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Ashley McKenzie describes how he won judo gold medal at the Commonwealth Games
Emily Campbell stormed to a stunning home gold at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham while Evie Richard took the mountain bike title on day six. Campbell, the Olympic silver medallist who was England’s flag bearer at the Games, scored a mammoth 286kg total to take gold. It was a personal best for the 28-year-old and also obliterated the Commonwealth Games record.
Elsewhere, Richards raced to an emotional mountain bike title, which was an upgrade on the silver medal she won in 2018. It also came after months of back problems and a recent spell with Covid, and there are further medal opportunities to come this evening. Though Richards had insisted coming into the race she needed to “be realistic” about her chances given recent setbacks, she was ultimately a comfortable winner at Cannock Chase forest.
Later, Katarina Johnson-Thompson put the finishing touches on a comeback gold in the Commonwealth Games as she defended her title. It came after Elish McColgan won a thrilling 10,000m gold after a sprint finish. Daryll Neita is set for a 100 metres final showdown with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica in one of the most intriguing face-offs of the Games. In the pool, world champion Ben Proud continued to dominate in the men’s 50m free while Scotland’s Duncan Scott took his second gold of the Games by defeating his rival Tom Dean in the men’s 200m individual medley.
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Commonwealth Games: Kenya’s Omanyala wins 100m final
What a podium!
Omanyala clocks 10.02 seconds.
South Africa’s Akani Simbine is second with 10.13 and Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon takes bronze in 10.14.
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Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:37
Commonwealth Games: Men’s 100m final
On your marks, set, GO!
And it’s a storming run from Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala! He led the way from start to finish! Kenya, so known for their long distance exploits, are sprint kings!
Mitchell-Blake pulled up before the end and was last.
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:34
Commonwealth Games: Men’s 100m final
And to top it off, we now have the 100m finals! Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake runs in the men’s final for England with Daryll Neita up after.
The men’s final sees eight different countries, and no Jamaicans!
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:32
Commonwealth Games: Heptathlon
Katarina Johnson-Thompson claimed her first heptathlon title for three years after successfully defending her Commonwealth Games crown.
The 29-year-old triumphed with 6377 points ahead of Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor who took silver and England team-mate Jade O’Dowda in third in Birmingham.
It is Johnson-Thompson’s first victory since winning the world title in 2019 having recovered from at least one career-threatening injury.
A ruptured Achilles threatened her Olympic dream last year and, even though she made it to Tokyo, she suffered a serious calf injury in the 200m and had to withdraw.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson claims first heptathlon title for three years
The 29-year-old defended the championship she won in Australia in 2018.
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:31
Commonwealth Games: Swimming
Huge roar from Tom Dean! It’s England’s medal, but that means so much to him after six silvers.
He tells the BBC: “I think it showed much it meant to me. It’s been a tough week after six silvers. It’s so special. The boys executed a perfect race.”
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Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:21
Commonwealth Games: Swimming
England win the 4x100m medley relay final, and Tom Dean gets his gold! After so many silvers, Dean storms back over the last 10m of his leg to win that elusive gold, getting ahead of Australia and Scotland on the podium.
Another brilliant battle in the pool as Dean holds off Kyle Chalmers of Australia over the final 50m. Great race.
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:18
Commonwealth Games: Johnson-Thompson wins gold
Johnson-Thompson has her head in her hands. She can’t believe it but after a tough year which saw her Olympics dream taken away, she is back on top.
Commonwealth Games champion once more.
There are tears in her eyes.
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Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:05
Commonwealth Games: Johnson-Thompson goes for gold
And we’re off! O’Connor goes out in front and Johnson-Thompson marks her heels as the bells sounds.
Holly Mills takes off to take the quickest time, but Johnson-Thompson cruises ahead of O’Connor.
It’s gold for KJT!
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 21:02
Commonwealth Games: Johnson-Thompson goes for gold
Just the 800m separate Katarina Johnson-Thompson from the heptathlon gold.
She has a 136 points difference over Kate O’Connor, which is around nine seconds.
Johnson-Thompson surely has to just make it round in one piece in order to win gold.
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 20:59
Commonwealth Games: Eilish McColgan wins stunning 10,000 gold!
Jamie Braidwood3 August 2022 20:43