Gold Coast 2018, Day 5: Big night at track, pool for South Africa Monday, 9 April 2018, 20:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies on the track and Cameron van der Burgh and Chad le Clos in the pool gave South Africa a night to remember Monday at the Commonwealth Games. Simbine and...
Gold Coast 2018: Van der Burgh beats world record holder Peaty in 50m backstroke Monday, 9 April 2018, 16:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Cameron van der Burgh beat world record holder Adam Peaty to win the 50-meter backstroke gold medal Monday on the penultimate night of swimming at the Commonwealth Games. Van der Burgh clinched...
Gold Coast 2018: South Africa pair Simbine, Bruintjies upstage Blake in 100m final Monday, 9 April 2018, 15:44 Last update: about 8 years ago Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies led South Africa to a surprising 1-2 finish in the men's 100 meters at the Commonwealth Games that may have Yohan Blake thinking twice about going home to...
Gold Coast 2018: New Zealand's transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard injured in competition Monday, 9 April 2018, 09:17 Last update: about 8 years ago They said she was unbeatable. But what they — being the critics — didn't consider was that New Zealand's transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard was just as vulnerable to injury as...
Gold Coast 2018: At 79, Pitcairn becomes oldest athlete to debut at games Monday, 9 April 2018, 09:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Robert Pitcairn has flown in the military and foiled a potential hijacker on a commercial flight. So targeting a record as the oldest competitor to debut at the Commonwealth Games hasn't been too...
Gold Coast 2018: Duncan Scott upsets Kyle Chalmers to win 100m freestyle gold medal Sunday, 8 April 2018, 19:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Scotland's Duncan Scott put a dampener on Australia's swimming resurgence when he upset Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers to win the men's 100-meter freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games on...
Gold Coast 2018, Day 4: Yohan Blake coasts in 100m, hammer time for England's Miller Sunday, 8 April 2018, 19:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Yohan Blake received an encouraging message from Usain Bolt before his Commonwealth Games debut, telling him: "I believe in you." That came in the wake of another one from his fellow Jamaican...
Gold Coast 2018: Norfolk Islanders claim rare medal on Australian mainland Sunday, 8 April 2018, 13:29 Last update: about 8 years ago They did it for themselves, their families and — most of all — their island. Norfolk Island, boasting just 18 athletes at these Commonwealth Games, won bronze in the lawn bowls men's...
Gold Coast 2018: Eleonor Bezzina gives superb performance, books place in final round Sunday, 8 April 2018, 11:20 Last update: about 8 years ago Team Malta continued its commitments in the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games today when it took part in Shooting, Athletics and Lawn Bowls. Today saw the start of Shooting competitions with Marlon...
Gold Coast 2018: National record for Zammit Stevens, Lawn Bowlers make it to semi-finals Saturday, 7 April 2018, 15:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Team Malta produces strong performances in third day of competition. National Record for Zammit Stevens, Lawn Bowlers make it to semi-finals Team Malta gave strong and positive performances...