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NRL 2022, Canberra Raiders v St George Illawarra Dragons, round 22 match preview, team lists, updates, injuries

The Raiders play four sides below them on the ladder in the run to the finals and will fancy their chances of returning to the play-offs after missing out last year.

Currently ninth on 22 competition points, the Raiders meet the Dragons (11th), Knights (13th), Sea Eagles (10th) and Wests Tigers (15th) in their last four matches and will need at least three wins as well as a significant boost to their for-and-against which sits at -33.

The Dragons’ narrow loss to Cronulla leaves them two games outside the eight with a points differential of -130, meaning they would need four massive wins to have any hope of sneaking in.

When these sides met six weeks ago and it was the Dragons prevailing 12-10 in a controversial finish at WIN Stadium.

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Raiders: Barnstorming prop Joseph Tapine is out with a rib injury, with Emre Guler taking his place in the starting front row and Corey Horsburgh joining the interchange. After missing round 21 with an ankle complaint, Xavier Savage is back at fullback which means Albert Hopoate, who played there last week, shifts to the wing in place of the suspended Nick Cotric.

Dragons: Tariq Sims’ ban for a careless high tackle sees Josh McGuire move into the starting side and Tyrell Fuimaono join the bench for his first game since Round 12. Billy Burns also joins the bench. Michael Molo has been promoted to the starting side with brother Francis dropping out. Fullback Cody Ramsey is listed among the reserves as he looks to return from a knee injury.

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Jamal Fogarty v Ben Hunt: The Raiders No.7 has slowly found his feet since returning from a knee injury in Round 12, steering Canberra to victory in five of the nine games he has played. Fogarty’s kicking game close to the line has produced 11 forced dropouts, the same number Dragons skipper Hunt has come up with in 19 games. Hunt is enjoying a superb season for the Red V with 15 try assists and six tries but too many times he has had to carry the can on his own as Anthony Griffin’s men have stumbled to a 9-11 record.

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The Dragons have won only two from 12 against top-eight opposition in 2022. They beat the Roosters 14-12 on Anzac Day when the Chooks were sitting fifth on the ladder and they accounted for the seventh-placed Rabbitohs 32-12 in Round 15 .

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Ken Hinkley contract, David Koch comments, will he coach next year, Port Adelaide, Mark Robinson

AFL 360 co-host Mark Robinson believes Port Adelaide president David Koch “made an error of judgment” with recent comments about the club’s football department.

Koch told FIVEaa this week “every single person’s role” would be assessed at the end of the season, which has seen the Power drop out of finals contention after back-to-back preliminary final runs.

Senior coach Ken Hinkley is contracted until 2023, but a question mark remains over whether he’ll continue in the role, despite Hinkley himself at this stage still expecting to be there next year.

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Koch’s comment, “turn it around or watch out”, drew criticism from Robinson.

“David Koch has been a tremendous president but he made an error of judgment in my opinion by saying what he said,” Robinson posed.

“I don’t think he gets football in the sense where if he knew this was going to be the fallout – that every media organization in Australia is going to be looking at it saying ‘are you going to get rid of him or not’ – that’s not how to treat a guy who has been there for 10 years.

“Just hold the horses a little bit. I think that’s been the fallout from this.”

Robinson labeled the comments “footy-naive”, but added they should not be misinterpreted as a call for prospective coaches to make their intentions known.

“What Koch said yesterday was not an open invitation for Alastair Clarkson’s people to ring the club,” he said.

“I know that’s been floating around … but that’s not my information.”

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Serena Williams, 23-time grand slam women’s singles champion, hints at retirement from tennis

Serena Williams says she is “evolving away from tennis” as she hinted at retiring from the sport she dominated for much of her career with 23 women’s grand slam singles titles.

On Monday, Williams played only her second singles match since she returned to action at Wimbledon in June after a year-long absence from competition, beating Spain’s Nuria Parrizas Diaz in straight sets to reach the second round of the Toronto Open.

The 40-year-old won her last grand slam crown in 2017 and has been chasing an elusive 24th title that would see her draw level with Australia’s Margaret Court, who holds the record for most majors.

“I have never liked the word retirement,” Williams wrote in a Vogue article.

“It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me. I’ve been thinking of this as a transition but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people.

“Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.

“A few years ago I quietly started Serena Ventures, a venture capital firm. Soon after that, I started a family. I want to grow that family.”

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Peter Bol in 800m final result, Aussie knew race was compromised

Peter Bol took one look at the start list and knew he wasn’t going to get the race he wanted.

But rather than fret about it he made a decision to overcome it — and he very nearly did in a thrilling men’s 800m final at the Commonwealth Games on Monday morning (AEST).

The 28-year-old was still smiling after he took the silver medal, but there will always be a part of him that looks back at his incredible achievement as “bitter sweet”.

Bol described the race as “strange” and was left lamenting the tactics at play that resulted in the first 500m being run ultra-slow.

It was playing out as he expected — not in his favour.

Bol told reporters after the race he knew it was going to be a slow race because there were no front-runners anywhere on the start list.

It meant he was unable to run the race he wanted as he took just a brief moment to respond when Kenyan Wyclife Kinyamal took off with more than 200m to go. That brief, micro, delay was all it took in the end as Kinyamal, the defending champion, won by just 0.14 seconds in a time of 1:47.52.

It will be particularly painful for Bol to see his time of 1:47.66 after he ran a 1:47.01 in the heats — and a 1:45.51 at the world championships in Oregon last month.

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Silver medalist Peter Bol was so close. Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images.Source: Getty Images
Peter Bol did us proud. Picture: Michael Klein.Source: News Corp Australia

“Looking at the start list and there’s no front runners out there,” he said.

“So I just knew it was going to be tactical and I knew I just had to come home strong and that’s what I did so I’m happy with that.

“After the first lap, and I’ve been saying it, it’s so tactical… I saw 55 (seconds) and I said to myself, ‘Stay relaxed, stay relaxed’.

“Maybe in 20 more meters I could have got him. But it’s the 800m not the 820m.”

Bol looked like he was about to go up alongside Kinyamal with 50m to run, but he just didn’t have the legs to keep his charge going.

Bol, who became a cult hero en route to his fourth-placed finish at last year’s Olympic final, was hoping to become the first Australian in 40 years to win 800m gold.

“What an environment and atmosphere, so close but will take second today,” Bol told Channel 7. “I’m pretty happy with that, to be honest. It was a strange race again, super slow but the 800m is super tactical.

“I thought, stay relaxed, stay relaxed but he (Kinyamal) is so strong and kept going and going. It’s just racing, I raced the best I could and came up short but … silver medal in the Commonwealth Games, we are second which is really good.

Australian Peter Bol chases down winner Wyclife Kinyamal to win silver. Picture: Michael Klein.Source: News Corp Australia

“We speak of this journey and we have different people from different years, I want to say a massive thanks to my family, especially my parents… I’m so grateful for them. This is for them, this is for my family, this is for the country.

“There’s a kid out there with a Peter Bol sign so definitely for him. I have to go find him.”

Seven commentator Bruce McAvaney said the race started on a “sluggish” note and Tamsyn Manou agreed, adding: “It is slower than we would have liked.”

At the conclusion of the race, Manou said: “Peter Bol did everything he possibly could there, he got into the right position, he covered… when Kinyamal made that move.

“Peter has still done us proud. People expected him to win that gold but we are talking about an athlete (Kinyamal) who is the defending champion and there is nothing more Peter Bol could have done.

“I hope everyone in Australia is very proud of Peter Bol, because we certainly are.”

England’s Ben Pattison was third in 1:48.25sec.

Bol embarrassed the rest of the field in the heats of the men’s 800m with an imperious run on Wednesday. He then had four agonizing days to wait for Monday’s final.

The Olympics finalist won his heat and was the fastest overall qualifier despite pulling up with 50m still to run.

Bol last month had a disappointing run in the world championships final after he became the first Australian man to ever contest an 800m final at the World Champs.

Earlier, Abbey Caldwell produced a huge shock when she collected the bronze in the women’s 1500m. The 21-year-old just nudged out fellow Aussie Linden Hall.

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Serena Williams announces retirement from tennis and pans to have second child

Serena Williams is retiring from tennis after the US Open because she wants to have more children.

The 40-year-old broke the news in a self-penned article in Vogue Magazine and admitted she “hates” the decision.

“I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn’t feel like a modern word to me,” Williams wrote.

“I’ve been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people.

“Maybe the best word to describe what I’m up to is evolution. I’m here to tell you that I’m evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me.”

“There is no happiness in this topic for me. I know it’s not the usual thing to say, but I feel a great deal of pain,” she added. “It’s the hardest thing that I could ever imagine. I hate it. I hate that I have to be at these crossroads. I keep saying to myself, I wish it could be easy for me, but it’s not. I’m torn: I don’t want it to be over, but at the same time I’m ready for what’s next.”

That includes expanding her family – a topic which is regularly brought up by her five-year-old daughter Olympia, who is desperate to be a big sister.

“Believe me, I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family,” Williams wrote. “I don’t think it’s fair. If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.”

Williams revealed she has been trying to have another child with husband Alexis Ohanian for the past year.

“We recently got some information from my doctor that put my mind at ease and made me feel that whenever we’re ready, we can add to our family,” she wrote. “I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete. I need to be two feet into tennis or two feet out.”

Williams, who won her first match in over a year on Monday at the National Open in Toronto, confirmed that she would play at the US Open in Flushing Meadows at the end of the month. That will be her from her last grand slam event from her.

Williams has won 23 grand slam titles — the most in the Open Era and one short of Margaret Court’s all-time record.

“Unfortunately I wasn’t ready to win Wimbledon this year,” wrote Williams, who lost to Harmony Tan in the first round of the All England Club.

“And I don’t know if I will be ready to win New York. But I’m going to try. And the lead-up tournaments will be fun. I know there’s a fan fantasy that I might have tied Margaret that day in London, then maybe beat her de ella record de ella in New York, and then at the trophy ceremony say, ‘See ya!’ I get that. It’s a good fantasy. But I’m not looking for some ceremonial, final on-court moment. I’m terrible at goodbyes, the world’s worst.

“But please know that I am more grateful for you than I can ever express in words. You have carried me to so many wins and so many trophies. I’m going to miss that version of me, that girl who played tennis. And I’m going to miss you.”

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Injury Report: Round 22

Will Hoskin-Elliott was subbed out of Friday night’s win over Melbourne after impact caused a corked back.

The impact occurred in the second term and following treatment he was able to return to the field. He continued to experience symptoms in his hip flexor and was subbed out during the third quarter.

He is expected to complete straight line running work on Wednesday and will be assessed at the backend of the week.

As reported on Monday, Brodie Grundy will miss the remainder of the 2022 season due to a stress fracture in his ankle.

He will undergo arthroscopic surgery and is expected to make a full recovery in time for pre-season.

taylor adams (adductor) has started a running program and he is progressing as expected.

He will be assessed after round 23.

Nathan Kreuger (shoulder) is now completing a full strength program in the gym and is likely to progress to full training in the next couple of weeks.

Tom Wilson (back) integrated some skills work this week, building up his volumes.

Reef McInnes (shoulder) completed a fitness test last week and he achieved the same results he recorded at the end of the summer – a positive outcome.

He will begin non-contact training drills over the next few weeks.

In more good news, charlie dean (foot) has been cleared to start swimming work.

High Performance Manager Jarrod Wade provides a complete update:

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Lydia Ko’s strong finish at British Open

Lydia Ko produced a strong finish for a top-10 result at the LPGA British Open.

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Lydia Ko produced a strong finish for a top-10 result at the LPGA British Open.

Lydia Ko produced one of the best final rounds to storm to a top-10 finish at the LPGA British Open in Scotland.

Ko started the day in a tie for 19th but shot a 3-under 68, her best of the tournament, to finish up seventh at Muirfield.

Only two golfers produced better efforts on the tough final day of wind. Neither of those were from South African Ashleigh Buhai who took the long route to her first major title, blowing a five-shot lead before eventually securing victory on the fourth playoff hole.

South Africa's Ashleigh Buhai took the long route to her first major title, winning the British Open on the fourth playoff hole.

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South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai took the long route to her first major title, winning the British Open on the fourth playoff hole.

Ko had an early bogey at the par-four third but then shot three consecutive birdies and produced another at the 17th to finish the tournament at 5-under and continue her consistent year.

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Buhai was cruising to victory until she found a fairway bunker on the 15th and ended up with a triple bogey.

She carded a 4-over 71 to finish regulation play at 10-under in a tie with South Korea’s In Gee Chun, a three-time major winner.

Buhai held her never to go par, bogey, par, par, eventually getting the better of Chun whose fourth tee-shot down the 18th found a fairway bunker and left her with a bogey.

“I was surprisingly calm,” Buhai said about the clutch green side bunker shot that secured the victory. “My caddy said to me on the last one, I don’t want to brag, but she said `Show them why you’re No. 1 in bunkers this year.’ So, you know, she gave me the confidence. Maybe it’s got something to do with Muirfield and South Africans and bunker shots.”

Ernie Els also won the men’s British Open in a playoff at Muirfield in 2002 after a memorable bunker shot during the final round. This was the first time the Women’s British Open was played at Muirfield, a club that didn’t even allow female members until 2019 following a vote two years earlier.

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New Zealander’s LPGA tour star Lydia Ko kept her composure with a perfect shot from a sand trap in the third round at Muirfield.

Buhai made things a lot more difficult than they had to be, though.

“I know there are a lot of people in South Africa with lots of gray hairs right now after that 15th hole,” Buhai said. “But I’m very proud of myself, the way I dug deep and kept myself in it to get into that playoff.”

Buhai nearly won it on the third playoff hole, but her long putt for the win pulled up a few inches away from the hole.

For Buhai, the win more than made up for a near-miss at that 2019 Women’s British Open, when she led the event at the halfway stage at Woburn but finished fifth.

“Forgive me, there will be a few tears,” Buhai said during the trophy presentation. “Obviously there’s a lot of hard work and many years of dedication going into this.”

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Boyle makes dream return for Hibs with last-gasp equalizer against Hearts | scottish premiership

Martin Boyle enjoyed a fairytale return to Hibernian as he stepped off the bench to score a 95th-minute equalizer against city rivals Hearts in front of a full house at Easter Road. Lawrence Shankland’s first competitive goal looked like it was going to be enough to secure a third Edinburgh derby victory in succession for the visitors.

But Boyle, who signed for the Easter Road club on Saturday just seven months after sealing a lucrative transfer to the Saudi Arabian side Al Faisaly, struck with the last kick of the game, sparking a mini pitch invasion from the jubilant home support.

Hibs boss Lee Johnson made one change to the team from the opening-day win at St Johnstone as Josh Campbell, who got the winner at McDiarmid Park, replaced the suspended Jair Tavares. Hearts made two changes to the side that started the campaign with victory over Ross County, with Liam Boyce and Jorge Grant replacing Toby Sibbick and Nathaniel Atkinson.

After a frantic opening to the game, Hibs had the first notable attempt in the 10th minute when Marijan Cabraja released Elie Youan with a ball down the left channel – the French striker saw an angled shot beaten away by Craig Gordon as he burst into the box . The hosts had another opening two minutes later as Chris Cadden flashed a brilliant low delivery across the face of goal which just eluded Elias Melkersen and Ewan Henderson in the six-yard box.

Hearts’ first chance came in the 17th minute when Shankland saw a shot from just inside the box deflected over by Rocky Bushiri after he was played in down the left by a Barrie McKay pass. Moments later, Craig Halkett headed over from a Grant cross.

Having played their way into the game, the visitors took the lead in the 21st minute after some sublime attacking play. McKay clipped a lovely pass over the top to Shankland, who brought the ball down brilliantly on his chest before getting away from Nohan Kenneh and deftly prodding it through the legs of David Marshall from 10 yards out.

Lawrence Shankland of Hearts holds off a challenge.
Lawrence Shankland opened the scoring for Hearts with his first competitive goal for the club. Photograph: Eric McCowat/Alamy

Shankland then made a decisive intervention at the other end on the half hour when he hooked the ball out from just in front of his own goalline after Kenneh met Joe Newell’s free-kick at the back post and steered it beyond Gordon. Moments later, Newell shot over after being set up just inside the box by a Henderson cutback.

The hosts came even closer to getting an equalizer in the 33rd minute when Youan glanced at a header goalwards from Melkersen’s cross but Gordon pulled off a superb instinctive save to keep his team in front.

Hearts started the second half on the front foot and McKay had a good chance to break free of the home defense within a minute of the restart, but Ryan Porteous got back to make a vital interception on the edge of the box. A minute later Marshall had to pull off a double save to deny Shankland and McKay in quick succession, with the former Scotland goalkeeper’s second block particularly impressive.

Hibs, in need of inspiration, introduced Boyle for his second debut for the club as a 62nd-minute replacement for Campbell. The move temporarily ignited the crowd, although one member of the home support let themselves down when the visiting left-back Alex Cochrane appeared to be struck by an object thrown from the East Stand as he prepared to take a throw-in.

Hearts continued to be the more dangerous side and Grant saw a low shot saved by Marshall in the 72nd minute before Atkinson had a 79th-minute strike blocked by Bushiri after McKay released Boyce down the right. The visitors looked like they would see the game out before Boyle latched on to a Youan cutback and drove home the equaliser.

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Elliott commits until 2025

Jamie Elliott has signed a three-year deal that will see him remain at the Club until the end of 2025.

Turning his back on a free agency, the 29-year-old is now set to play out the remainder of his career at Collingwood.

The medium forward reached a milestone 150 AFL games on Friday night in the side’s seven-point victory against Melbourne.

Since his 2012 debut, Elliott has kicked 220 goals for the side, including his recent post-siren goal that won the game for the Pies by four points against Essendon in Round 19. A moment that will continue to be spoken about long after Elliott’s career .

Following only 13 games in 2021 due to injury, 2022 is arguably shaping up to be a career-high season for Elliott. The forward leads the Club for ground-ball gets inside 50, marks on the lead, disposals inside 50 and tackles inside 50.

Collingwood GM of Football Graham Wright congratulated Elliott.

“We’re pleased to extend Jamie for another three years, and to hopefully see him play out his career at the Club,” Wright said.

“Jamie is an instrumental figure in our program. Across 11 seasons he has a wealth of football smarts which is invaluable to the youth of our group.

“The likes of Ash Johnson, Jack Ginnivan, Beau McCreery and Ollie Henry are products of great improvement credit to Elliott’s influence in the forward line.

“In addition to this, Jamie is a player who stands up in the moments that matter, inspiring all members of our program.

“We respected the fact Jamie was a free agent at the end of this year, and we are glad to come to terms that see him at the Club until the end of 2025.”

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Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 closing ceremony

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Diving stalwart Melissa Wu carried the Australian flag at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony in Birmingham.

Wu was given the honor after competing at her fifth Commonwealth Games.

The 30-year-old is a triple gold medalist – her latest gold came in Birmingham on the synchronized 10m platform with 14-year-old Charli Petrov, the youngest member of Australia’s team.

Wu was the sole flagbearer at Monday night’s ceremony and led about 250 Australian athletes and officials into Alexander Stadium.

”Melissa competed at her fifth Games, which is an incredible achievement in itself,” Australia’s chef de mission Petria Thomas said.

”She has been an outstanding representative of Australia for a number of years now.

”It has been an outstanding Games for Australia. Here in England we knew it wasn’t going to be easy, but the team has performed extremely well.”

The final day in Birmingham ended in seventh heaven for Australia’s men’s hockey players.

Australia finished atop the medal tally – but only just.

England was two medals behind, with 176.

The 178 won by Australian athletes comprised of 67 Gold, 57 Silver and 54 Bronze.

The 1994 Games in Victoria, Canada, remain Australia’s best Commonwealth Games in terms of gold medals – 87. And overall, the 221 medals in 2006 in Melbourne remain the nation’s benchmark.

But the team chief cautioned against measuring Australia’s Birmingham team purely on numbers.

“They have been great ambassadors for Australia,” Ms Thomas said.

“Regardless of whether they won medals or not, we are just super-proud of everyone.

“The special part of it is, regardless of the outcome, it’s the spirit with which they compete.

“They never give up. They compete as hard as they possibly can. And at the end of the day, that is all we can ever ask of them.

“They conduct themselves in an exemplary way.”

The wonder from Wollongong, Emma McKeon, was the unrivaled star of these Games.

The swimmer collected six golds, a silver and a bronze. If she was a country, she would have finished 14th on the medal table.

McKeon swam through uncharted waters, setting historic marks.

She now has 20 medals in her glittering commonwealth career, more than any other athlete. And 14 are gold. Again, more than anyone.

Australia has plenty of other champions to be proud of, with the tally showing our athletes medaled in all but two of the 19 different sports.

Badminton and squash were our weak points.

Here’s a quick round up of our achievements on the final day in Britain.

Kookaburras win seven straight

The Kookaburras won a seventh consecutive Commonwealth Games gold to catapult leader Eddie Ockenden into rare air hockey.

Monday night’s 7-0 annihilation of India was a fourth title for Birmingham flag bearer Ockenden, drawing the modest champion level with Kookaburras legend Mark Knowles on the Games medal tally.

The victorious Australian team celebrates its seventh consecutive men’s hockey gold in Birmingham on Monday. Photo: AAP

A potentially testing examination between the Tokyo Olympic silver and bronze medalists quickly became a celebration of Australia’s hockey entertainers on the Games’ final day.

They exploded out of their semi-final slumber – a 3-2 defeat of England on Saturday being a rare vulnerable moment – ​​to score five first-half goals and all but order team staff to place the champagne on ice.

No gold but nine-medal Lay still smiling

All things come to those who wait – and Jian Fang Lay’s golden smile in her latest Commonwealth Games table tennis near-miss suggests she may not be quite finished yet.

In her 50th year and on the final day of her sixth Games, the queen of Australian table tennis grabbed the ninth Commonwealth medal of her distinguished career on Monday.

Only one problem. Once again, for Melbourne’s try-try-and-try again 49-year-old mum of two, it was of the wrong hue.

Striving to at last strike that elusive gold after 20 years of perseverance, Lay and her partner Minhyung Jee were comprehensively beaten 11-1 11-8 11-8 by the brilliant Singapore pairing of Tianwei Feng and Jian Zeng in the women’s doubles final.

But was Lay, who now owns a remarkable five silvers to go with her four bronze, disheartened that she’d enhanced her frustrating record of being the most bemedalled Games athlete without a gold?

Not a bit of it.

”No, it’s unbelievable! After 20 years I still keep my level – to get a silver, that’s unbelievable,” she said.

”Of course, I’m jinxed for gold, but the opponents are so strong, you know. We just tried the best.”

Asked if she felt she was an inspiration to other women of the same age, she burst into laughter, ”I didn’t think I was 49 years old out there – but at the finish, I know my age!”

Mixed synchro divers snare Games silver

Despite scant practice together, Australian divers Maddison Keeney and Shixin Li have won a silver medal in the mixed synchronized three-metre springboard at the Commonwealth Games.

Keeny and Li only started training together a week before arriving in Birmingham.

”It was our first time diving together (in competition),” Keeney said.

”We haven’t been really practicing together a lot and we have also got very different styles.

”We had our first session a week before we came over here.

”It was a last-minute decision to enter into mixed synchro and Shixin has always wanted to have a go at it with me so I was like ‘Yeah, why not’.

”It was difficult, but we had a lot of fun.”

Despite the limited preparation, Keeney and Li almost grabbed gold – they finished just 1.98 points behind Scotland’s James Heatley and Grace Reid.

Australia’s Domonic Bedggood and Anabelle Smith finished fifth.

In the synchronized mixed 10m platform final, Australia’s Cassiel Rousseau and Emily Boyd finished fifth and compatriots Bedggood and Melissa Wu placed eighth.

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