FIT, toned and high-energy athletes are going for Commonwealth Games gold on and off the field, flooding Tinder in search of romance, with revealing photos and boasts about having the ability to “go all night long”.
CASTER Semenya has sealed the first of her planned two Commonwealth Games gold medals, charging home to win the 1500m by a stunning 15 metres.
EVERYTHING we have loved about Kurt Fearnley for more than a decade was on full display at the Commonwealth Games but it was what he said post-race that struck a chord with us all.
IN the 2018 Commonwealth Games, superman of the pool Mitch Larkin has medals falling out of his pockets and even managed to do something the great Ian Thorpe never did.
SHE’S the most dominant junior hammer thrower in Australian history and now Alexandra Hulley is a Commonwealth Games silver medallist.
WITH legs shaking from nerves, boom Queensland sprinter Riley Day has negotiated her first individual senior race for Australia — but a bigger moment awaits.
INJURY-prone long jumper Henry Frayne has produced the performance of his life in qualifying, breaking the Commonwealth Games record. We wrap the morning athletics here…
YOHAN Blake won’t be going back to Jamaica any time soon given his failure to fulfil Usain Bolt’s orders to deliver Jamaica the 100m Commonwealth title.
BORN in a Kenyan refugee camp to a South Sudanese mother, Joseph Deng says he’s proud of the Australian colours he wears, as he prepares for the Commonwealth Games 800m final.
AUSTRALIA’S 10,000m trio finished unplaced in the gruelling track event, but their stunning act of sportsmanship following the race toward the last place-getter didn’t go unnoticed.
HER jaw dropped. Her face froze. Not even Bronte Campbell could believe what she had done. For the first time in three years she had beaten her decorated sister Cate in the 100m freestyle.
CASTER Semenya last night impressively started her Gold Coast assault on another slice of athletics history, but is running into an uncertain future.
FORGET public transport, if you want to get to the Gold Coast quickly for your Games event, driving is the clear winner. Our journalists tried out all modes of transport from Brisbane to Carrara, and even cycling technically proved faster than the train.
AUSSIE para sprinter Evan O’Hanlon has set Carrara Stadium alight with his win in the T38 100 metres final. But his performance was overshadowed by the gold medal-worthy moustache he was sporting, and it even has its own Twitter account.
AUSSIE 800m runner Brittany McGowan has sensationally slammed having her times compared to the blistering speed of controversial South African star Caster Semenya.
THE integration of para athletes onto the main billing at the Commonwealth Games has been more than vindicated by the athletes’ performances and the reaction of crowds, making para-normal the infectious new vibe on the Gold Coast.
BRITISH triathletes Jonny and Alistair Brownlee have taken their chances with a real-life Borobi as they soak up a little Gold Coast culture, but despite the “amazing experience”, there’s one thing they hope they don’t have to explain when they get home after their encounter.
FORGET diamonds, it’s clear that on the appropriately named Gold Coast, gold is a girl’s best friend, as triumphant triathlete Matthew Hauser discovered on a night out in Surfers Paradise.
IT’S been a slow start to the Games as far as the partying scene is concerned, but clubs on the glitter strip say it’s the calm before the storm as athletes near the end of competition.
NO Big Tuna, no big deal. Cold stricken champion Kyle Chalmers may have suffered a shock loss but a rousing pool rally and Australian cycling’s wheels of thunder made it a night to savour.
AUSTRALIA has experienced another Jane Saville moment with Claire Tallent disqualified in sight of gold in the women’s 20km walk. Watching her sob on the pavement as others went by was gut wrenching to see.
FROM banning phones at dinner to putting a rubber duck in the ice bath, training in a heat chamber and poaching key staff from Great Britain — Australian cycling is fast rebuilding from the rubble that was left after the last Olympics.
BRISBANE’S decathlon medal contender Cedric Dubler has not trained in the javelin for seven weeks, which should raise concerns for cameramen everywhere.
THE Gold Coast is set to use the Commonwealth Games as a springboard to launch a bold bid for one of the biggest dates on the world athletics calendar.
IN his first two state throwing events Queensland farm boy Matt Denny finished last, but on Sunday the 21-year-old showed the power of persistence to win his first open international medal.
WHEN Dane Bird-Smith was struggling to find a reliable training partner, man’s best friend delivered. But of all the dogs to choose to match the gold medal-winning walker’s pace, you’d think “Rocky” would have been the last one he’d choose.
AUSTRALIA and the Commonwealth has been absolutely crushed by the heartbreaking scenes Aussie Claire Tallent’s breakdown.
BACKED by John Steffensen to medal on in the Commonwealth Games, Australia’s fastest man Trae Williams admits he does sometimes wonder about his decision to run from a possible NRL career.
AUSTRALIA’S Francois Etoundi broke a fellow weightlighter’s nose four years ago, now he wants to make peace. Injured Indian athletes are in trouble, Missile’s bizarre gold celebration and a hell of a black eye this Welsh athlete. QUIRKY MOMENTS.
HAVING secured the 2017 world and now 2018 Commonwealth titles, Jake Birtwhistle has declared Australia the new standard-bearer for mixed team relay after a dominant gold medal display.
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