Australia has finished the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham at the top of the standings and 10 gold medals ahead of second-placed England.
The green and gold team won 67 gold, 57 silver and 54 bronze medals during the competition.
The Kookaburras beat India in the final of the men’s hockey to secure Australia’s last gold medal of the Games.
You can check out how theaction unfolded in our Commonwealth Games closing ceremony blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:
Final day medal winners:
Gold:
The Kookaburras beat India in the men’s hockey
Silver:
Jian Fang Lay and Minhyung Jee claimed silver in the table tennis
Shixin Li and Maddison Keeney, diving, mixed 3m synchronized springboard
Bronze:
Cassiel Rousseau and Emily Boyd, diving, mixed synchronized 10m platform
The closing ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games has officially begun after 11 days of history-making sporting moments.
It comes after the Kookaburras won their seventh consecutive Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s hockey final, beating India 7-0 to give Australia its 67th and final gold of the Games.
Follow the closing ceremony live, see our athletes’ personal reflections of the Games and share your top moments from Birmingham 2022 by hitting the blue “leave a comment” button below.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Our athletes: Clay Mason Stephens
Clay’s unwaveringly positive attitude (and incredible cork hat) really stood out to me these Games.
He said after his all-around final that despite missing out on a medal, he “enjoyed (it) regardless of the result because I chose to do so.” Something we can all take with us!
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By Kelsie Iorio
The athletes enter Alexander Stadium
Diver and Birmingham gold medalist Melissa Wu carried the Australian flag for us—this is her fifth Commonwealth Games.
Lots of athletes on Team Australia and from other nations have already gone home, so the closing ceremony is a little more casual. But it looks like they’re having fun.
By Jon Healey
Kashmir?
Sooooo, we have some more industrial workers doing some ‘Look down, look down’ type pushing and pulling of a very big metal structure. Looks like some sort of Mount Midoriyama.
But they’re playing Kashmir by Led Zeppelin, so all I can think of is this scene from Ocean’s 12.
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Ohhhhhhhhh, it’s a worker shortage. They couldn’t lift it by themselves, and then a huge influx of immigrant families have arrived to help them lift the big horizontal metal thing into a big vertical metal thing.
It lights up with the word “TOGETHER”, pointing to Birmingham’s famed multicultural diaspora.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Our athletes: Kaye Scott 🥈
Referees stopped the 38-year-old’s gold medal bout in the light middleweight boxing division, putting a quick end to her hopes for gold.
But her Birmingham silver is still one-up on her Gold Coast bronze since 2018, and as she says herself: “Silver isn’t too bad.”
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By Jon Healey
Come On Eileen kicks us off
After a recreation of Birmingham rebuilding and industrializing after World War II, Dexys Midnight Runners are out there doing their banger while dancers… work on an Amazon production line?
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Now they’re on the beers?! Lord Bezos won’t approve of that.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Our athletes: Tinka Easton 🥇
Tinka won Australia’s first gold medal in judo in two decades on her Commonwealth Games debut in Birmingham.
She says herself there are still big things coming — so it sounds like this won’t be the last we see of her.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Our athletes: Cedric Dubler 🥉
Cedric made headlines in Tokyo for his selfless drive that helped Ash Moloney to a bronze medal—well, this time, he’s got one of his own.
He stood alongside teammate and silver medalist Daniel Golubovic on the podium and says he’s “hungry for more”… or will, be after a nap. I’d be going for a lie-down after that too, mate.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Your thoughts on the Games:
Hey Jon 🙂 Hey Kelsie 🙂 I can’t recall a Comm games more awesome to watch than 2022.
-Natty
It’s been a good one, hey?
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By Jon Healey
Our athletes: Emma McKeon 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉
What more can be said about this woman?
The swimming may feel like a lifetime ago, but six gold medals, one silver and one bronze in Birmingham is a pretty timeless achievement.
It adds to her haul from Glasgow 2014 and Gold Coast 2018, giving her TWENTY Commonwealth Games medals. The most of any athlete in history.
And let’s not forget she’s also Australia’s most decorated Olympian, with five golds and 11 medals overall. to freak.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Our athletes: Isabella Vincent
One of the babies of the Australian team and still in high school, Birmingham was Izzy’s first Commonwealth Games — but likely won’t be her last.
She says it’s been “an honor to rep the green and gold”and we hope to see this SA-based Para-swimmer again in Victoria in 2026!
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By Kelsie Iorio
Your thoughts on the Games:
Well donate all Australian athletes. I am so proud of you all. Each of you have given your all for our wonderful country.
-Lesley
We’re with you, Lesley!
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By Kelsie Iorio
One final look at the medal tally
It ended up pretty close — but Australia retains its place at the top of the tally with an incredible 67 gold, 57 silver and 54 bronze.
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥈 Table tennis: Australia falls short in women’s doubles final
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Jian Fang Lay and Minhyung Jee were beaten 3-0 by Singapore pair Tianwei Feng and Jian Zeng.
Singapore started how they intended to go on, winning the first game 11-1. The last two were more contested, but both ended 11-8 in the favor of the Singaporeans.
Jee and Lay won bronze in the women’s team event last week as part of a six-medal haul for our table tennis team.
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥈🥉 Diving: Silver and bronze in mixed events
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last night Shixin Li and Maddison Keeney picked up silver in the mixed 3m springboard synchronized event.
They finished just 1.98 points behind winners Scotland, as both Aussie divers picked up their third medals of this Games.
climbing higher, Cassiel Rousseau and Emily Boyd added bronze in the synchro off the tall tower.
It’s Boyd’s first medal in Birmingham, while Rousseau added to his 10m gold and men’s 10m synchro bronze.
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By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥇 Hockey: Kookaburras maintain Commonwealth dominance against India
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SEVEN!
The Australian men’s hockey team have won Commonwealth Games gold seven straight times.
This time they did it with a thumping 7-0 win (how fitting) over India.
Jacob Anderson and Nathan Ephraums scored doubles, usual suspects Flynn Ogilvie and Blake Govers got on the board too, as well as Tom Wickham.
It’s Australia’s 67th and final gold medal in Birmingham.
By Jon Healey
It’s almost over, fam
Hello and welcome to this, our final blog of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
We’ve got a couple of medals to wrap up before the closing ceremony, and we’ll also bring you some athletes’ reflections on the 2022 Games.
Leave a comment and have a chat with us using that button up there!
Melissa Wu has celebrated a full-circle gold medal at the Commonwealth Games after bouncing back from an SAS Australia injury that almost ended her diving career.
Wu won the synchronized 10m platform on Saturday with Charli Petrov, a 14-year-old who was not even born when a 13-year-old Wu won silver at Melbourne 2006.
Watch the gold medalists’ emotional interview in the video above
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Petrov became the star of the show after defying her lack of experience to win gold but Wu’s own journey is something to savor.
The 30-year-old, who won an individual bronze at last year’s Tokyo Olympics, has been a constant for Australia ever since making her international debut at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
It hasn’t always been easy for the Sydneysider, though, having dealt with back injuries since she was 21.
“I think I’ll be injured for as long as I dive,” Wu said in 2013.
The issue reared its head again late last year following a stint on Channel 7’s SAS Australia.
Melissa Wu pushed herself to the brink on SAS Australia, passing out during one challenge. Credit: SuppliedMelissa receives oxygen after a tough challenge on SAS Australia. Credit: Supplied
Wu proved to be among the toughest contestants when she pushed herself to the brink in several challenges, despite one setting off her back injury.
She eventually withdrew from SAS and immediately began to rehabilitate her body and mind ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
“This year has been a really big struggle for me with my body and injury,” Wu said after winning gold.
“I literally couldn’t touch my toes, I couldn’t even do daily activities and daily living. So to be able to push through and dive the 10m today means so much to me.
“I couldn’t even imagine diving off the 10m when I was in the depths of being really injured.
“I got the injury on SAS Australia but I took a lot of lessons from that. It is a bit ironic, but what I learned on the show also helped me push through the injury and I’m really proud of my efforts.”
Charli Petrov and Melissa Wu of Australia celebrate with their gold medals after winning the Women’s Synchronized 10m Platform Final during Day 9 of the XXII Commonwealth Games at the Sandwell Aquatics Center in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY Credit: DAVE HUNT/AAPIMAGE
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The comeback bid included integrating her training program with Petrov despite the challenge of living in different cities, not to mention the gap in age and experience.
But with gold around her neck, Wu championed the breath of fresh air that her teenage partner became during a taxing time in her career.
“I think that some things you don’t tend to appreciate as much – not that you don’t appreciate it – you just sort of get used to it, I guess,” Wu told Channel 7’s Weekend Sunrise later.
“But Charli’s experiencing everything for the first time and that makes me look at things a different way and look at things through those fresh eyes that I remember I had at her age.
“I think for me that’s been really special to be able to take it all in and appreciate the moments, because it’s never guaranteed.
“You’ve got to soak up every minute while you’re here.”
Charli Petrov (middle) has been a breath of fresh air for Melissa Wu. Credit: Dave Hunt/AAP
Wu made it clear, too, that the partnership with Petrov is just getting started.
“I’ve loved diving with Charli. Ella she’s been amazing so far, ”she said.
“She’s such an incredible young athlete with a really good head on her shoulders. That’s made it so easy for us to come together.
“It’s been such a pleasure to dive with her, I’ve loved every minute of it so far.”
In the video below: John Steffensen emulates Aussie gold medalist’s epic celebration
John Steffensen rips shirt off on Weekend Sunrise.
John Steffensen rips shirt off on Weekend Sunrise.
The pair finished seventh in Petrov’s international debut at the world championships in Budapest four weeks before the Commonwealth Games.
The wide-eyed teenager said it will take time before it has sunk in that she already has a gold medal under her belt.
“I don’t know how that happened but it was all an amazing experience,” Petrov said.
“I’m honestly speechless. It’s still – I don’t know if it’s hit me yet. I think it’ll hit me tomorrow morning when I’m fresh, like ‘wait, what happened? This isn’t a dream.
“I’m over the moon.”
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