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Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne stuns world at Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

Legendary Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne brought the curtain down on the Commonwealth Games in spectacular style on Monday as dominant Australia celebrated finishing top of the medals table yet again.

Athletes swarmed Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium for a closing party that also featured UB40, Dexys and a tribute to Peaky Blinders, the global hit TV show about the city’s most notorious gang.

Birmingham-born Osbourne, known as the “Prince of Darkness”, brought the ceremony to a climax after emerging as the surprise act.

Osbourne was recently seen looking frail following a major back operation in June, two years after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

But the 73-year-old put on an energetic performance of the Black Sabbath’s biggest hit paranoid to put a cap on the 11-day sporting extravaganza.

The show, celebrating Birmingham’s rise from the wreckage of World War II and its emergence as a diverse and vibrant modern city, brought 11 days of sporting action to a close.

Earlier, six-time defending champions Australia wrapped up their campaign in style, hammering India 7-0 in the men’s hockey final to end up with 67 golds overall.

Hosts England ended in second place with 57 golds, ahead of Canada on 26 and India on 22, with para sports included in the medal tally.

Sporting powerhouse Australia have topped the table at every Games since 1990 except in 2014, when England finished in first place in Glasgow.

Australia hockey captain Aran Zalewski said winning the Commonwealth Games title is “harder than you think”.

“We have won seven, but it’s not as simple as coming out here and winning,” he said.

Elsewhere on Monday, Scotland’s James Heatly and Grace Reid won the mixed synchronized 3m springboard final, with England pair Noah Williams and Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix taking gold in the 10m event.

India celebrated a golden double in badminton.

World number seven PV Sindhu won the women’s singles, overcoming Canada’s Michelle Li, while Lakshya Sen beat Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong to win the men’s gold.

India’s Sharath Kamal Achanta beat England’s Liam Pitchford 4-1 in the men’s singles table tennis gold-medal match.

Birmingham 2022 CEO Ian Reid told a briefing earlier that the Games had been a huge boost for the city and the surrounding area.

He said more than 1.5 million tickets had been sold, with most venues above 90 per cent capacity.

“One of the goals at the outset was to put the city on the world map and instill that huge pride across everyone that lives in the region and I think we’ve achieved that,” he said.

“I think that can lead to much bigger and greater things.”

Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Katie Sadleir said there had been “huge engagement” with the Games globally.

She added a number of countries had expressed an interest in staging future Commonwealth Games, including African nations.

She said Birmingham, which already had many facilities in place, could be a blueprint for the future.

“It is definitely not something we want people to spend huge amounts of money and capital investment if it is not needed and desired by the long-term plans for the country,” she said.

The Birmingham Games made history in being the first to award more medals to women than men.

Australian swimming great Emma McKeon became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history, with 20 medals — including six golds in Birmingham.

And the tiny island of Niue won its first ever Commonwealth Games medal, a boxing bronze for Duken Tutakitoa-Williams.

Commonwealth Games Federation president Louise Martin handed the flag to Linda Dessau, the governor of the Australian state of Victoria, which will host the 2026 Games.

Martin said Birmingham had put on an event “unlike any we’ve seen before”.

“We are emerging from one of the most challenging periods in modern history, where the Covid-19 pandemic has kept us apart,” she said.

“Birmingham 2022 proved to be a special moment when we reunited, when the power of sport to connect us came into sharp focus.”

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From Oliver Hoare’s 1,500m win to the boisterous Birmingham crowds, here are our picks for the best moments from the 2022 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games closing ceremony gave us a bright, bold, and banging Brummie farewell, and an uplifting handover to Victoria 2026.

So with the Games now officially over, we’ve picked out some of our favorite moments from the 11 absorbing days of competition.

Oliver Hoare stuns hot field to win 1,500m

From an Australian perspective, when it comes to a pure sporting spectacle against a world-class field, Oliver Hoare’s win in the men’s 1,500 meters is at the top.

An Australian male 1,500 meter athlete crosses the line in first place as a Kenyan opponent stumbles.
Oliver Hoare won in breathtaking fashion.(Getty Images: David Ramos)

Hoare was racing against the current world champion as well as the reigning Olympic bronze and silver medalists.

It was perhaps the strongest field of any athletics event at the Games.

And not only did Hoare win it, he did it in the most breathtaking fashion.

Coming fourth around the bend, he started gaining ground in that final stretch, with those watching thinking, ‘He’s going to get bronze, he’s going to get silver … OH MY GOSH, HE’S WON IT!’

He lunged to the line as Kenya’s Abel Kipsang stumbled, and cemented his place in Australia’s middle-distance running folklore.

Packed crowds create brilliant atmosphere, especially for local athletes

When the members of the ABC Sport team turned up to Birmingham a few days before the Games began, we were a little worried.

The people we spoke to seemed almost oblivious that the Games were about to start, and there was an air of indifference around the town.

But once the opening ceremony rolled around, it was like a flick was switched, and Brummies turned out in force and in full voice.

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Candice Warner drops brutal Kyle Chalmers truth

The swimming is officially over at the Commonwealth Games and while Australia dominated with a towering medal tally, there was plenty of attention on the Dolphins over what was happening outside the pool.

Kyle Chalmers slammed the media for delving into a reported “love triangle” between himself, Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson, saying all the attention and “clickbait” focused on his personal life might drive him out of the sport.

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Chalmers was romantically involved with McKeon before she started dating Simpson, whose incredible comeback to swimming from his music career has been one of the biggest storylines in Birmingham.

The swimmers involved have repeatedly denied there’s any bad blood between them, while Chalmers went on the offensive and ripped into the media. His father Brett did the same, blasting the national obsession with Simpson as he complained not enough credit was being directed to other swimmers and their achievements in Birmingham.

Kyle Chalmers’ outstanding results were overshadowed by his angst with the media. Picture: Glyn KIRK / AFPSource: AFP

Candice drops truth bombs on Kyle

Ex-Aussie swimmer turned popular TV presenter Johanna Griggs said earlier in the week Chalmers was “feeding” the media frenzy by constantly engaging with it, and former Ironwoman Candice Warner is on the same page.

Warner said she was “really surprised” by how Chalmers handled the headlines, saying she expected someone who dealt with the attention thrust upon him in 2016 when he won gold in the 100m freestyle at the Rio Olympics to be better prepared for the media barrage.

“He knows how to deal with the pressure. Why is he allowing the media to make these comments?” Warner told Fox Sports program The Back Page this week.

“Why hasn’t he put a self-imposed media ban (on himself) until the Games are over? I’m just really a little bit confused by the situation and why he’s engaging with the media.

“He’s not in the wrong, but he also has the power and ability to stop it and also just to focus on his swim events.

“Should I know how to deal with this pressure? Should I know how to deal with this completely?”

Reports of possible friction between Chalmers and Simpson first emerged at this year’s national championships in Adelaide, leading Warner to question why the 24-year-old wasn’t more prepared for the questions he’d face in Birmingham.

“Would there not have been a strategy put into place before these Games? We haven’t just started talking about this now, we’ve been speaking about this love triangle before the Commonwealth Games,” Warner said.

She adding Chalmers’ team and Swimming Australia should have “put some sort of strategy into place knowing this could have been a possibility”.

Warner also said Chalmers — who she described as an “alpha male” — would understandably be affected by McKeon’s relationship with Simpson given their history, suggesting “his ego would be burnt a little bit”.

Candice Warner believes Chalmers needed to come into the Commonwealth Games with a smarter strategy. Picture: Michael Errey/AFPSource: AFP

‘He likes the attention but not the scrutiny’

Chalmers has been irked by attention being lavished on Simpson and his personal life at the expense of other swimmers whose feats also deserve praise. Courier Mail chief sports writer Robert Craddock suggested Chalmers craves positive headlines about himself but can’t handle it when coverage isn’t so rosy.

“It appears to me as if he likes the attention but not the scrutiny — and there is just a fine line between them and they often overlap,” Craddock told The Back Page.

“I think he’s one of those guys who can’t live with it and can’t live without it and finds it very awkward.

“He’s on Instagram, he’s out there, he’s happy to put himself front and center but like a lot of swimmers, when it’s big time, when it’s Games time, the force of the coverage hits them hard.”

Australian swimming legend Susie O’Neill had a different take on how the situation has affected the national team in Birmingham.

O’Neill — who was in Tokyo for last year’s Olympics — was adamant there is no rift among the Dolphins and said it’s harder for athletes these days to block out negative publicity because of social media and the insatiable news cycle.

“I think what they’re struggling with is, if you think about swimmers, they spend 30-40 hours a week trying to improve one one-hundredth of a second — such specific, objective goals,” she told The Back Page.

“So when they get asked subjective questions not even to do with their sport, you know, reality TV stuff, they’re confused and I think get offended by that.”

The sprint king wanted to silence his critics. Picture: Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

Why Chalmers is kicking up a stink

Meanwhile, SEN boss Craig Hutchison believes Chalmers is struggling in adjusting to the added scrutiny because he’s been so used to positive coverage for the majority of his career.

“He has had a charmed run as a young man with the media. That rarely happens to the bulk of society and you get a disproportionate comfort that you are … a figure that gets a lot of adulation,” Hutchison said on his media podcast The Sounding Board.

“So when things go wrong, you’re not emotionally equipped to necessarily handle the negativity.

“Then it often sways the other way because you overreact, or react to a certain way.”

Journalist Damian Barrett told The Sounding Board: “What he (Chalmers) doesn’t get… you can’t control media. No matter who you are and what run you’ve got.”

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Commonwealth Games: Ariarne Titmus says Cody Simpson, Kyle Chalmers love triangle affecting team emotionally

Ariarne Titmus has said the focus on the so-called swimming “love triangle” at the Commonwealth Games was taking its toll on the entire squad.

“It’s affecting us emotionally,” she said on Channel 10’s The Project on Thursday.

The Aussie team’s success in Birmingham has been overshadowed by speculation about relations between Kyle Chalmers, Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson.

Chalmers and McKeon dated for a few months. Their relationship first became common knowledge in September.

But it was revealed in May that Simpson and McKeon had become a couple and had even moved in together during a training camp.

Rumors of bad blood between the three surfaced when sprinting king Chalmers and Olympic legend McKeon appeared to avoid each other as the 4x100m mixed relay team celebrated their gold medal swim on the pool deck and during the medal presentations on Saturday morning.

Aussie swimming great James Magnussen described the sight of McKeon and Chalmers politely keeping their distance from each other as “awkward”.

All three have said there is no friction between them at all.

‘Affects us emotionally’

Swimming superstar Titmus appeared on The Project on Thursday after picking up four golds in the pool and helping break the world record in the 4x200m freestyle relay.

She was asked if the attention on the “love triangle” was hurting the team’s performance.

“We all certainly hear about it and it’s affecting our teammates so it affects us emotionally,” she told host Georgie Tunney.

“But I think we try to block it out. We’re such a close unit and we want to have each other’s backs and I think we did that this week.

“We want everyone to be happy and not going through those things so it did affect us but we certainly got through it.”

Titmus: ‘really proud’ at wins

Titmus said she was “low key confident” she would nab four gold medals in Birmingham but was nonetheless elated at her win.

“It’s crazy. I really feel proud and I’m so happy,” she told the hosts.

Grant Hackett revealed earlier this week that the trio at the center of the “love triangle” had sat down together over the storm that has swirled around them at the games.

He said media frenzy had indeed had an impact on the three swimmers, who all wanted to move on from it as soon as possible.

“They’re professionals, they’re teammates, they get along with each other, they respect each other where they need to, and they go out there and they execute performances for the country and they support one another,” he said on Nine’s TodayShow.

“This was a story that was back at the Commonwealth Games trials a couple of months ago, and the three of them put it to bed.

“Kyle’s come out very openly and said, this is a bunch of rubbish,” Hackett said.

“No one had any problems. They couldn’t believe the fuss around it.”

Meanwhile Simpson’s mother said she believed the swimmer is more than equipped to deal with the media scrutiny.

During an interview on Channel 7’s SunriseAngie Simpson claimed that the relentless media attention won’t bother her son, who previously dated American singer Miley Cyrus.

“I think he has been lucky because he has had so much history with press and media before, performing on stage for thousands of people,” she said on Wednesday morning AEST.

“I think the pressures of what he has dealt with in camp and at the Commonwealth Games has been pretty easy for him.

“It has given him an advantage to deal with a lot of those pressures and not let that stuff bother him.”

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Cody Simpson’s mum spills on ‘love triangle’ with Emma McKeon, Kyle Chalmers

Cody Simpson’s mother believes the Australian swimmer is more than equipped to deal with media scrutiny as his personal life continues to be put under the spotlight.

The pop icon picked up a gold medal in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay at the Commonwealth Games earlier this week, swimming in the heats before missing out on a spot in the final.

But Simpson’s relationship with Australian champion Emma McKeon has dominated the headlines, with the power couple embroiled in a reported “love triangle” with Olympic gold medalist Kyle Chalmers.

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During an interview on Channel 7’s SunriseAngie Simpson claimed that the relentless media attention won’t bother her son, who previously dated American singer Miley Cyrus.

“I think he has been lucky because he has had so much history with press and media before, performing on stage for thousands of people,” she said on Wednesday morning AEST.

“I think the pressures of what he has dealt with in camp and at the Commonwealth Games has been pretty easy for him.

“It has given him an advantage to deal with a lot of those pressures and not let that stuff bother him.”

Angie also confessed she was initially skeptical about her son’s return to competitive swimming.

“I feel like a bad mum… I just didn’t think he could transition from so many years of that to then go to such isolation,” she explained.

“But he proved me wrong and once he convinced me he wanted to do it I was 100 per cent behind him.”

Simpson began his swimming comeback journey in 2020 after 10 years away from the pool as something of a sideshow alley attraction — but the Queenslander has quickly proven he’s box-office on his swimming credentials alone.

On Wednesday, Simpson finished fifth in the men’s 100m butterfly final, with Dolphins teammate Matt Temple winning a silver medal.

The 25-year-old’s time of 52.06 seconds was the second-quickest of his career, but still outside his personal best of 51.79 seconds.

“I want to inspire young people to know that they can do whatever it is they want to do, even if they feel like it’s too late or they’re too old to pick something up, because it’s never too late,” Simpson told Channel 7 after the race.

“I think with experience comes confidence. And I’m still gathering the experience, so still gaining confidence.

“I am happy to be here. And I think, win or lose today, I’m going to go back to the drawing board and make sure I come back stronger. I’m already way ahead where I thought I would be at this stage.”

Earlier this week, Chalmers slammed the media for focusing on “clickbait” rather than the Dolphins’ impressive results in Birmingham, declaring he’s not sure he wants to continue in the sport if it means dealing with this kind of attention.

The 24-year-old — who has won three gold medals this week — has been forced to repeatedly deny there is any tension between himself, Simpson and McKeon, who was romantically linked to Chalmers last year.

After his golden swim in the 100m freestyle on Tuesday, Chalmers put his finger to his lips to silence the critics, revealing he’d planned the celebration to send a “powerful message” as he affirmed his desire not to let the media “win” .

“It’s all just false news that is actually just crap. It’s honestly just a load of s**t that is not true,” he said.

“I do nothing but be as positive as I possibly can. I support him on the team but, again, people just want clickbait on the article.

“It’s unfortunate that I can’t do anything right at this point in time.

“I think it’s fantastic that he’s here… it’s fantastic for our sport, it brings new viewers in. What he has achieved in two years of swimming is incredible.”

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Ariarne Titmus wins 400m gold and Brandon Starc takes high jump silver

Australia leads the medal tally with 46 gold medals as the Commonwealth Games swimming program concludes at the end of day six of the competition.

Tomorrow, attention turns to track and field and team sports.

  • Gold: 46
  • Silver: 38
  • Bronze: 39
  • Total: 123

You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:

Day 6 medal winners:

Gold:

  • Evan O’Hanlon, athletics, T37/38 100m
  • Kaylee McKeown, Chelsea Hodges, Emma McKeon and Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 4×100 medley relay
  • Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 400m freestyle
  • Sam Short, swimming, 1,500m freestyle

Silver:

  • Brandon Starc, athletics, high jump
  • Bradley Woodward, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matt Temple and Kyle Chalmers, swimming, 4X100 medley relay
  • Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 50m backstroke
  • Benjamin Hance, swimming, S14 200m freestyle
  • Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell, lawn bowls, B6-B8 women’s pair
  • Zoe Cuthbert, cycling, cross-country mountain biking

Bronze:

  • Kiah Melverton, swimming, 400m freestyle
  • Harry Cassar, judo, -90kg
  • Abigail Paduch, judo, +78kg
  • Liam Park, judo, +100kg
  • Kaylee McKeown, swimming, backstroke
  • Jack Ireland, swimming, S14 200m freestyle
  • Charisma Amoe Tarrant, weightlifting, 87kg+

Birmingham 2022 medal tally:

POSITION

TEAM

gold

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1

Australia

46

38

39

123

two

England

38

37

28

103

3

Canada

16

twenty

twenty-one

57

4

new zealand

16

10

10

36

5

Scotland

7

8

17

32

6

south africa

6

7

7

twenty

7

India

5

6

7

18

8

wales

4

4

9

17

9

Malaysian

3

two

3

8

10

Nigeria

3

1

4

8

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Day 6, full schedule, order of events, Australians in action, Ariarne Titmus, live updates, results, medal tally, Rohan Browning 100m, athletics, swimming

LIVE: It’s Day 6 of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and it’s set to be another cracker for the Aussies.

After 11 golds and 32 medals total on Day 5, Australia will be targeting more success – with a packed schedule in the Athletics, plus the final action in the pool.

Follow all the action in our live blog below and check back for regular updates!

Superstar Peter Bol opened his campaign in style, cruising into the end of the 800m after crossing the line in his heat in first place. While sprint star Rohan Browning is back in action in the 100m semis – and hopefully the final at 6.30am AEST.

In the pool, Ariarne Titmus hunts gold in the 400m, while Se-Bom Lee hits the water in the 200m individual medley.

There’s also plenty of other action on offer, with the Kookaburras back on the hockey field after the Hockeyroos’ comfortable victory early on day six, plus our Aussie women’s cricket who are on top against Pakistan.

That’s not to mention beach volleyball, table tennis, lawn bowls, or mountain biking and so on …

LIVE MEDAL TALLY: Keep up with the Aussie charge to the top!

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CHALMERS, AUSSIES FALL SHORT IN MASSIVE BOILOVER

Despite a sizzling anchor leg from Kyle Chalmers, Australia failed to win the men’s 4 x 100m medley relay as England caused a major upset to snare the gold.

England finished with a time of 3:31:80 while Australia touched the wall at 3:31:88.

Chalmers swam a split of 46.86 as it looked for all money that he would catch up to English swimmer Tom Dean, but it wasn’t enough.

TITMUS BEATS TEEN SENSATION TO WIN FOURTH GOLD

Ariarne Titmus has set a new Commonwealth Games record after winning the women’s 400m freestyle.

Titmus – the world record holder, defending Commonwealth Games champion, and the Olympic champion – beat 15-year-old Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh who ultimately came second in the race while Aussie Kiah Melverton took home the bronze.

Titmus touched the wall at 3:58:06, a few seconds off her personal best, but it did the job as she won her fourth medal in Birmingham.

STARC BATTLES SERIOUS INJURY AMID MEDAL TILT

Brandon Starc doesn’t look comfortable, grimacing as he deals with a reported foot injury in the men’s high jump final.

The 2018 Commonwealth Games champion needed two attempts to clear 2.15m then missed his first two efforts at 2.19m.

“That was not displaying much purpose. He did not get up off the ground, the foot injury no doubt playing on his mind, ”Channel 7’s David Culbert said.

Starc is battling a foot injury.  (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Starc is battling a foot injury. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images

“With the troubles he has had you can see the body language is a bit of concern, does not look like the sort of athlete up and about feeling 100 per cent.”

Starc recovered with his third and final jump at 2.19m to stay alive, giving a little smile after nailing the height. Seven’s Matt Hill said: “Really good facial expression in contrast to what we saw a few moments ago.”

He then went on to clear 2.25m to throw down the gauntlet to the rest of the competition.

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AUSSIE STAR SECURE GOLD IN EPIC BATTLE OF ENDURANCE

Sam Short has won the gold medal in the men’s 1500m freestyle in a physically grievous battle.

Short, who is just 18 years of age, touched the wall at 14:48:54, at a time that smashed his previous personal best by 10 seconds.

Speaking after the race, Short couldn’t hide his beaming smile as he can count himself among the elites of Australian swimming like Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett.

“All those names are incredible to me,” Short said.

“Standing here today, I didn’t think I would be in the same sentence as them. Four years ago I watched this event and didn’t know I would be in the same position.”

Ariane Titmus won gold in the women’s 800 meter freestyle and backed it up with a strong swim in the 400m to qualify in third spot for the final. Picture: Michael KleinSource: News Corp Australia

Lani Pallister and Kiah Melverton made it a one-two-three for Australia in the heat.

FAVORITE BOWL FOR 800M FINAL

Peter Bol is once again turning heads, having flown into the men’s 800 final.

After a disappointing finish at the world championships, Bol returned to the form that made him a household name at the Tokyo Olympics and blitzed the field in the second heat, posting a time of 1:47:01.

“It’s great to be here,” Bol told Channel 7. “Unbelievable crowd as well. It’s an awesome feeling.

“Two championships in a row. It’s almost like it’s a second chance. I ran exactly how I wanted, and now four days off and back for the final.”

Australia’s Peter Bol (R) reacts after finishing in first place during the second heat of the men’s 800m at the Alexander Stadium, in Birmingham. Photo: AFPSource: AFP

The news wasn’t so good for fellow Australian Charlie Hunter, who missed out on the final after posting a time of 1:49:94.

Meanwhile, Steve Solomon has qualified for the semi-finals of the men’s 400m. The 29-year-old finished second in the opening heat of the event.

“I’m really happy with today’s run,” he said.

“I’ve had a challenging season to put it lightly. I’m really looking forward to coming back Friday night.

“I just wasn’t able to get the body right for (the world’s) and I’m proud of how I’ve refocused. It’s exciting times.”

STAR DUO SMOKE PAKISTAN

Australia remains unbeaten in cricket, after a clinical 44-run win over Pakistan.

Early on though and a big victory seemed a long way off.

The world champions slumped to 2-19 after the early exits of Alyssa Healy (4) and captain Meg Lanning (4), before opener Beth Mooney (70* off 49) and Tahlia McGrath (78* off 51) put Australia in the driver’s seat with their 141-run unbeaten third-wicket stand. In the end Australia finished 2-160 to set an imposing target.

Pakistan never really were in it, losing wickets regularly and finished 8-116.

McGrath took 3-13 and a run out to go along with her fabulous half-century, while Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown, Jessica Jonassen and Alan King each took a wicket.

Tahlia McGrath and Beth Mooney hit half-centuries during Australia’s big win over Pakistan. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

FLYING HOCKEYROOS

The Hockeyroos’ perfect start continued, as Katrina Powell’s side had a comfortable 2-0 win over Scotland.

The victory sealed top spot in Pool B for the Hockeyroos and a place in the final four.

Grace Stewart celebrates with teammates after scoring their side’s first goal against Scotland on day six of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

While Powell’s side dominated much of the game, they had to wait until late in the second term to find the back of the goals as Grace Stewart finished nicely to put Australia in front.

Shanea Tonkin then doubled Australia’s lead to confirm a comfortable victory.

SELECTED SCHEDULE (MORE TO COME)

ATHLETICS

Men’s 100m – 6:30am (Thursday)

HOCKEY

Men’s Group Matches – Australia v South Africa (6am)

LAWN BOWLS

Tons of action from 5.30pm AEST, culminating in theFor Women’s Pairs B6-B8 Gold Medal match – Australia v Scotland (midnight)

SWIMMING

Night session from 4am

Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final, Women’s 200m Freestyle S14 Final, Men’s 200m Freestyle S14 Final, Women’s 400m Freestyle Final, Men’s 50m Freestyle Final, Women’s 50m Backstroke Final, Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final, Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final, Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final, Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final

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Commonwealth Games 2022 medal tally: Australia leads rankings, 11 gold medals clear of England

Australia is well ahead in the medal tally on day five of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

It was another strong day of competition, with Australia winning 35 medals across multiple events. Here is the medal tally for Australia’s athletes so far:

  • Gold: 42
  • Silver: 32
  • Bronze: 32
  • Total: 106

You can check out how the latest batch of medals were won in our Commonwealth Games blog, or have a look at the medal winners and the top 10 medal standings by country below:

Day five:

Gold:

  • Kaylee McKeown, Zac Stubblety-Cook, Matthew Temple and Emma McKeon, swimming, mixed 4X100 medley
  • Eileen Cikamatana, weightlifting, women’s 87kg division
  • Ariarne Titmus, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Jasmine Greenwood, swimming, SM10 individual medley
  • Col Pearse, swimming, 100m butterfly
  • Nina Kennedy, athletics, pole vault
  • Australia’s men’s 3×3 wheelchair basketball
  • Mollie O’Callaghan, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Elizabeth Dekkers, swimming, 200m butterfly
  • Kate McDonald, gymnastics, beam
  • Aoife Coughlan, judo, women’s 70kg

Silver:

  • Jaydon Page, athletics, T45-47 100m
  • Kiah Melverton, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Alex Staffy, swimming, butterfly
  • Sam Williamson, swimming, 50m breaststroke
  • Matt Temple, swimming, 100m butterfly
  • Shayna Jack, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Damien Delgado and Chris Flavel, lawn bowls, for men’s pairs
  • Bradley Woodward, swimming, 200m backstroke

Bronze:

  • Lani Pallister, swimming, 800m freestyle
  • Keira Stephens, swimming, SM10 individual medley
  • Rhiannon Clarke, athletics, T37/38 100m final
  • Emma McKeon, swimming, 100m freestyle
  • Brianna Throssell, swimming, 200m butterfly
  • Emily Whitehead, gymnastics, floor final
  • Chelsea Hodges, swimming, 100m breaststroke
  • James Bacueti, gymnastics, vault
  • Georgia Godwin, gymnastics, beam

Birmingham 2022 medal tally:

POSITION

TEAM

gold

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1

Australia

42

32

32

106

two

England

31

3. 4

twenty-one

86

3

new zealand

13

7

6

26

4

Canada

eleven

16

19

46

5

south africa

6

5

5

16

6

India

5

5

3

13

7

Scotland

3

8

fifteen

26

8

wales

3

two

8

13

9

Malaysian

3

two

3

8

10

Nigeria

3

1

4

8

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Team Australia dominated the Commonwealth Games medal tally in Birmingham in the opening four days, sitting comfortably in front – thanks largely to more dominance in the pool.

Australia claimed a stunning eight gold medals on day one, including five of a possible seven in the pool! On day two, Australia added five more golds.

The gold rush continued with nine on day three, highlighted by Emma McKeon making history with a record-breaking 11th Commonwealth Games gold medal when she took out the Women’s 50m freestyle final.

Australia has dominated again on day four with another NINE gold medals, coming in judo, lawn bowls, cycling and gymnastics — along with the usual big haul in the pool.

Australia has opened day five with a 72nd medal of the Games, this time a bronze in the men’s vault in artistic gymnastics.

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Read on for more details and the full medal tally.

Australia sit on top of the medal tally with 31 gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze (71 total!), ahead of England and New Zealand.

The Aussies topped the tally with 198 medals — including 80 gold — in the Gold Coast four years ago.

You can track the live medal tally for every country here, with key Aussie wins and updates as they happen.

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALS TALLY (AS OF 5:30AM WEDNESDAY)

RANK/COUNTRY/GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE/TOTAL

1. Australia — 37, 28, 30, 95

2.England—28, 30, 17, 75

3.New Zealand—13, 7, 5, 25

4. Canada — 10, 14, 19, 43

5. South Africa—6, 5, 5, 16

6. India — 5, 4, 3, 12

7.Scotland—3, 8, 15, 26

8. Wales—3, 2, 8, 13

9. Malaysia — 2, 2, 3, 7

10. Nigeria — 2, 1, 4, 7

See the full live medal tally here.

DAY-BY-DAY MEDAL LIST

DAY FIVE

James Bacuetti claimed Australia’s first men’s gymnastics medal of these Games, winning bronze in the men’s vault. 20-year-old English sensation Jake Jarman won gold – his FOURTH of the Games – ahead of Fellow Englishman Giarnni Regini-Moran.

Aofie Coughlan took home the gold medal in the women’s 70kg judo final while Eileen Cikamatana set a new Games Record en route to a gold medal in the women’s 87kg weightlifting final.

in the swimming, Mollie O’Callaghan produced a stunning upset to win the gold in the womens’ 100m freestyle as Elizabeth Deckers won the women’s 200m butterfly.

nina kennedy secured the gold in the women’s pole vault.

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DAY FOUR

Australia ended day four with 31 gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze (71 total!), ahead of England and New Zealand.

Georgia Goodwin narrowly won gold in the women’s vault over Canada’s Laurie Denommee, while at the track, matthew glaetzer won gold in the men’s 1,000m time trial. Ellen Ryan won gold in the women’s lawn bowls singles and Tinka Easton caused an upset by claiming gold in judo.

in the pool, Kyle Chalmer won the 100m freestyle, Kaylee McKeown won the 200m backstroke and matthew levy claimed gold in the men’s 50m freestyle S7. Emma McKeon then narrowly clinched gold in the 50m breaststroke to extend her Games record to 12 golds, while the Aussies ended the night with victory in the men’s 4x200m freestyle.

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Elsewhere, 49-year-old legend Jian Fang Lay has led the Aussie team to bronze in the women’s table tennis team event.

It began with victory in doubles alongside Yangzi Liu, who won her own singles game before Jian Fang Lay sealed the 3-0 over Wales with a singles victory of her own.

Kyle Bruce claimed silver in the men’s 81kg weightlifting after a heartbreaking jury decision overruled his final, gold-winning lift.

The Aussie men’s triples claimed silver in the lawn bowls, fighting back from 12-1 down in the final to level the score at 12-12 against England before falling 14-12.

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Jian Fang Lay led the Aussies to bronze in table tennis!
Jian Fang Lay led the Aussies to bronze in table tennis!Source: Getty Images

DAY THREE

Australians Sam Harding and Jonathan Gorlach kicked off the day with superb silver and bronze medals in the men’s PTVI triathlon final.

Emma McKeon and Kaylee McKeown then added two more gold in the pool taking out the Women’s 50m freestyle and the 100m backstroke respectively.

McKeon led home meg harris in silver with Shayna Jack (24.36) finishing third.

In the men’s 50m breaststroke, Zac Stubblety-Cook (59.52) took home bronze.

The Women’s 4x200m freestyle relay team then completed a dominant campaign in the pool by breaking the world record.

Georgia Godwin won the all-round rhythmic gymnastics women’s final.

Australia’s Women’s 7s rugby side then put the pain of Tokyo behind them to claim gold in the final against Fiji.

In track cycling, matthew richardson won the men’s final sprint.

Kristina Clonan took home gold in the 500m time trial.

Georgia Baker won the women’s 25km points race, while Jessica Gallagher picked up her second gold medal of the Games in the Women’s tandem 1000m time trial with pilot Caitlyn Ward.

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DAY TWO

madison de rosario took out the women’s T53/54 marathon in style, dominating the field to win with a Commonwealth Games record time of 1:56:00.

Jess Stenson won the women’s marathon with an incredible run, going better than her two bronze medals in Glasgow and the Gold Coast.

It was another ripping day in the pool, with katja dedekind winning a gold meal in the women’s 50m freestyle S13 while both the men’s and women’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay finished first.

There were silver medals for maeve plouffe in the women’s 3000m individual pursuit, Brendon Smith in the men’s 400m IM, Emma McKeon in the women’s 100m butterfly and the artistic gymnastics team.

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DAY ONE

matt hauser had the honor of being the first Australian to win a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, taking home the silver medal in the Men’s Triathlon Sprint Distance Final.

Ariarne Titmus won gold in the women’s 200m freestyle, 18-year-old Aussie Mollie O’Callaghan claimed silver in an unbelievable late charge, ahead of Madison Wilson.

Elijah Winnington won gold in the men’s 400m freestyle, ahead of fellow Aussies Sam Short and Mack Horton. Zac Stubblety-Cook won gold in the men’s 200m breaststroke while Kiah Melverton took silver in the women’s 400m Individual Medley.

In the final race of night one, Australia won gold in the mixed 4x100m relay.

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Commonwealth Games 2022: Australia win gold, redemption in Rugby Sevens, defeat Fiji

Australia have wrapped up the Commonwealth Rugby Sevens gold medal in a 22-12 win over Fiji in a dominant display.

It’s redemption for the Aussies after a heartbreaking loss at the previous Commonwealth Games in Australia.

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Australia lost an epic final in 2018 on the Gold Coast, down 17-12 in extra-time to New Zealand.

But after edging past the Kiwis in a dramatic semi-final and losing a pool game to Fiji, Australia made no mistake in the final.

Faith Nathan scored a first half double as well as a try to Madison Ashby opened up a massive 17-0 lead at halftime.

The Aussies then scored immediately after the half through Maddison Levi, making it a 22-0 lead.

Although the Fijians finally got a pass to stick and scored a try as well as a consolation two minutes after full-time, it was nowhere near enough as the Aussies claimed the gold medal.

It had been the one medal Australia had been missing, having won in Rio in 2016, and coming into the tournament as the reigning Rugby Sevens women’s world champions after winning four of the six tournaments in the 2021-22 World Series.

Aussie star Charlotte Caslick said it was nearly a perfect performance from gold medalists.

“I think in those physical contests, we dominated nearly every single one of those and that’s what we had to do,” Caslick said after the match.

“I wouldn’t say it was perfect (performance) but it was close to.

“We’ve had an amazing World Series and been dominant year so to be rewarded in front of an awesome crowd is pretty special.”

And it was more redemption after Australia was bundled out of the Tokyo Olympics in a 19-0 quarterfinal thrashing by Fiji.

While the women’s side will bring home the extra baggage of the gold medals, the men couldn’t follow suit.

After a semi-final loss to South Africa earlier in the day, the Aussies fell 26-12 to New Zealand in the bronze medal match to miss the podium.

It was a tough break for Australia who are second on the World Series ladder behind South Africa with one tournament left in Los Angeles in late August.

South Africa broke to the men’s title in a 31-7 obliteration of Fiji.

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