australia’s men have beaten New Zealand 2-1 in a very nervy hockey meeting between the two in Pool A. India duel with England shortly, while Canada take on South Africa, from the same group.
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Story of the day contender:
Five Cameroonian athletes have been reported missing from the athletes village, with suspicion they have fled with the intention not to return home.
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In the badminton, Ciaran Chambers, of Northern Ireland, has been defeated by Sri Lanka in the round of 32, but earlier, Rajiv Ouseph got the better of Uganda’s Ekiring. In the women’s singles, it’s England v Jersey, with Chloe Birch taking on Elise Dixon.
We are an hour away from Jack Laugher, the Olympic champion, defending his title. He’s in the 1m springboard final, after breezing through the preliminaries this morning. Laugher is one of five from the home nations in a 12-strong final. After that, Lois Toulson and Robyn Birch will be in action in the 10m women’s platform.
David McMath speaks after picking up that shooting gold. “It’s been absolutely incredible,” the 21-year-old says. “If I couldn’t go to Glasgow [in 2014], I wanted to come here to Australia.” Tim Kneale, who finished in second place to earn silver, was in tears as he spoke about his pride of representing the Isle of Man.
The rhythmic gymnastics team finals are under way, with the first rotation in full swing. England and Wales are both in contention. All we can think of really, though, is this, right?
In the netball, Uganda are getting the better of Scotland, to the tune of a 51-35 scoreline. A little earlier, also in Pool B, England toppled New Zealand 54-45, while in Pool A, Northern Ireland prospered against Fiji. Back at the Hockey Centre, Australia continue to edge out New Zealand.
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Good morning, good evening. What’s coming up in terms of medals?
Before the athletics kicks in, in around an hour or so, in the pool, there’s the men’s 1m springboard final and, a little later, the women’s synchronised 10m platform medal event. Once we return to the track and field, we have the men’s high jump final, long jump and, lastly, the women’s 400m. Elsewhere, there will be plenty of fun and games in the shape of badminton, beach volleyball, hockey and table tennis.
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Men’s hockey: New Zealand miss a great chance to go ahead, Hugh Inglis missing an open-goal backhand shot from close range after Aussie keeper Tyler Lovell’s save of a penalty corner popped out to Inglis.
And wouldn’t you know it, Australia go down the other end and open the scoring! And what a goal it was. Jacob Whetton picked up the ball on the right byline, dribbled into the circle and from an impossibly acute angle lifted the ball past the keeper and into the top side netting of the far post. That was eye of the needle stuff.
So it’s 1-0 Australia with seven minutes remaining in the second quarter.
And with that goal I shall pull stumps for the evening. Fear not, I leave you in the very capable hands of Ben Fisher. Enjoy your evening.
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Australia and New Zealand are 0-0 at the end of the first quarter of their Pool A men’s hockey clash. The Kookaburras came this close to opening the scoring from a penalty corner in the final minute of the opening quarter but Shea McAleese produced a brilliant block to deflect Jeremy Hayward’s vicious drive over the goal.
Australia and New Zealand go into the game locked on 9 points. The winner of this will, in theory at least, get an easier draw during the knock-out stage.
Australia have defeated England in the beach volleyball semifinal at Coolangatta Beach! The top seeds of Damien Schumann and Chris McHugh were too strong for the England pairing of Jake Sheaf and Chris Gregory, winning it in two sets: 21-13, 21-16.
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In netball Pool B action, Scotland trails Uganda 21-17 early in the second quarter. Earlier today, England defeated New Zealand 54-45 to leave the Silver Ferns in disarray. Also, South Africa steamrolled Barbados 85-25 and Northern Ireland defeated Fiji 73-46.
For New Zealand - who suffered their worst loss defeat to England in their history - progress to the semis is now out of their hands.
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At Coolangatta Beach, in the men’s volleyball semifinal, Australia has taken the first set 21-13. They lead England 4-1 in the second after Schumann drops a canny cut shot past the England blocker.
Gold for Scotland in the men's double trap!
Scotland’s David McMath has outlasted and out-shot his competitors to win, with a Games record score of 74, the men’s double trap.
The Isle of Man’s Tim Kneale finished with the silver medal ahead of India’s Ankur Mittal who took bronze.
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Back at the shooting, Scotland’s McMath has got his nose in front leading both Kneale and Mittal by two. All three are now guaranteed a medal Ashab Mohd having been the third man eliminated from the final six.
Meanwhile, Australia and England have hit the Coolangatta Beach sand for the men’s beach volleyball semifinal. In the first set, Australia’s pairing of McHugh and Schumann lead England’s Gregory and Sheaf 6-4.
Still at the men’s double trap final and it’s Pakistan’s Iqbal eliminated. Of the four shooters remaining Mittal maintains his lead with 37/40. Scotland’s McMath and the Isle of Man’s Kneale still in the hunt, just two behind.
Unfortunately for the home crowd, and himself, Willett is the first man eliminated from the final six. India’s Mittal leads with 28 from 30 shots, with McMath and Kneale on 26.
India have put in a lot of resources into strengthening their shooting team and it’s paying off at these Games.
We’re back at the Belmont Shooting Centre for the men’s double trap final. Australia’s James Willett is in the hunt alongside India’s Ankur Mittal and Ashab Mohd, Scotland’s David McMath, and the Isle of Man’s Tim Kneale. Also in action is Pakistan’s Aamer Iqbal.
The way this final works is that after each round one shooter drops off and the remaining shooters go at it again. So, it’s pretty much like The Hunger Games. Or perhaps like Stephen King’s The Long Walk, a story about an endurance race in which competitors get shot dead when they drop below an assigned pace. The winner is the last man standing.
In the men’s hockey Pakistan and Malaysia are 1-1 in their Pool B match as the fourth quarter gets underway. Australia and New Zealand will be banging heads in about 45 minutes.
More updates from earlier action:
Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara won her semifinal in the women’s boxing 45-48kg division meaning she will take on India’s MC Mery Kom for the gold on Saturday.
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Gold for India in the women's double trap!
In the shoot-off Singh hits both targets, while Cox hits only one. Gold to Singh! Cox will be shattered having taken a healthy lead into the final round. Even after a shaky start she needed to hit ‘just’ 7 of the last 12 targets to secure the gold but she hit only six, which meant a shoot-off was necessary.
Singh’s consistency has seen her win India’s 12th gold medal of these Games.
But Cox falters down the stretch, scoring 18 to Singh’s 25, which means she finishes level with Singh on 96! The pair will have a shoot-off for gold.
Scotland’s Linda Pearson, meantime, has secured the bronze medal!
The women’s double trap final is underway at the Belmont Shooting Centre. We’re in the fourth and final round and Australia’s Emma Cox, who was leading into the final round, is currently looking to overhaul India’s Shreyasi Singh who has completed her fourth round. Singh has 96 points in the bank after a final round 25.
If you’re unfamiliar with the double trap, it’s that event where competitors, armed with a shotgun, aim to hit clay targets lobbed into the air. As the name suggests, in the double trap two clay targets are launched at a time which requires the shooter to nail the first target, scan the sky and hit the second before it drops to the ground.
Cox is a school teacher in Victoria and clearly has a good eye. Are teachers still allowed to throw blackboard dusters are students like they did back in the day? You wouldn’t test Cox’s aim if they were.
As I write, Cox draws to within 3 points of Singh and appears to have this one in the bag!
Underway right now at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre are qualifiers in rhythmic gymnastics. It really is remarkable what these young women and girls are able to do. Strength, speed, grace and the kind of hand eye coordination that would see them put in the first slip position were they to put their hand to cricket. Some of the catches are remarkable.
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In case you’ve missed it, five Cameroonian athletes have been reported as missing. Here’s our report:
At 4.30pm today Australia’s Kookaburras (that’s the men’s hockey team, for those not familiar with the home nation’s penchant for naming their national sporting teams after native animals) will play New Zealand is the preliminary rounds. Before that, Malaysia will take on Pakistan. That match is due to get underway soon and I’ll endeavour to keep you posted.
A reminder that women’s 3m synchro final was held earlier with Australia’s Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan coming from the clouds to win the gold. They came good when it counted most, executing their final dive with aplomb and nary asplash when their rivals faltered. One of those rivals was fellow Aussies Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith who recorded a failed dive in their final round while in the gold medal position.
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As I mentioned, it’s been a good morning for Australia’s Daniel Repacholi who won gold in the 50m pistol event. In what was his last Commonwealth Games before retirement, the 35-year-old bear-of-a-man with a bushranger beard thick enough to house a family of marsupials backed up wins in Melbourne 2006 and Glasgow 2014 to take his third Commonwealth Games crown.
He won with a 6.7-point margin from Bangladesh’s Shakil Ahmed and India’s Om Mitharval.
“It’s f---ing awesome,” said Repacholi, who finished fourth in his only other event on Monday, the 10m air pistol.
“I came here for two, but I got one. I can walk away with that and hold my head high.
“I shot a really, really good final. That’s excellent.
“The other day it didn’t work for me, it just wasn’t my time, but this time it worked fine.”
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Welcome to day seven
Here we go again. It may be the seventh day but there is no rest in sight for the athletes of these Games, with another 15 gold medals up for grabs in the glorious Gold Coast sunshine.
Two of those have already been secured: Daniel Repacholi, the Australian with the monster frame and a beard to match, won the 50m pistol final in a Games record at Belmont Shooting Centre in Brisbane; and Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan, also of Australia, claimed the women’s synchronised 3m springboard in the diving pool.
The Australian pair won with a score of 284.10, ahead of England’s Alicia Blagg and Katherine Torrance in second. But it was agony for another Australian duo, Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith, who were left disappointed after recording a failed dive while in the gold medal position.
There has been a degree of drama on the netball court too, with New Zealand’s Silver Ferns going down to England 54-45 to cast doubt on their hopes of reaching a medal match.
Various events in the badminton, boxing, diving, hockey, gymnastics, squash, table tennis and lawn bowling are also underway – we’ll keep you updated throughout the Queensland day.
Oh, and Usain Bolt has touched down on the Goldie.
Coming up later we’ll be able to feast on athletics, beach volleyball and more netball. To think this is one of the “quieter” days of competition.
As for those medals, here’s what is left to be won today:
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Athletics: men’s high jump, men’s long jump, men’s F38 shot put, women’s T35 100m, women’s 400m, women’s 3000m steeplechase, women’s javelin throw
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Diving : men’s 1m springboard, women’s synchronised 10m platform
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Rhythmic gymnastics: women’s team final
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Lawn bowls: Mixed B2/B3 pairs
- Shooting: men’s double trap, women’s double trap
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