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:
Heather Knight to miss the rest of the Commonwealth Games and The Hundred through injury
England captain Heather Knight has been ruled out of the rest of the Commonwealth Games and will also miss The Hundred this season because of a lingering hip problem.
Knight suffered the injury during the Twenty20 opener in England’s multi-format series against South Africa a couple of weeks ago and had an injection before the Games to try to soothe the troubled area.
However, an England and Wales Cricket Board spokesperson has confirmed the issue has “failed to settle down as expected” and Knight is now facing an extended period on the sidelines.
Heather Knight to miss rest of Commonwealth Games and The Hundred with injury
The England captain is still recovering from a hip problem.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Weightlifting
The clean & jerk section of the women’s +87kg is well underway with Emily Campbell and Samoa’s Feagaiga Stower in the best positions to fight for gold.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Boxing
Scotland are on fire inside the boxing ring.
Sean Lazzerini takes victory in his quarter-final and with it all three Scottish hopefuls are guaranteed bronze medals, all that needs deciding is the colour.
Lazzerini will go for gold alongside Reese Lynch and Sam Hickey.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson retains heptathlon lead with two events remaining
Katarina Johnson-Thompson holds onto a slim lead as she tries to retain her Commonwealth Games heptathlon title.
The defending champion is 122 points ahead of compatriot Jade O’Dowda after the long jump on Wednesday morning in Birmingham.
O’Dowda posted a leap of 6.52m to earn 1014 points compared to Johnson-Thompson’s best effort of 6.33m.
It means Johnson-Thompson maintains a slender advantage ahead of the javelin, one of her weaker events, and the final 800m on Wednesday evening.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson retains heptathlon lead with two events remaining
Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor is in second following the long jump on Wednesday morning.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Weightlifting
Samoa’s Feagaiga Stowers is the main challenger to Emily Campbell. She recovers to lift 121kg on her second attempt and matches Emily Campbell’s weight.
Campbell has another lift left in the snatch and asks for 124kg on the bar and makes it look like a feather pillow.
Incredible scenes.
Three successful lifts in the snatch means Campbell goes into the clean & jerk top of the pile.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Mountain biking
Evie Richards wins gold! She led from the start, extended her lead and after a slight slip stormed home to add the Commonwealth title to her impressive CV.
Her time is 1:34:59.
Australia’s Zoe Cuthbert is going to take silver, with Candice Lill finishing third for bronze.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Weightlifting
Wow. A new Commonwealth Games record for Emily Campbell who ups the weight and lifts 121kg!
Campbell is cruising out there and is miles ahead now.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Weightlifting
England’s Emily Campbell receives a huge roar as she steps up for her first lift. She is the second to last competitor to go and is bidding to lift 117kg which would put her in first place.
Canada’s Emma Frieson currently leads the way on 106kg but not for long.
A confident lift from Campbell sees her storm into the lead.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Mountain biking
Evie Richards here’s the bell as she begins the final lap of the women’s cross country mountain biking event. Zoe Cuthbert is out on her own in second place but she’s dropped further behind.
There’s a 41 second gap between first and second with Candice Lill of South Africa in third and Isla Short from Scotland fourth.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Mountain biking
That crash for Richards seems to have injected a bit of adrenaline into the world champion who ups her tempo for the sixth lap and increases her lead back to 33 seconds.
That’s a decent chunk of time especially if the chasing pair of Zoe Cuthbert and Candice Lill decide that the gold medal is out of reach.
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