A decade on from his breakthrough 100m freestyle win at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Kyle Chalmers is eyeing more gold in the same event at the Commonwealth Games. Stay across all the Day 5 action here!
Peter Bol hits the track for the first time, while Iona Anderson has her eye on another slice of individual golden glory. Here are the Sandgropers to keep an eye out for on Day 5 at the Commonwealth Games.
Chris Robinson
Eithen Leard has lived his life with a spinal cord deformity and is making the most of his chance on the Commonwealth Games stage.
Shayne Hope
Australian Diamonds goal shooter Sophie Garbin has defended her netball team’s uniform after it sparked controversy at the Commonwealth Games for being ‘too short’.
Kellie Balaam
Every athlete competing at the Commonwealth Games has surely had to overcome some form of adversity — but it is hard to see how anyone would have dealt with more than Archie Goodburn.
Josh Kempton
WA teenager Inez Miller, who was part of Australia’s gold medal-winning 4x200m freestyle relay team at the Commonwealth Games, is receiving the ultimate swimming education in Glasgow.
Australian light-heavyweight Paul Trainor has reached the quarter-finals at his debut Commonwealth Games after a split decision win.
Roger Vaughan
Australia’s team of world-class swimmers are well on their way to making Commonwealth Games history after claiming another seven gold medals in Glasgow overnight, including a surprise win for Meg Harris.
Pasoni Taafaki, the Tuvalu flag bearer at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, is one of eight siblings who all box.
Rose Davies did what no Australian woman has ever done before to produce our first gold medal on the track this Commonwealth Games.
Aaron Wilson has continued a run of agonising Australian bowls losses in Glasgow, ending his tilt at a third-straight Commonwealth Games singles gold.
Kate McDonald has made up for her Birmingham heartbreak with a near-flawless gold-medal victory in the uneven bars.
Aaron Kirby
Australian weightlifter Brenna Kean was aiming for a medal in Glasgow, but has instead exited the Commonwealth Games on crutches.
Flynn Southam is the fastest qualifier for the 100m freestyle semifinals, topping champion Kyle Chalmers and fellow Aussie Kai Taylor.
Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia emerged from a new Commonwealth Games 100m qualifying format to join fellow Australian Lachie Kennedy in the semi-finals.
Australian sprinters Rohan Browning and Eddie Nketia are through to the semifinals of the Men’s 100m in Glasgow, Nketia producing a run to remember.
Australia piled on another nine gold medals on Day 4 in Glasgow. Recap how all the overnight action happened here!
Western Australian athletes were in action in the pool, on the track and at the basketball courts on the fourth day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Here’s how they fared.
Hundreds more Australians will head to the upcoming Games in Glasgow expecting to return with gold medals in tow — and here are 10 of our leading hopes.
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Australian high jumper Eleanor Patterson returns to Glasgow a completely different person to the shy 18-year-old who snatched Commonwealth Games gold in 2014.
‘I thought, you know what, we’ll do it full send. We’ll send it full.’
Harrison Reid
WATCH: With her grandmother watching on for the first time in almost a decade, Perth’s Iona Anderson celebrated her Scottish roots and delivered a gold medal for Australia on a memorable day in Glasgow.
Perth’s Iona Anderson cemented her status as one of swimming’s brightest young stars with a superb gold medal, while Cam McEvoy added to his legacy to continue another golden day in the pool.
