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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A quick round-up of everything going on right now:
- England are 2-1 up against Australia in the men’s hockey at half time
- In the men’s 400m hurdles, Kyron McMaster has defended his title while Malik Metivier was disqualified for going before the gun
- Alastair Chalmers took bronze for Guernsey - their first Commonwealth Games medal in athletics
- Australia have beaten New Zealand in the cricket semi-finals. They play India in the final; England vs NZ for bronze
Local boy Lewis Williams one win away from Commonwealth gold in Birmingham
England’s Lewis Williams is raring to go as his chance of securing a Commonwealth gold medal on home turf is now “within touching distance”.
The 23-year-old won his heavyweight semi-final against Australia’s Edgardo Coumi by unanimous decision on Saturday.
Local boy Williams, who hails from the nearby town of Leamington Spa, will face Samoa’s Ato Leau Plodzicki-Faoagali for gold on Sunday.
He said: “My target has been there for a long time and it feels so close. Now it is within touching distance.
“Everything went according to the game plan, against a very good boxer. I thought I won every round and the judges gave it to me.
“I will celebrate afterwards and it will all sink in. But for now I have a job to do.”
Local boy Lewis Williams one win away from Commonwealth gold in Birmingham
The 23-year-old won his heavyweight semi-final against Australia’s Edgardo Coumi by unanimous decision.
Marc Scott takes fourth in men’s 5000m final
No medal for England in the men’s 5000m but Marc Scott does well to power through and finish fourth.
Jacob Kiplimo strides through to complete the double, taking gold here after also winning the 10000m.
He beat Kenyan duo Kipkorir Kimeli and Jacob Krop down the final stretch.
Jack Laugher bounces back from nightmare opener to complete all-English podium
Jack Laugher was pleased to have bounced back from a zero score in qualifying to claim bronze in an English one-two-three in the men’s 3m springboard final, admitting something like that could have “ruined him” in the past.
Laugher, an Olympic silver medallist in this event in Rio six years ago, has been open about his struggles with anxiety over his performances and scored zero for his first dive in the preliminary round on Saturday morning after the nerves set in on the board.
Dan Goodfellow took gold for England with Jordan Houlden securing silver on Saturday night, and Laugher – who recovered to reach the final as the 11th-ranked of 12 qualifiers – was delighted to join them on the podium after a rocky start to the day.
Jack Laugher bounces back from nightmare opener to complete all-English podium
The double gold medallist added a bronze behind team-mates Dan Goodfellow and Jordan Houlden in the 3m springboard.
Two more medals for England in the diving
It’s two medals for England in the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform final.
Andrea Spendolini-Siriex and Eden Cheng pull out a terrific final dive and their score of 76.80 is enough to take silver.
Robyn Birch and Emily Martin have also made it onto the podium.
Silver for Keely Hodgkinson in women’s 800m
England take silver and Scotland get bronze in the women’s 800m final!
Kenya’s Mary Moraa takes the gold, flying through from eighth to finish just over 0.3 seconds ahead of Keely Hodgkinson, who seals the silver for England.
Laura Muir gives it absolutely everything in the final stages to nick third and bronze, finishing 0.01s ahead of Natoya Goule.
Marfa Ekimova wins all-around gold in rhythmic gymnastics first for England
Marfa Ekimova won England’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in rhythmic gymnastics as she clinched the all-around title at Arena Birmingham.
The 17-year-old top-scored on hoop and clubs to total 112.300, narrowly ahead of silver medallist Anna Sokolova of Cyprus.
It was Ekimova’s second medal of the Birmingham Games after teaming up with Saffron Severn and Alice Leaper to win a team bronze medal on the opening day of competition on Thursday.
Marfa Ekimova wins all-around gold in rhythmic gymnastics first for England
Ekimova already had a team bronze to her name in Birmingham
Geraint Thomas expects ‘war of attrition’ in Commonwealth Games men’s road race
Geraint Thomas expects the men’s road race at the Commonwealth Games to be a “war of attrition” as rival teams work together to ensure there is no sprint for Mark Cavendish.
Reigning British champion Cavendish has a strong Isle of Man team aiming to see that the 160km race around Warwick and Leamington Spa ends in a sprint that he would be the runaway favourite to win.
Though the flat profile of the route might point to a bunch finish, rival teams plan to mix things up to deny Cavendish his chance.
Geraint Thomas expects ‘war of attrition’ in Commonwealth Games men’s road race
Though the flat profile of the route might point to a bunch finish, rival teams plan to mix things up to deny Cavendish his chance
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England captain Hollie Pearne-Webb has urged her team-mates to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to claim Commonwealth gold in front of a home crowd on Sunday.
The hosts will take on Australia in the showpiece match at the Birmingham 2022 Games after goalkeeper Maddie Hinch was again a penalty shoot-out hero in the semi-final win over New Zealand on Friday, making a series of saves as Izzy Petter and Hannah Martin converted their penalties to see England through and guarantee them at least a silver.
England eyeing ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Commonwealth Games gold on home soil
Hosts England take on Australia in the showpiece match on Sunday
Gemma Frizelle overjoyed by unexpected Commonwealth gold
Gemma Frizelle admitted she did not expect to win a gold medal for Wales in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final after overcoming injury problems to compete.
Set to Nessun Dorma, which is her mother’s favourite song, the 24-year-old topped the leaderboard with a total of 28.700 to edge past Cyprus’ Anna Sokolova and Canada’s Carmel Kallemaa who scored 28.300 and 28.200, respectively.
The result is Wales’ first gold in the hoop, and Frizelle revealed the result came as a surprise.
“I just didn’t ever expect it,” she said. “Yeah it’s just amazing, I can’t believe it to be honest, so I don’t know, I can’t process it!”
Gemma Frizelle overjoyed by unexpected Commonwealth Games gold
The 24-year-old edged to victory in the rhythmic gymnastics hoop final to top the podium for Wales
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