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Bol, Buschkuehl win silver as Australia wins track and field
Peter Bol won silver as Australia topped the medal table in track and field at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Kelsey-Lee Barber, Australia’s greatest clutch performer, gets COVID then wins gold with last throw
Australia’s great clutch performer Kelsey-Lee Barber won javelin gold with her last throw, just a week after having COVID and two weeks after a world championship.
- by Michael Gleeson and Tom Decent
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Marschall chases Hooker record after snaring back-to-back gold medals
Kurtis Marschall doubled down on the gold medal he won on the Gold Coast four years ago and had a stab at compatriot Steve Hooker’s record in the process.
- by Michael Gleeson
Ollie Hoare, ‘the new Herb Elliott,’ wins in a race for the ages
Ollie Hoare has won one of the greatest races in Australian history and etched his name as a great of the sport.
- by Michael Gleeson
Aussie Ollie Hoare beats best in the world as high jumper Eleanor Patterson says ‘I didn’t perform’
Ollie Hoare won in 3:30:12 which was a two second PB and a new Commonwealth Games record.
- by Michael Gleeson
From Auschwitz to a gold medal: Montag’s incredible long walk to victory
Australian race walker Jemima Montag won another race-walking gold, inspired every step of the way by her grandparents, who survived the horrors of the Holocaust’s concentration camps.
- by Michael Gleeson
Patterson back where it began as a different person and world champion
From crushingly shy teen winning gold in Glasgow eight years ago, to quietly giving away high jump, to world champion. Eleanor Patterson’s journey to the 2022 Commonwealth Games has not been a straightforward one.
- by Michael Gleeson
Jenneke smiling, bouncing and running faster than ever to make final
The Australian ran faster than she ever has before to qualify for the 100m hurdles final behind the world record holder.
- by Michael Gleeson
From mentally cooked to leading the field: Hoare taking big strides
If you only watch one race at the Commonwealth Games, make it the men’s 1500m final where Aussie Ollie Hoare has qualified faster than any in the highest calibre field of the Games.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘Over the moon’: Denny gallops to Games glory in the discus
Australian Matthew Denny won discus gold and took off around the track in celebration, while Cedric Dubler is in the frame to move from supporting actor to lead role in the decathlon.
- by Michael Gleeson
Australia’s Patterson and Olyslagers begin head-to-head high jump showdown
Eleanor Patterson walked back onto the track the new world champion. For a year her coach had been telling her to walk and talk and train like a world champion. Now she is one.
- by Michael Gleeson