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:
Commonwealth Games: Athletics
Scotland’s Laura Muir is safely through to the next round of the 1500m after opening her bid with a comfortable time of 4.14.11 at the Alexander Stadium.
That puts Muir fifth overall, while England’s Katie Snowden and Northern Ireland’s Ciara Mageean also finished in the top five of their respective heats.
Jemma Reekie had a bit of a scare after being beaten to the line but her time ensures she finishes as one of the next fastest qualifiers.
Laugher earns second gold 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, Lawrence Ostlere reports.
Laugher and Harding were leading after the opening two mandatory dives and then motored into the distance with final four dives at a much higher degree of difficulty than the rest.
The 27-year-old Laugher and 22-year-old Harding are at different stages of their career and Laugher was clearly 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.
Laugher won Olympic gold in Rio alongside Chris Mears six years ago before Mears retired to focus on his music career, and this new partnership is now blossoming. They will be a serious medal threat come the Paris Olympics in two years’ time.
Jack Laugher earns second gold of Commonwealths with Anthony Harding in 3m synchro
Jack Laugher collected his second gold medal of these Commonwealth Games as he and England teammate Anthony Harding dominated the synchronised 3m springboard final.
Commonwealth Games: Laugher and Harding win gold
Laugher and Harding put the finishing touches on one of the most dominant displays at the Commonwealth Games, with a final score of 80.73 on the Forward 2½ Somersaults 3 Twists taking their total to an oustanding 438.33 - a full 60 points ahead of second place.
Scotland’s Ross Beattie and James Heatly just miss out on bronze.
1) England - 438.33
2) Malaysia - 376.77
3) Australia - 374.52
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Oh no! Malaysia’s Chew and Ooi have tanked their fifth dive, dropping three places and out of the medal positions.
It means Laugher and Harding have a 40-point lead heading into their final attempt. They have obliterated the field.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Wow - Laugher and Harding really up the difficulty on their next dive, from 2.0 right up to 3.4 - but the execution is again too good!
A huge score 87.72 stretches their lead over Chew and Ooi, who also upped the difficulty but not to the same degree. They settle for 71.10.
A score of 79.56 in their next time means that they must surely just avoid disaster in their final two attempts to win the gold. That said, the difficulty for those dives in 3.8 and 3.9, so it could happen.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
The reverse dive is next for Laugher and Harding - near perfect synchronisation there and they break into the 50s thanks to a 51.60 from the judges.
It edges them ahead of Chew and Ooi this time, while Scotland’s Ross Beattie and James Heatly have pulled themselves back into it with an impressive second dive and now sit in the medal positions.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Laugher and Harding attempt an opening back dive with a difficulty of 2.0 and are rewarded with the best score of the first set of attempts.
They take the lead with a 49.80, although Malaysia’s Yiwei Chew Tze Liang Ooi match their score to join them.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Next up, Jack Laugher goes for his second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham alongside Anthony Harding in the 3m springboard synchro final.
There are five teams involved in the final and Laugher and Harding will face off against teams from Scotland, Australia and two from Malaysia.
The Australians pose the biggest threat with Shixin Li winning silver yesterday in the 1m springboard final and pushing Laugher close as he won his gold.
It gets underway at 11:22pm.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Reid safely progresses to the 1m springboard final, but faces a fight for her title after Canada’s Mia Vallée sets an imposing early target in the prelims.
Vallée’s score of 292.20 puts her well clear of England’s Yasmin Harper (274.60) and Australia’s Fan Qin (266.95).
Reid finishes fifth with 259.10 so there will be work to do in the final, while Harper will aim to build on an encouraging first outing.
Vallee, just 21, is the world champion so really her dominance here is no surprise.
The final takes place tonight.
Commonwealth Games: Diving
Grace Reid is sitting in fifth place midway through the prelims but Canada’s Mia Vallée has emerged as the clear favourite based on this early showing. She is leading the field and is 14.5 points clear of England’s Yasmin Harper and Australia’s Georgia Sheehan.
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