We'll be updating this blog before each days events, and then review what took place.
Don't forget our schedule has the athletes competing, those ranked in the top 4, and will be updated with their results.
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Day 6 Evening Session (2-Aug Morn. aest)
Pole Vault (M) Kurtis Marschall takes up the challenge of attempting to get three consecutive gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Long Jump (W) In qualifying Brooke Buschkuehl jumped her longest jump for four years. The exciting aspect of her jumping and Delta Amidzovski is they have a history of winning competitions on their last jump – don’t count them out.
400m T54 (W) Eliza Ault-Connell and Aimee Fisher take on some stiff competition in the final
Javelin Throw (W) This javelin field is very even, with the thrower best able to handle the windy conditions likely to win. Mackenzie Little and Lianna Davidson both have the distance to win.
5000m (M) Can Ky Robinson repeat Rose Davies stunning distance double? He’s done it at the NCAA outdoor championships, and has the fastest time within this field, but it all comes down to championship racing
4x100m Relay (M)
4x100m Relay (W) The women face tough competition from but will be looking to complete all changes and anything can happen
800m (M) One of the great indications of the team spirit within this group was footage of the three Australians so excited that they all qualified for the final – something that’s never happened before. Peter Bol is looking to improve on his silver from 2022, with Luke Boyes and Peyton Craig keen to test the limits.
Mile (M) This is likely the highest quality field on the track. The mile World Record holder versus the current 1500m World #1. Also 10 of the top 14 men in the Commonwealth have made the final. The Cameron Myers matchup with Josh Kerr resonates with the Miracle Mile, Bannister v Landy 72 years ago, and perhaps too the Moscow Olympics 1500m Coe vs Ovett on 1 August 1980. In both cases the current world record holder ended up losing the race. Oliver Hoare is defending his title, and Adam Spencer is returning to the international stage after his bronze at World Indoors.
Mixed 4x400m Relay (X) The Australian team will be looking to push for the podium here.
Mile (W) Missing the world record holder in this race, but we do have the 6th fastest in history, Jessica Hull, who has collected a swag of Global medals in the last 3 years, but still to bag a gold in an individual event. However, her own teammates may be her biggest obstacle, with Abbey Caldwell showing her best form ever this year, and Claudia Hollingsworth has the ability to surprise.
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Day 6 Morning Session (1-Aug Eve. aest)
Shot Put T57 (M) Matthew Sheppard is ranked 7th in this field, but will look to push higher than his ranking
Sheppard wastes no time getting an Area Record out his first throw (and second as well!) 10.29m finishing 7th
1500m T54 (M) Samuel Carter and Samuel Rizzo competed at the London Diamond League meeting, and finished 2nd & 3rd, and will look to bring that form.
Out together at the front for most of the race, but perhaps the effort taking the wind cost them at the end, with the Englishmen powering away, Rizzo holding on for bronze in 3:16,61, Carter in 6th 3:21.49
10,000m Walk (W) With only 6 in this event, it looks like the three Australians will be competing for spots on the podium, with Elizabeth McMillen having a slighter faster PB than Jemima Montag and Bec Henderson not far behind. Montag going for a hat-trick of Commonwealth gold.
A clean sweep for Australia, Jemima Montag takes the win with a PB 42:13.40, her third Gold at Comm Games, Elizabeth McMillen gets silver with 42:39.87, and Rebecca Henderson bronze 43:27.46
Discus Throw (M) Matthew Denny stated earlier that his goal was to throw over 70 metres in this final, which in the past would be a winning throw. However there are four other men over 70 metres in their career so who ever adapts best to the conditions will likely take the win.
Denny starts well with a 66.87m opening, with lots struggling in the wind and fouling, improves on his third out to 67.32m, and on fourth 67.73m. Denny takes GOLD!!
400m (M) After his barnstorming semi-final win, it'll be interesting to see if Thomas Reynolds takes the same bold front running approach in the final.
With a strong wind down the back straight, Thomas Reynolds gets to run in a final against some quality athletes and holds his own with 5th in 45.57.
4x100m Relay Heats Australia competes in both relay heats, and after the experience of the World Relay Championships should feel comfortable gaining qualification for the final.
Safely through for the women finishing 3rd in 43.52, and the men finish 3rd as well with 38.69. Kennedy and Lewis back in the teams for the finals.
200m T38 (W) After a close 4th in the 100m final, Rhiannon Clarke will be pushing for a medal, and Briseis Brittain will look to improve on her 6th.
Rhiannon Clarke mows down her tiring English rival to take gold with Briseis Brittain taking the bronze and Ella Pardy 4th.
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Day 5 Evening Session (1-Aug Morn. aest)
10,000m Walk (M) Final Three Australians, Isaac Beacroft, Declan Tingay and Tim Fraser go in a field of 5, so provided they can stay away from red card disqualifications, we'll see medals here - with Beacroft the favourite to challenge for gold.
Beacroft and the 20-year-old Kenyan walker ended up breaking from the rest of the field early. And Beacroft takes the gold after sprinting away from the Kenyan in the last 300m ... Wow - gold to the 19-year-old ... now off to the World U20 Championships. Tingay was 4th and unfortunately Tim Fraser had to step off the track.
Pole Vault (W) Final Nina Kennedy, defending Champion, has taken all before her on her return to the event this year getting out to a new Area Record of 4.95m. But there's a stong contingent of Kiwi vaulters, including the previous Area Record holder, who'll make this a fascinating contest.
It becomes a battle between Kennedy and McCartney, both missed twice at 4.70m but McCartney had the lead due to her first time clearance at 4.65m. Kennedy fails to clear on her final attempt, so goes home with silver.
Long Jump [T38] (W) Final Three Australians in the final, Ayla Kowalczyk, Sienna Newton and Layla Sharp who is the leading contender of the three based on PBs
Sharp's 2nd jump goes 5.02m (+2.2), new Area Record moves her into 2nd place, then improves to 5.06 (+1.7) to take silver. Kowalczyk then comes out with big PB on her last 4.71 (+1.1) to take bronze, with Newton just behind with her PB 4.70 (+0.8).
Javelin Throw (M) Final Cameron McEntyre faces one of the toughest fields in the field at these championships with Olympic & World Champions, and five throwers with bests over 90 metres. Lucky he's in career best form to take them on.
Cameron McEntyre seeme to struggles with the wind, his first two attempts around 70m and the third a foul, meaning he doesn't make final eight to get the extra 3 throws, finishes 11th with best 72.34m
800m (W) Final Facing last year's World Championships 1 & 2 is daunting, but Sarah Billings will take confidence that she is in career best form having recently broken the National Record, and has the third best seasons best in the field.
A slow pace over 60 seconds for the first lap, with Hunter Bell leading, and Billings pushes to the front which prompts the pace to increase. Odira leaves herself too much to do, so Hunter Bell wins and Billings grabs a well-deserved bronze.
400m Hurdles (W) Final Sarah Carli will be keen to break that 55 second mark that has become something of a barrier this season so she can be in the mix in this final.
Has a tough draw with the inside lane, Sarah Carli pushes hard in the first 200m and finishes in 6th with 55.85.
200m (M) Final After his 100m heroics, Lachlan Kennedy has nothing to lose racing in this final and with his starting speed you know he'll be up with the leaders coming into the straight.
From lane one, Lachlan Kennedy runs a great bend and then tried to hang one, but given the week he's had perhaps not surprising his legs faded, and finishes 6th in 20.41 (+1.7). Now back to running the straight in the relay.
200m (W) Final The 200m is the event that Torrie Lewis has performed best in, being the World U20 Champion, and having won a Diamond League over the distance. Faces strong competition in the sub-22 Adaejah Hodge, and a host of other sub-22.50 women.
In a high quality field, Torrie Lewis got a great start but couldn't hold on, finishing in 6th in 22.88 (+1.7)
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Day 5 Morning Session (31-Jul EVE aest)
1500m T54 (W) Final This final is being re-run after crashes, DQs, protests and appeals. Mikaela Dingley previously finished 4th, awarded the bronze after the DQ and now has to go again. Eliza Ault-Conn was crashed into and fell, so she gets another chance. Let's hope they can have a sfae passage this time.
The race started very differently - with the pace on from the start. Eliza Ault-Connell wins the BRONZE in the re-run with 3:40.84. Mikaela Dingley who was awarded the bronze as a result of the DQ in the initial race finishes 6th in 4:41.13, which is around the time she did in the initial final.
Long Jump (W) Qualification The head-to-head between the veteran Brooke Buschkuehl and the rising star Delta Amidzovski was sensational. In four meets in Australia over summer the margin of victory between these two was no greater than 7cm: DA 1st 6.41m BB 2nd 6.34m / DA 2nd 6.46m BB 1st 6.48m / DA 2nd 6.65m BB 1st 6.67m / DA 2nd 6.69m BB 1st 6.70m In those latter two Buschkuehl came from behind on one of her last jumps. Across the field there are 9 athletes with seasons bests between 6.75m and 6.84m
In Group A Delta Amidzovski has a first round 6.50m, and then 6.55m (+2.5) on her third to finish 4th which will see her through to the final. Brooke Buschkuehl goes Bang on her first jump and gets out to 6.83 (+1.8) - her best jump since August 2022.
Mixed 4x400m Relay (X) Heats Given Australia's success at the WOrld Relay Championships, where all teams qualified for the 2027 World CHampionships, the expectation will be that Australia qualifies easily here for the final
Australia qualifying through to the final with 2nd to Nigeria in 3:15.21
400m T54 (W) Semis Mikaela Dingley and Eliza Ault-Connell go again after the 1500m earlier today and joined by Aimee Fisher.
90 minutes after the 1500m bronze Eliza Ault-Connell qualifies for the 400m final with 3rd in the heat in 59.62. Aimee Fisher was 4th in 1:12.27 and goes to final as time qualifier. In the second heat Mikaela Dingley was fifth in 1:16.95
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Day 4 Evening Session (31-Jul Morning aest)
A big session of of qualifying in highly competitive fields, finishing off with a 5000m final with Australians competing for podium spots, and the 100mH final with world class athletes including Jennke for her fourth Games final.
200m (M) Semis All three of Aidan Murphy, Calab Law and Lachlan Kennedy have been given outside lanes. so they'll be running blind as they attempt to finish top 2 to qualify for the final.
Unfortunately no qualifiers from the first two semi, Murphy finishes 7th in 20.70 (+3.5), Law 20.60 (+2.0) 5th, but then wow - Kennedy runs a blistering bend and finishes 3rd with a fastest time qualifier 20.12 (+2.3) (a windy PB).
Triple Jump (W) Final In a small field of six, Desleigh Owusu has the chance to become AUstralia's first medalist in this event at the Games - pioneering work she's done before being Australia's first female triple jump medalist at the Universiade last year where she set her PB of 13.86m.
Owusu achieves the best finish of an Australian woman in this event at the Commonwealth Games, with 4th and her best jump of 13.81 (+1.1) was her second best ever
100m (W) T47 Final Lexie Brown goes in the final
A seasons best for Lexie Brown finishing 7th in 13.15 (+1.7), a great finals experience for the 15 year-old.
200m (W) Semis Torrie Lewis, Monique Hanlon and Mia Gross face tough semis to qualify for the final.
Torrie Lewis fights hard in the last 30 metres to take the win in 22.64 (+4.7) and through to the final. Monique Hanlon runs under 23 for the 2nd time in her life, 22.90 (+1.7) to finish 4th, and just misses the final as a time qualifier (was 3rd fastest). Mia Gross 23.12 (+1.5) in her heat for 4th.
800m (M) Semis Two tough semi-finals sees Peter Bol in the first against three other 1:42 runners, and then Luke Boyes & Peyton Craig in the second - again with a tough field where there's only one athlete thats not sub-1:45..
Peter Bol did it tough and still managed to get past Pattison in the home straight who has a big finish. Finishes 2nd in 1:45.25 and through to the final. Then Luke Boyes and Peyton Craig put the icing on the cake - 3 men into the final - first time ever for Australia at the Games: Boyes 1:45.11 2nd and Craig 1:45.25 3rd
5000m (W) Final What a final this will be. The fastest athletes are around the 14:30 mark, which makes all three of the Australians super-competitive. Rose Davies brings her 10000m strength, while Jessica Hull and Linden Hall have their 1500m speed. The Australians will have a big say in how this pans out.
Rose Davies does a double no woman's done at the Commonwealth Games, winning the 5000m in 14:44.53 to go with her 10000m Gold. Jessica Hull gets her first Commonwealth Games medal finishing 14:45.51 ... and the two of them complete a 1-2 rarely seen on the track for Australia. Linden Hall finishes 14:55.28 for 7th
100m Hurdles (W) Final In her fourth Games, Michelle Jenneke runs in her fourth final - an incredible achievement. The 12.72 in her heat - while windy - shows she's in form.
In her fourth final at her fourth Comm Games Michelle Jenneke finishes 5th in 12.84 (+2.5) - thats a 4th and three 5ths over those four finals - amazing
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Day 4 Morning Session (30-Jul EVE aest)
Javelin Throw (M) Qualification Cameron McEntyre set a big PB a couple of weeks ago. It’s a tough field he faces with some of the best throwers in the world so he'll be keen to make this final.
First throw from Cameron McEntyre got caught in the wind, but second was 78.91m which put him 6th and comofrtably through to the final.
100m Hurdles (W) Heats Michelle Jenneke starts in her fourth Commonwealth Games and will be looking to qualify through to the final, as she has each time before.
Running the hurdles with a gale behind you isn't easy, and with all her experience Michelle Jenneke manages it easily to finish 3rd with 12.72 (+4.3) ... into her fourth Commonwealth final .. amazing!
Mile (W) Semis The Australian three, Jessica Hull, Abbey Caldwell and Claudia Hollingsworth are expected to play a big role in the final, with some suggesting a podium clean sweep is possible. But first they have to get through these qualifiers.
Jessica Hull and Abbey Caldwell comfortably through with no argy bargy. Hull 2nd in 4:34.20 and Caldwell 3rd in 4:34.87. Claudia Hollingsworth now up in heat two, and comfortably cruises to the win in 4:31.17.
400m (M) Semis Thomas Reynolds and Reece Holder face some very fast competition to make this final but both have shown form this year that suggests they can get through.
Wow ... Thomas Reynolds ... up against the Commonwealth Champion and Olympic medalist in the semi and he's leading the field by 4 metres coming into the straight, and then held on to win in 45.63 - through to the final. Reece Holder has been dealing with hamstring issues and didn't go out in his normal blistering start, and struggled to make gains in the home straight to finish 5th (upgrade to 4th after a DQ) in 45.99. Unfortunately misses the time qualifier.
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Day 3 Evening Session 30-Jul Morn aest)
800m (W) Heptathlon It all comes down to the last event for Tori West, currently in bronze medal position. But she'll be challenged by the English athlete Ellen Barber who West needs to finish at least 6 seconds behind. Mia Scerri currently 5th will look to finish strong.
After a competition that was held in tough conditions, it came down to the 800m for Tori West, who then pulls out a PB to hold on to BRONZE, finishing with 6104 points. Mia Scerri also finishes with a big 800m PB, and 5996 points for 7th
** THIS EVENT WAS RE-RUN on DAY 5 MORNING
[T54] 1500m (W) Final Mikaela Dingley and Eliza Ault-Connell go in the final
Mikaela Dingley finished 4th in 4:42.25, the Canadian athlete was disqualified due to crashing into Eliza Ault-Connell who fell and, Dingley was promoted to the bronze medal.
UPDATE: The race will now be re-run on day 6.
Long Jump (M) Final After successfully qualifying Chris Mitrevski and Liam Adcock will go in the final
Chris Mitrevski popped out an 8.02m on his 5th attempt which got him back in the mix, going to fourth. But just overcooked the final jump and that is where he finished. Liam Mitrevski, limited by injuries in recent months, could not find his eight metre form and finished 8th with 7.74m.
[T47] 100m (M) Final Jaydon Page faces stiff competition in his final but could challenged for a medal.
Jaydon Page just misses a medal finishing 4th in 10.97
3000m Steeplechase (W) Final A straight final for Cara Feain-Ryan in a quality field.
Fantastic run from Feain-Ryan, having to run most of the race solo but still got within a second of her PB, finishing in 9:22.07 to come fourth.
400m Hurdles (M) Semis Matthew Hunt runs in the semis finals
Hunt, who had interrupted preparations, hits the third hurdle early and finishes in 50.33 for 4th which unfortunately is not enough to qualify.
Shot Put (W) Final After her success in the NCAA Marley Raikiwasa gets to throw in a Commonwealth Games final
Marley Raikiwasa into the 4th round in the shot put, sitting in 6th with 16.13m, which is where she finishes.
800m (W) Semis After winning her heat with bold front running, Sarah Billings will look to get through her semi-final with similar confidence
A perfectly run qualification from Sarah Billings, made all the right moves, minimising the effort and finishes in second with 2:00.05 to qualify. Definitely running with confidence and in the mix for the podium.
[F44/F64] Discus (M) Final Michal Burian throws in this final
Burian throws 44.24m to finish 8th
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Day 3 Morning Session (29-Jul EVE aest)
Heptathlon This is a fascinating event - with the Australians in contention for the podium. Based on the scores from end of Day 1, and taking their scores from their best Heptathlon, Tori West will finish ahead of Mia Scerri, and that could be for the bronze medal. But anything can happen in the next three events, with Long Jump & Javelin this session, 800m next.
Scerri had a first jump of 6.29m - almost a PB. Then West gets out to 6.13m on her second which is a PB. These women are pushing for the podium, and West, who started athletics because of the Javelin, could make up some big points in that event. Scerri still in 3rd and West in 5th.
It gets interesting with Javelin with West moving into 3rd, and Scerri dropping back to 5th. Barber (ENG) was 80 points behind West and has a 7 second faster PB than West in the 800m which is about 100 points so West needed a big 3rd throw. And she did - gets an extra metre to out to 47.24m which puts her 95 points ahead ... this is on for the bronze medal. West needs to stick as close to Barber as she can and finish within 6 seconds of her.
200m (W) Heats With the top 17 qualifying from these heats the two Australians Monique Hanlon, Mia Gross should join Torrie Lewis in the semi-finals
Gross out first and has a solid win in 23.21 (+1.5) which will qualify. Another comfortable win for Hanlon and finishes in 23.12 (+1.6). The two will join Lewis in the semi-finals.
Mile (M) Heats Flagged by many as the event of the athletics competition, and some harking back to the miracle mile, where John Landy took on Roger Bannister back in 1954. Cameron Myers versus the new World Record holder, home town hero, Josh Kerr are the chief protanganists. Oliver Hoare is here as defending champion (having won the 1500m in 2022) and Adam Spencer returns to Championship racing, with his last global effort a bronze at the World Indoors 1500m. First 6 to qualify.
In the first semi unfortunately Hoare was tripped and lost touch with the pack, finishing 9th but was reinstated for the final. Spencer ran comfortably to finish 6th to qualify. Myers took no chances and went to the lead for most of the race, fisnishing in 3:53.85, five seconds faster than the first semi.
200m (M) Heats Area Record holder one day, sole heat qualifier the next. Lachlan Kennedy fronts up to qualify for the semi-finals through the heat, while his compatriots, Aidan Murphy & Calab Law got auto Q's to the semis.
Light work moving into the semi-final, Lachlan Kennedy finishes 2nd in 20.50 (+2.6) easing down
T12 100m (M) Semis Nathan Jason aims to qualify for the final.
Jason ran 11.23 but unfortunately did not qualify.
400m Hurdles (W) Heats One of the busiest on the European circuit in the lead up was Sarah Carli, who consistently ran in the 55 second range. This will be enough to qualify through to the final, in which she'd love to get closer to her 54.21 PB to be competitive for the medals.
Carli runs 55.76 which is a time qualifier for the final
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Day 2 Evening Session (29-Jul AM aest)
100m (M) Semis Crunch time in the sprint finals and Australia has six attempting to reach the final (back in 1950 Australia had a total of 7 in the finals including a clean sweep of the medals by the women!) Lachlan Kennedy, Eddie Nketia & Rohan Browning line up for the men
Kennedy scorches the start and brings it home for 2nd in 9.94 (0.0), a PB and just 0.01 off the National Record. FInishes 2nd to qualify. Eddie Nketia also has a barnstorming race to finish 2nd in 10.03 - his PB - and qualifies. Rohan Browning runs a SB of 10.14 (+0.7) finishing 4th. Two Australians in the final for the first time since 1982.
100m (W) Semis For the women Torrie Lewis, Ebony Lane and Georgia Harris
Another blistering run - Torrie Lewis wins her heat and the clock reads 10.98 - for a moment the first Australian under 11? Unfortunately no, its rounded up to 11.00 (+1.6) but still another National Record. Ebony Lane gets her usual fast start and tries to maintain it in the face of tough competition finishing 6th with 11.52 (+0.7).
Heptathlon Mia Scerri & Tori West continue to acquire the points in a bid to move up the leaderboard, this session in the Shot Put and 200m to finish the day
Trying to put a shiny metal ball in the wet adds another layer of difficulty. Both Mia Scerri and Tori West both around one metre of their Shot Put bests, but so are all the others. Scerri wins the event with 13.87m and jumps from 10th to 4th overall. West finishes 6th with 12.51m and jumps to 6th overall.
High Jump (W) Final Nicola Olyslagers & Eleanor Patterson go into this as competition favourites but will have to navigate the wet conditions
Hammer Throw (W) Final The young duo, Lara Roberts & Stephanie Ratcliffe, are becoming a regular feature of Australia teams and will test there skills against some of the worlds best
Long Jump T20 (M) Final Lindsey Hendy has some tough competition but will look to improve his best.
10000m (M) Final Ky Robinson is one of four sub-27 minutes in this field – the other three Kenyans. After the excitement of Rose Davies win, we know in slower competition-style running anything can happen.
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Day 2 Morning Session (28-Jul EVE aest)
Heptathlon
Mia Scerri and Tori West start their journey competing in 7 events over two days, accumulating points as they go. Both are ranked close to the medals, so it will come down to who can perform consistently over the two days. In this session we’ll see them over 100m Hurdles and then High Jump
No surprises over the 100m hurdles which is what you want. West just under her mark during her PB hept. with 13.55 for 1043 (sits in 4th) points, Scerri just over hers, 14.05 gets 975 points (11th). In the High Jump, Scerri cleared all heights first attempt up to 1.73m, but then got stuck on 1.76m. Gets 891 points and sits in 10th. West over 1.70m but missed 1.73m, so gets 855 points and sits 8th. Her combined score after two events is on par with her PB heptathlon.
800m (M) Heats
A full contingent of Australians to compete in what is another world-class field, with quality Kenyan and British runners. Peter Bol has only improved since his silver medal four years ago so will be looking to go one better. Luke Boyes always puts himself in a good position which should serve him well through the qualification, while Peyton Craig relies on his strong finish in the home straight. All of them face four sub-1:45 runners in their heats, and with just the top 3 going through to the semi-finals these heats are going to be hot.
Luke Boyes looks comfortable in his heat after taking the lead and cruising the last 50 metres finishing 2nd in 1:47.37. Peyton Craig hung back and then came through in the last 100m to grab 3rd for qualifying in 1:47.17. Peter Bol likes to take charge in his qualifying races, and took the lead 200m to go to win his heat in 1:45.86 which was the fastest. All three through.
400m (M) Heats
The excitement from the World Relays in Botswana still ringing in their ears, Reece Holder & Thomas Reynolds will be keen to show that form which saw them both run under 44 seconds in their relay splits. Fortunately for Reynolds he can wait until the semi-final as he has got an automatic qualifying spot based on a top 8 time this season.
A fast start as usual sees Reece Holder first into the home straight and cruises to 2nd in 45.63, which will qualify him for the semi-finals.
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Day 1 Evening Session (28-Jul Morning aest)
800m (W) Heat
This is one of the world class distance events at these Games, and new National record holder Sarah Billings, despite drawing a good heat, will have to be alert to ensure she qualifies through to the semi-finals.
A very safe race run by Billings, going to the front and not being headed to win her heat in 2:01.51 and qualify for Thursday's (aest) semi-finals.
100m (W) FINAL T38
Rhiannon Clarke looks to challenge for a medal with Ella Pardy & Briseis Brittain also to push their claims.
Clarke has a great run to just miss a medal, 4th in 12.94 SB, with Pardy 5th in 13.48 & Brittain 6th in 13.50 SB.
10000m (W) FINAL
Australia has two highly credentialled athletes in Rose Davies and Lauren Ryan. 1st and 2nd best Australians ever and ranked 3rd and 4th in this field – so an unusual medal in this event for Australia (only 3 times before) not out of the question
WOW! Rose Davies runs a stunning race to reel in Diana Wanza after she broke away, and then keep going over the last two laps to end up winning comfortably by over 10 seconds. Takes the Gold in 31:39.32 - first time Australia has won this event at the Commonwealth Games for the women - and the men last won back in 1958. Lauren Ryan finished strongly and was only 4 seconds away from bronze - 5th in 31:59.41
1500m (M) FINAL T20
Archer Hewett & Daniel Milone racing in the final
Hewett finishes 4th in 4:07.71 which is a PB, and Milone is 8th in 4:17.18 SB
100m (M) FINAL T38
Straight final for Ullrich Muller & Thomas McGough and with them ranked #2 & #3 this will be a race to watch.
Muller goes very close to the win, and finishes with silver in 11.19 SB. McGough is 4th in 11.74 SB.
Shot Put (W) FINAL F57
The evening (early morning AEST) session starts with the first final with Julie Charlton (ranked 5th) and Ainsley Hooker
Hooker with her best of 5.40m finishing 9th and Charlton throws 6.19m to finish 8th.
High Jump (M) FINAL
The withdrawal of Hamish Kerr (NZL) throws this event open, and at his best, Yual Reath could be looking at a medal.
Yual Reath has three misses at 2.15m, meaning he'll finish 7th with 2.10m.
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Heading into this first evening (AEST time) of Commonwealth Games action there's plenty of quality athletics coming to get excited about, there's an incredibly strong Australian team to raise the expectations, there's the knowledgable and experienced Cnannel 7 commentary team providing the Australian-specific insights we love, and I've also realised there's a wealth of online content options to give you an layered online experience with all the facts and figures at your figuretips.
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Day 1 Morning Session (27-Jul eve aest)
Men 100m
Lachlan Kennedy has been a beneficiary of the decision to promote the top 7 directly to the finals, so in these heats we'll see Rohan Browning (heat 7) and Eddie Nketia (heat 11), with 17 to qualify for the semi finals. Nigeria's Kayinsola Ajayi is strong favourite with the third best time in the world this year of 9.84 (+0.7), but strong representation from Jamaica and South Africa will also test the Australians.
Both the Australias qualify through to the semifinals, Rohan Browning 2nd in heat 7 in 10.24 (+1.8) 16th qualifier, and Eddie Nketia 2nd in 10.07 (+3.9) 4th fastest qualifier
Men Long Jump
Liam Adcock and Chris Mitrevski will be flying in the qualifying to make the final, with 8.00m the automatic qualifier.
BANG! Chris Mitrevski gets out to 7.89 (+1.8) on his second jump and Liam Adcock has jumped 7.74m (+2.5) on his first which is good enough for both of them to qualify.
Women Hammer Throw
Qualifying for Australia's two young talents in the hammer, Australian record holder Stephanie Ratcliffe and Lara Roberts.
The two Australian throwers have both got good first throws out, Lara Roberts with 66.73m and Stephanie Ratcliffe 65.73m - both qualify for the final.
Women 100m
Another trio of Aussies go in the heats, Ebony Lane (heat 2), Torrie Lewis (3) and Georgia Harris (7)
Ebony Lane a close 2nd in 11.50 (+0.9) and Georgia Harris is 3rd in her heat 11.51 (0.0) - both had to sit and wait to see if they made top 17 and they did! Torrie Lewis through with a win and 11.15 (+2.4).
Women 100m [T38]
A spot in the finals awaits another trio, Ella Pardy & Briseis Brittain (semi 1), and 2nd-ranks for the event, Rhiannon Clarke (semi 2)
Rhiannon Clarke (13.00), Ella Pardy (13.44) & Briseis Brittain (13.50) all qualified for the final
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