![]() ![]() ![]() New Zealand’s Paul Coll won the men’s event, beating Joel Makin of Wales in a five-game nail-biter. The 28-year-old has won six gold medals in Birmingham to take her overall tally of golds to 14.Įngland’s Olympic 200m freestyle champion Tom Dean finally got his hands on a gold medal after six silvers, touching 0.08sec ahead of Australia’s Kyle Chalmers in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.Īustralia finished with 25 swimming gold medals out of a total of 52, with the overall tally including swimming and para-swimming events.Įlsewhere on day six of the Games, England’s Georgina Kennedy beat Canada’s Hollie Naughton in four games to win the women’s squash final. Something has clicked.”Įmma McKeon won a record-extending 20th Commonwealth medal as Australia brought the swimming events to a close by winning the women’s 4x100m medley relay. “It’s a year ago since I was giving my interviews and burst into tears because of a bad swim at the Olympics,” said the world champion, who also won the 50m butterfly in Birmingham. Performing under that pressure is tough.”Įngland’s Ben Proud won his third straight Commonwealth men’s 50m freestyle title, dominating the field to win in 21.36sec. “Potentially there’s more pressure here to win than at the Olympics sometimes because we are so dominant. “I think that, back home, Australia really prides itself on success in the pool at the Comm Games,” she said. Titmus said it was crucial to have race practice in a high-pressure situation. I believed I had the capacity to do that and I’m happy I did,” she said. “I came here with the goal to win all four. She leaves Birmingham with four golds in total after being part of Australia’s winning team in the women’s 4x200m freestyle relay. The Olympic 200m and 400m champion skipped the world championships in Budapest in June, where she would have faced US star Katie Ledecky, to focus on the Commonwealths. The 21-year-old dominated the race, touching in 3min 58.06sec to see off the challenge of Canada’s 15-year-old Summer McIntosh. On the final night of action at the Sandwell Aquatics Center, 400m world record holder Titmus beat a high-class field after her earlier triumphs in the 200m and 800m freestyle. Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala won the men’s 100m in a time of 10.02 while Scotland’s Eilish McColgan emulated her mother Liz McColgan in winning the women’s 10,000m. ![]() “You know when you feel pain, you didn’t feel it, so I have got them to thank for that performance.” “It was the crowd who got me through the competition, especially the 800m when the noise was so loud. “It feels incredible to do that in front of my home crowd,” said the 29-year-old, who finished a disappointing eighth at the world championships. Johnson-Thompson ended her drought since the 2019 world championships by racking up 6,377 points in the heptathlon to finish 144 points clear of Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor. “I didn’t have the best execution but nevertheless I had to dig for that one but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth Games.” Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah finished a disappointing third behind compatriots Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson in the 100m at last month’s world championships in Eugene, Oregon.īut she was the only one of three in the field at the Alexander Stadium and she made no mistake, crossing the line in 10.95sec to win the title for the first time. BIRMINGHAM: Olympic 100m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah cruised to Commonwealth gold on Wednesday as Australia’s Ariarne Titmus completed a stunning individual freestyle treble on the last night of swimming action.Įlsewhere on the second day of track and field action in Birmingham, England’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson claimed her first heptathlon title for three years as she retained her crown. ![]()
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