Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE: Laura Muir storms to 1500m gold after England win women’s hockey title
Follow day 10 at the 2022 Commonwealth Games with 45 gold medals up for grabs
A thrilling penultimate day at Birmingham 2022 has delivered more action to this thoroughly entertaining Commonwealth Games, with 45 gold medals in total set to be dished out by the end of the evening.
Tonight was all about Laura Muir, and the Scotland star produced a brilliant kick to win gold in the women’s 1500m final, adding to her 800m bronze from the previous evening. Later, a wide-open men’s 800m final, was won by Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal ahead of Australia’s Peter Bol, with England’s Ben Pattison taking bronze.
Eilish McColgan added to her 10,000m gold with a gutsy silver in the 5,000m and there was further joy as England’s women wrapped up the action at the Alexander Stadium with a dramatic gold in the 4x400m final. It was short lived, however, after the team was disqualified following a lane infringment.
Earlier, home-town hero Matt Hudson-Smith was left disappointed when forced to settle for silver in the men’s 400m, while Victoria Ohuruogu was more upbeat, grabbing a silver in the women’s 400m final. There was drama in the 4x100m relay finals, with England men and Nigeria women prevailing.
In the afternoon, a dramatic men’s cycling road race saw Geraint Thomas fall just short with a late push to break the lead group, leaving New Zealand’s Aaron Gate to sprint clear and win a fourth gold at these Games. And in the result of the day, England pulled off a shock to stun Australia and win Commonwealth gold in the women’s hockey final. Follow all the action throughout the evening below:
Nick Miller wins hammer title
There's been more golden success for England with Nick Miller successfully defending his hammer title.
It was a slow start for the 2018 champion but he soon found his groove with his fourth throw of 76.43m enough to take the title.
Canada's Ethan Katzberg takes the silver with Cyprus' Alexandros Poursanidis completing the rostrum.
England's Joseph Ellis misses out on a medal in fourth.
England chasing 165 to beat India in cricket semi-finals
Over at the cricket, opener Danni Wyatt has just fallen for an entertaining 35 off 27 balls.
It's been pretty even going so far in this chase but that could be a big wicket.
Sophia Dunkley and Alice Capsey didn't capitalise on positive starts at the top of the order meaning you feel skipper Nat Sciver arrives at the crease now needing to make a properly meaningful contribution if England are to do this.
They’re 86-3 at the halfway point.
They need 165 to reach the final against either Australia or New Zealand.
Oliver Hoare beats Jake Wightman for 1500m title
Lost in all of that excitement was Ollie Hoare's winning time was a Commonwealth Games record time of three minutes 30.12 seconds.
What a run!
He's the first Australian Commonwealth Games 1500m champion since Herb Elliott in 1958.
Oliver Hoare beats Jake Wightman for 1500m title
Jake Wightman kicks first as they hit the bell and he looks to take it home just as he did in Eugene.
The pack stay with him though with the two Kenyans tracking him as they reach the home straight.
Wightman keeps pushing but he hasn’t got that final gear and it’s Australia’s Oliver Hoare who has the last push, streaking past him to cross the line first.
Timothy Cheruiyot comes home second for silver with Wightman taking the bronze.
Men’s 1500m final
Kenya's Abel Kipsang is the man who wants to press the gas pedal first with compatriot and Olympic silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot following him.
Jake Wightman right where he wants to be though on the shoulder.
Wightman up in 1500m final
Next up on the track is Jake Wightman in the men's 1500m final.
The 28-year-old won a shock gold at the World Championships in Eugene last month and is hoping to add the Commonwealth title here and the 800m crown at next month’s European Championships to it.
Scotland teammates Josh Kerr and Neil Gourley will be chasing Wightman down though and will have designs on the title themselves with England pair Elliot Giles and Matt Stonier also hoping to be in the mix for the medals.
They'll hear the starter's pistol any second now.
England ease into 4x100m relay final
In the men's 4x100 relay heats, defending champions England secured their place in the final in a race that saw Australia fall on the final changeover.
The quartet of Jona Efoloko, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Ojie Edoborun got the baton round in 38.48 to ease through in first place with Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana joining them.
In the second heat the African trio of Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana made it through.
Geraint Thomas expecting ‘war of attrition’ in road race
Geraint Thomas expects the men’s road race at the Commonwealth Games to be a “war of attrition” as rival teams work together to ensure there is no sprint for Mark Cavendish.
Reigning British champion Cavendish has a strong Isle of Man team aiming to see that the 160km race around Warwick and Leamington Spa ends in a sprint that he would be the runaway favourite to win.
Though the flat profile of the route might point to a bunch finish, rival teams plan to mix things up to deny Cavendish his chance.
“Cavendish has obviously got a strong team around him and it’s a good course for him,” Welshman Thomas said.
“But I think for us, the English, South Africa and the Scots, I don’t think any of them want a sprint so I think it’s going to be like a Nationals race, lots of aggressive racing, a war of attrition.
“That’s the race we want and that’s the race we’re expecting.”
Cavendish’s Isle of Man squad includes former British champion Ben Swift, Mark Christian and Matt Bostock - who needed hospital treatment after being involved in Matt Walls’ horror velodrome crash last week, but who has been seen training since.
If they cannot make it a sprint, the 37-year-old Cavendish has shown he can mix it in breakaways too, winning his second British title in June by being in a lead group for the entire day.
England and Scotland safely through in 4x100m relay
Back to the athletics where the women have just got through the 4x100m relay heats.
There was no baton drama for England who qualified comfortably for the finals.
The quartet of Asha Philip, Imani Lansiquot, Bianca Williams and Ashleigh Nelson clocked 42.72 seconds to finish second behind Nigeria.
Scotland join them too having followed home gold medal favourites Jamaica in the other semi.
India set strong total against England
India will have taken that when they won the toss and opted to bat first.
Smriti Mandhana (61) was well backed up by captain Harmanpreet Kaur (20) as India roared out of the traps.
A couple of middle-over wickets for Freya Kemp helped check the momentum before Jemimah Rodrigues (44*) and Deepti Sharma (22) stepped on the gas pedal once again as India post what looks to be a challenging total for England to chase.
England will need 165 to reach the final against either Australia or New Zealand.
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