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:
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson slightly improves once more and finishes her long jump event with a distance of 6.33m. That’s not enough to overhaul Jade O’Dowda but could (and probably will) keep her at the top of the standings.
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Aussie Taneille Crase gets the crowd going ahead of her final jump. She uses all that built up adrenaline and fouls big time. She’ll have to settle for a distance of 6.23m.
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Holly Mills needs a good jump in her second attempt. She landed a 6m effort on her first go around and slightly improves to 6.12m with the next jump.
Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor will be hoping to close the gap on Katarina Johnson-Thompson with a jump over 6m but oversteps and fouls on her second attempt.
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Oh wow! What a jump from Jade O’Dowda.
She’s perfect when leaping off the board and throws herself into the pit eclipsing KJT’s earlier effort by landing a 6.52m leap. That is seriously impressive.
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Australia’s Tanielle Crase leaps over six metres in her second long jump attempt. It’s a personal best for the Aussie who successfully lands a 6.23m!
Better from Katarina Johnson-Thompson too. After a modest 5.61m with her first attempt KJT improves to hit a 6.28m!
That puts her back out in front overall, as well as in this event.
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All four heats are finished now and the semi-finals line-up is completed.
England’s Vicky Ohuruogu and Jodie Williams are safely through the women’s 400m heats and are joined by Scotland’s Zoey Clark and Nicole Yeargin in the next round.
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Heptathlon standings before long jump:
1. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (Eng) - 3765
2. Kate O’Connor (Nir) - 3656 (-109)
3. Taneille Crase (Aus) - 3604 (-161)
4. Holly Mills (Eng) - 3602 (-163)
5. Jade O’Dowda (Eng) - 3582 (-183)
6. Anna McCauley (Nir) - 3269 (-496)
7. Lauren Evans (Wal) - 3226 (-539)
8. Edna Boafob (Png) - 2619 (-1146)
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson is up first in the heptathlon long jump. She lands a clean 5.61m opening jump but will have ambitions to improve on that.
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England’s Jodie Williams and Scotland’s Zoey Clark are both involved in this one. The top three times go through automatically then it comes down to the fastest runners across all four heats.
Sada Williams of Barbados wins the heat with a decent time of 51.66 but both home nations runners make it through!
Clark charges down the final 100m to finish second with a time of 51.84 with Jodie Williams taking third place.
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