Australia will have plenty of opportunities to add to their gold medal tally on Saturday night [AEST] as the action gets underway on Day 9 of the Commonwealth Games.
Australia topped the Commonwealth Games medal tally with 50 golds, with England close behind with 47, but that was before Saturday’s events began.
The Australians have now taken 55, with five gold medals in the opening hours. Read on for full coverage and live coverage of the action on the 9th!
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ATHLETICS
Hoare delivers the moment of the games with a stunning golden run
After the heartbreak of Rohan Browning’s devastating fall in the men’s relay, Australia needed something to lift their spirits.
Oliver Hoare he delivered that, winning the 1500m final with a run for the ages, letting out a scream in emotional scenes as he fell to the ground.
Hoare was in third place with 300m to go but found something inside to push into second and then overtook Timothy Cheruiyot at the death to claim gold.
“It’s an extraordinary moment in Australian sport,” Bruce McAvaney said in a statement.
“It’s one of those that will go down in the history books forever. The last 100 meters are the stuff of legends.”
Oliver Hoare took home the gold.Source: FOX SPORTS
Hoare’s time of 3:30.12 was a new personal best and a new Commonwealth Games record.
“Hats off, it was brilliant and a new Games record,” said Tamsyn Lewis-Manou.
“He just beat a sensational field. He waited until the tee, went out and that finish was brilliant.”
“He beat two world champions on the home stretch, it’s magical. It’s what you dream about,” McAvaney added.
With the gold medal, Hoare joins Herb Elliott (Cardiff, 1958) as the only other Australian men to win the 1500m at the Commonwealth Games.
talking with Channel 7 After the race, Hoare said he wanted to prove something to himself after a self-described “disappointing” result at recent world titles.
“When you have the quality of the athletes, I mean you felt it when they started the race, you have Olympic medalists, world champions and for me it was about wanting to belong there,” Hoare said.
“It was all about being patient and picking myself up after some disappointing worlds. It was a tough time. In the last lap I wanted to make sure I was relaxed, stayed inside and knew my time would come. It’s hard to believe when there are world-class guys.”
Oliver Hoare celebrates. Image: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia
Heartbreak for Australians as ‘disaster’ in men’s relay
There were mixed results in the women’s and men’s 4x100m relay heats.
A thrilling finish saw the women progress to the final by 0.01 seconds, but disaster struck for the men later Rohan Browningfell in the final change.
“A disaster for Australians,” McAvaney said in a commentary.
“I’ve never seen anything like it to be true.”
“That was horrible,” Lewis-Manou added.
“He looks devastated. Rohan wouldn’t have been able to do much of this training, he would have been focused on getting his body right. He really stumbled when he took his acceleration phase.”
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The Australians were in the top three positions and poised to reach the final before Browning’s fall.
A “gutted” Browning apologized to his teammates after the race when speaking to Channel 7.
“I’m sorry, I know these guys have put in a lot of work and in many years of athletics nothing like this has happened and hopefully never again,” he said.
“I feel very sorry for these boys and for everyone at home. I just grabbed my toe and slipped. As I said, [it has] it never happened in training or racing.”
‘This is awesome’: Comm Games record broken in 10,000m stunner
Elsewhere, the gold rush continued on track, with Jemima Montag sweeping the women’s 10,000m walk in a dominant display.
“It was absolutely stunning” Channel 7 Jason Richardson said.
Montag led brilliantly throughout the walk and then picked up the pace in the latter stages of the race to get into a comfortable position.
So comfortable that Montag was able to start celebrating long before crossing the finish line for gold in 42:34:00, a new personal best and a new Commonwealth Games record.
“That was surreal,” Montag said Channel 7 post race
Team Australia’s Jemima Montag celebrates after winning the gold medal. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images
“You just pretend everyone’s cheering for you, even if it’s cheering for the high jump or the hammer throwers coming in and whenever there’s doubt, it really gives you a boost.
“I feel like I’m carrying on the legacy of Australian racing going really strong and going back, winning on the Gold Coast four years ago really changed my life. I didn’t think about it at the time, but I think with hindsight it did, he settled into that self-confidence. I have big dreams for two more Olympic games. So today was a special moment.”
Fellow Australian Rebecca Henderson finished fourth and Katie Hayward seventh.
The Australian world champion collapsed in discomfort
There was a surprise result on the track, with Eleanor Pattersonthe reigning world champion, missed out on gold in the women’s high jump final.
Patterson was coming off a brilliant win at the World Championships and became the first to clear 1.89m in a strong opening in the final.
In the end, although she missed three attempts at 1.95m, the best result was set by Jamaica’s Lamara Distin, who won the gold with Patterson taking the silver medal.
Nicola Olyslagers He was initially going to join her, but withdrew from the final with a torn calf.
“It could be a few weeks and if I jumped today, it could be a nine-month injury,” said the 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist. Channel 7.
Australia’s Eleanor Patterson missed out on gold. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP) Source: AFP
In another part, Ben Buckingham i Edward Trippas he finished fifth and seventh respectively in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase final.
There are also many high-stakes events Alex Hulley (hammer throw), Sarah Carli (400 m hurdles), Catriona Bissyou (800 m) and Ella Connolly (200 m) in their own finals.
GESA BOWLS
Australia could pocket up to 11 more gold medals on Saturday, with Kristina Krstic i Ellen Ryan taking home first in impressive fashion in the women’s doubles lawn bowls final.
England’s Sophie Tolchard and Amy Pharaoh led 11-2 at one point, but the Aussies refused to go away and won the final cup in dramatic fashion.
England jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and threatened to make it 4-0, but a brilliant finish from Ellen Ryan knocked out two of her opponent’s balls to level the score at 2-2.
However, England responded with two solid ends to reassert their dominance and went on from there to take an 11-2 lead, but Australia roared back in epic fashion to bring it back to 11-10.
Team Australia’s Ellen Ryan and Kristina Krstic react during the women’s pairs gold medal match. (Photo by Stephen Pond/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
The Australian duo kept the fight going, collecting four points in the 13th end to lead 16-12 before England clawed back to go 18-17.
Krstic and Ryan, however, were on the brink of gold medal glory with two leading balls in the 18th over, only for Pharaoh to knock one out with a brilliant bowl on the final ball.
It meant the match ended in a draw and would instead go to extra time to decide who would take home the gold.
England were in a commanding position with few balls to spare, but a spot-on bowling from Ryan dropped the cat and kept Australia in with a chance.
Once again, it has come down to the last ball, with Australia’s gold medal hopes resting on Ryan’s shoulders.
And he was up in the clutch with a stunning shot to take out England’s leading ball, sealing gold in a thrilling comeback.
GYMNASTICS
The golds continued to arrive in gymnastics, with Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva taking out the rhythmic gymnastics club final with a score of 29.400.
Kiroi-Bogatyreva was also in action earlier in the ball final, placing fifth with a score of 28.600 and will be in the ribbon final later in the evening.
A young man of eighteen Lydia Yakovleva will also be in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final after finishing seventh (107.150) in Friday’s all-around final.
NETBALL
The final grudge match sees Australia’s Diamonds take on England in the netball semi-final. You can read Nat Medhurt’s full preview ahead of the fiery semi-final here, with the game kicking off at 11.30pm.
If Australia are successful, it will be Jamaica they will face in the final.
Jamaica’s impressive run continued as they dominated the Silver Ferns to claim a 67-51 victory and book their place in the gold medal match for the first time at the Commonwealth Games.
Jamaica were the surprise top seed in their group after surprising Australia and it seems
the Diamonds will once again have to try to find a way to stop Jhaniele Fowler.
The world’s best marksman dominated Jamaica’s 57-55 win over Australia in the group stage, finishing that match with 47 goals from 50 attempts and was even better against New Zealand.
The West Coast Fever star scored a perfect 54 goals from 54 attempts in the win.
Jhaniele Fowler starred in the win. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
PING PONG
Two Australian couples (Chunyi Feng & Yangzi Liu i Jian Fang Lay & Minhyung Jee) were both successful in their Round of 16 matches for women’s doubles table tennis.
They will face Singapore and Nigeria respectively in the quarter-finals at 1am.
Later in the evening, Liu will continue her bid to become the first Australian woman to win a Commonwealth Games individual medal when she competes in the semi-final.
There will be guaranteed…