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:
Jack Laugher earns second gold of Commonwealth Games with Anthony Harding in 3m synchro final
Jack Laugher collected his second gold medal of these Commonwealth Games as he and England teammate Anthony Harding dominated the synchronised 3m springboard final.
Laugher and Harding were leading after the opening two mandatory dives and then motored into the distance with their final four dives, set at a much higher degree of difficulty than the rest. Malaysia’s Gabriel Gilbert Daim and Muhammad Syafiq Bin Puteh won silver as Australia’s Samuel Fricker and Shixin Li – who finished second to Laugher’s gold in the 1m springboard final on Thursday – won bronze.
The 27-year-old Laugher and 22-year-old Harding are at different stages of their career, and while Laugher was pleased to collect the seventh Commonwealth title of his impressive career, he was just as delighted to see his junior teammate earn a first global title, having won silver together at the World Championships in Budapest earlier this year where they pushed China hard.
Jack Laugher earns second gold of Commonwealths with Anthony Harding in 3m synchro
Laugher earned the seventh Commonwealth Games gold of his career while his junior teammate Harding got his first taste of glory on the global stage
Laura Muir sets sights on Commonwealth Games medal after reaching 1500m final
Laura Muir is eyeing an elusive Commonwealth Games medal after reaching her second final.
The Scot finished fifth in her 1500m heat on Friday morning to reach Sunday’s final at the Alexander Stadium.
She ran four minutes 14.11 seconds as she paced herself in the morning session in Birmingham, having also reached Saturday’s 800m final.
A Commonwealth Games medal is the only one missing from Muir’s collection after she finished 11th in the 1500m – having been clipped – in 2014 and skipped the Gold Coast four years ago to focus on her vet exams.
Laura Muir sets sights on Commonwealth Games medal after reaching 1500m final
Muir will also compete in the 800m final over the weekend
Commonwealth Games wrestling interrupted after speaker cover falls from roof
Action in the morning session at the wrestling at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was interrupted for almost two hours after a speaker cover fell from the roof at the Coventry Arena.
The incident occurred half an hour into the session which began at 10.30am on Friday morning, a spokesperson for Birmingham 2022 told the PA news agency.
No one was injured by the cover, but play was stopped and spectators were moved out of the viewing area for safety purposes while staff conducted checks on the other speakers fixed into the roof.
Commonwealth Games wrestling interrupted after speaker cover falls from roof
The incident occurred half an hour into the session which began at 10.30am on Friday morning
England defeat Netball world champions New Zealand to set up Australia semi-final
England made experience count as they sunk reigning world champions New Zealand 54-44 to book a Commonwealth Gamesnetball semi-final against Australia.
England were never behind as they fashioned a one-point half-time advantage before pulling away to lead by six at end of the third quarter and staged another final quarter surge to secure a 10-point cushion.
The result, in front of a raucous home crowd at the NEC Arena, means Jess Thirlby’s team will face a rematch of the memorable 2018 final against the Australians, who suffered a shock 57-55 defeat to Jamaica earlier on Thursday in their final group stage game.
England defeat Netball world champions New Zealand
Helen Housby starred as England claimed a 54-44 win.
Boxer wins first Commonwealth Games medal for tiny island nation of Niue
Boxer Duken Tutakitoa-Williams took just five minutes to seal his place in Commonwealth Games history by winning Niue’s first-ever medal.
With a population of around 1,600, it was perhaps no surprise that Niue – a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean 375 miles to the east of Tonga – had never made its way onto the medal table at five previous Games.
But heavyweight Tutakitoa-Williams ended that wait by stopping his Cook Islands opponent Michael Schuster in the second round of their quarter-final contest at Birmingham 2022.
Boxer wins first Commonwealth Games medal for tiny island nation of Niue
This is the sixth Games that the South Pacific island has competed in.
Commonwealth Games silver or bronze would feel ‘a bit weird’, Sarah Glenn reveals
Sarah Glenn admitted she would have conflicting feelings if England walked away from the Commonwealth Games with a bronze or silver medal.
After topping their group with a 100 per cent winning record, England need only beat semi-final opponents India to guarantee silver and go into the gold-medal match against Australia or New Zealand.
Defeat against India would come with the consolation of vying for bronze against the losers of the other semi, but cricketers are generally unaccustomed to celebrating just a place on the podium.
Commonwealth Games silver or bronze would feel ‘a bit weird’, Sarah Glenn reveals
England face India in the semi-finals before a possible meeting with Australia or New Zealand
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Gymnastics
England’s Marfa Ekimova is still going strong in the rhythmic gymnastics and she tops the table after the hoop, ball and clubs with a score of 85.200.
Her 28.350 in the clubs extended her lead over Australia’s Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva to 0.700 points.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Beach volleyball
England take the first set 21-16! Good work from the Bello brothers who weathered a tricky spell which saw Gambia draw level. From 10-10 though they managed to squeeze in front and claimed th set thanks to some errors from their opponents.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Beach volleyball
England’s Javier and Joaquin Bello lost to New Zealand’s Sam O’Dea & Brad Fuller in their final group match meaning they have a trickier quarter-final against dangerous Gambian duo Sainey Jawo and Mbye Babou Jarra.
The Gambians won African Games gold in 2019 but the Bello’s start quick with Javier serving down three aces in a row as England go 4-0 up.
A battle of wills develops and Gambia fight back to 9-9 in the first game.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Table tennis
England are out!
Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho are beaten in the deciding game of their quarter-final 11-9 by India’s Achanta Sharath Kamal and Akula Sreeja and won’t be playing for a medal
Team England’s other pair Charlotte Bardsley and Tom Jarvis lost 3-0 in their last eight match to Australia duo Nicholas Lum and Minhyung Jee as well.
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