Sport : Can Jesse Wagstaff and our basketballers snare medal success in Glasgow?
The Aussies are a chance to finish on the podium across the men’s, women’s and wheelchair events in the 3x3 basketball arena, and elsewhere, there’s no shortage of action taking place.
It’s the final day of swimming action as we look to add to a whopping haul of golds, and there’s also lots happening in track-and-field off the back of an impressive first couple of days.
Stay across the latest news and developments from Day 6 of the Comm Games here as we take you through Wednesday evening and Thursday morning (WA time)!
Up next: 155kg
Next attempt will be 155kg for Saxton, and he will benefit from extra rest with competitors failing weights in the 150-153kg range.
Opening weight cleared
Ollie Saxton nailed the 150kg snatch in his first crack, the biggest weight lifted thus far in the final’s early stages.
It looked routine for Saxton who can now build on top of it with his next two lifts.
Then there was nine
A thin 10 horse race for the gold medal has been trimmed even more so after a timely DNF.
South African Nicolaas Jacobus du Plooy failed to register a snatch, leaving it down to nine lifters aiming for gold.
Saxton lifting weight of expectation
Perth’s Ollie Saxton is gunning for gold as the men’s 94kg weightlifting finals gets underway.
His planned 150kg to start the snatch is on the upper end for competitors, just two kgs off the max opening attempt.
Delgado, Reynolds clutch tie break
A tight clash came down to the tie-breaker in the para pairs lawn bowls, and Delgado and Reynolds proved their might in the clutch.
Winning the first set 5-4 and losing the second 4-5 sent the English clash into a tie breaker, and the Aussies stepped up to claim the choccys.
Fife falls short
Ellen Fife’s first set blowout put her on the backfoot and the Aussie couldn’t claw back to drop her lawn bowls match.
Facing England’s Katherine Rednall, the first set was lopsided in the Brit’s favour 13-2.
Despite a second set tie, Fife dropped the match 0.5-1.5.
More on Richardson
Former Australian track cyclist Matt Richardson has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games because of an injury he suffered while racing in Japan.
In a major blow to the Glasgow Games, the English team announced on Wednesday night (AEST) that their sprint ace would no longer compete.
Richardson sensationally defected from Australia to Great Britain soon after winning three medals at the the Paris Olympics.
Automatic Atwell buries Jamaica
No bench? No problem for the Gangarru’s thanks to a light’s out shooting performance from WA’s Amy Atwell to send Australia into the gold medal match.
She scored the opening eight points of the game to build a quick 9-0 lead inside the opening two minutes.
Injury to Emma Clark has left the Gangurru’s a woman short for the rest of the tournament, but who needs rotations when you can score as quickly as Atwell.
The Aussies flashy scoring was complemented by intense defence led by Lara McSpadden.
It took a foul to break Jamaica’s scoring drought, finally getting a bucket down 10 – which Atwell promptly responded with another deep dagger.
There was nothing Jamaica could do to stop Australia’s momentum and the sides looked heavily mismatched.
The Gangurru’s have gold on their mind following the 21-8 win, Atwell had the hot hand scoring 13 points – dropping five from deep.
Women’s look to follow men
The women’s 3x3 side are looking to follow the men’s side into the gold medal game, facing off against Jamaica for the coveted spot.
Matthew Richardson pulls out
Australian defector Matthew Richardson has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Games.
The Great Britain cycling team announced that he will not take part due to injury, denying a rematch against his former Aussie teammates.
Australia will not get the chance at a spicy rematch against the Perth raised athlete, who sensationally defected to England after winning two medals for the green and gold at the 2022 Olympic Games.
The bitter rivalry was built up as one of the most highly anticipated sub-plots in this Commonwealth Games, but fans have been robbed the opportunity to see the clash following the injury.


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