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:
Claudia Fragapane completes comeback story with stunning gymnastics team gold at Commonwealth Games
Claudia Fragapane has certainly taken the long road back to the podium but now she’s got there again she admits her race could be nearly run.
In Glasgow eight years ago, she became the first Englishwoman in 84 years to win four gold medals at the Commonwealth Games. This was followed by a world medal and a sequinned bid for the Glitterball with an appearance on Strictly Come Dancing.
But gymnastics is a sport based on the premise of what comes up must come down and those soaring highs were soon followed by crushing lows. She announced she was quitting the sport, aged just 18, after failing to make the final at the Rio Olympics.
Fragapane returned but then suffered a series of career-threatening injuries, missing the defence of her Commonwealth titles in 2018 with an Achilles injury and suffering a serious concussion in training that ended her bid for last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
All of which meant her victory as part of England’s women’s gymnastics team, alongside Kelly Simm, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Alice Kinsella and Ondine Achampong, had extra significance.
Claudia Fragapane completes comeback story with gymnastics gold at Commonwealth Games
Team England’s women held off Australia to match the result of the men 24 hours earlier
Duncan Scott beats Tom Dean in swimming’s ‘battle of Britain’ at Commonwealth Games
Duncan Scott claimed revenge on Tom Dean by beating him to victory in the men’s 200 metres freestyle final at the Commonwealth Games, as Adam Peaty kept on course for a third consecutive gold in the 100m breaststroke.
Scott, swimming for Scotland at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre, had missed out to Dean in the Olympic final in Tokyo last year but triumphed on Saturday night in a time of one minute 45.02 seconds, with Dean taking silver for England in 1:45.41.
Dean led at halfway but Alloa swimmer Scott, who won four medals in total in Japan last summer, came roaring back to secure victory.
Scott also claimed a bronze in the 400m individual medley while Dean was part of the England men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team which took silver in the last race.
The 25-year-old Scott, who became the first Briton to win four medals in the same Olympic Games in Tokyo, said he and Dean were good mates and that their rivalry spurred them both on.
Duncan Scott beats Tom Dean in swimming’s ‘battle of Britain’ at Commonwealth Games
Scott reversed the order of the one-two in the 200m freestyle from last summer’s Olympics
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Hockey
A couple of hockey matches to update you on. In the women’s competition, India beat Wales 3-1 in a tense encounter.
In the final match of the day, again in the women’s competition, Scotland are giving New Zealand all they can handle. Heavy favourites NZ lead in the final quarter but it’s only 1-0. Can Scotland snatch an equaliser?
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Rugby Sevens
A low-scoring, intense quarter-final in the men’s rugby sevens between Australia and Samoa. It ends 7-0 to Australia as a solitary, second-half try proved enough.
It means Australia will play South Africa and New Zealand face Fiji in the semi-finals tomorrow afternoon before the bronze-medal match and gold-medal match in the evening.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Swimming
The final event of the evening in the swimming pool and it’s another SILVER for Team England behind Australia in a 4x100m freestyle relay, this time for the men.
An enthralling race as there’s nothing to choose between England, Canada and Australia for the first two legs - Lewis Burras and Jacob Whittle going for England.
The third leg saw William Yang edge the Aussies ahead as James Guy kept England in second before Tom Dean desperately tried to catch Kyle Chalmers on the anchor leg and although Dean closed the gap, Australia took gold in a Commonwealth Games record time.
Canada took bronze just ahead of Wales.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Gymnastics
To confirm the women’s team gymnastics podium, where England took a brilliant gold and Wales fell just short of bronze.
GOLD - England 161.100
SILVER - Australia 158.000
BRONZE - Canada 152.700
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Rugby Sevens
Wrapping up a couple of the other men’s rugby sevens quarter-finals. South Africa triumphed 33-0 against Canada and New Zealand beat Kenya 31-0.
The last, most eagerly anticipated quarter-final sees Samoa take on Australia and that’s happening shortly.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Swimming
SILVER for Team England in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Australia were a class apart to win gold in 3:30.64, almost six seconds clear of England.
But the English quartet of Anna Hopkins, Abbie Wood, Isabella Hindley and Freya Anderson held off Canada to take an impressive silver.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Gymnastics
It’s been absolutely electric at the gymnastics this evening, with the women’s team final taking place. The crowd have been roaring Team England on as they look to match the men’s gold from last night.
A 12.600 on floor for Australia’s Breanne Scott keeps them hot on England’s heels but Alice Kinsella smashes a vault to score 13.900 before Ondine Achampong hits an absolutely incredible vault! It scores a mammoth 14.150 and that takes England’s total to an unassailable 161.000.
That will be GOLD for England! A brilliant performance from Kinsella, Achampong, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Claudia Fragapane and Kelly Simm.
Australia will earn silver and the battle for bronze now comes down to the final couple of performances from Wales and Canada.
Commonwealth Games 2022 - Swimming
The medals keep on coming in the pool for the home nations as Brodie Williams wins SILVER in the men’s 100m backstroke.
It’s an incredibly close race that basically all comes down to the touch and South Africa’s Pieter Coetze is able to take gold in 53.78s, 013s ahead of England’s Williams.
Australia’s Bradley Woodward finishes third to win bronze
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