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Commonwealth Games 2018 Day 7 live coverage: Brandon Starc wins gold in men’s high jump

Brandon Starc, the brother of Australian cricketer Mitchell, sets a new personal best to win gold in the men’s high jump.

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Brandon Starc of Australia celebrates after clearing 2.32m in the men’s high jump. Photo: Getty Images
Brandon Starc of Australia celebrates after clearing 2.32m in the men’s high jump. Photo: Getty Images

Welcome to live coverage of Day 7 of the 2018 Commonwealth Games from the Gold Coast.

Eric George 10.31pm: Aussies, NZ in netball showdown

The Diamonds have booked a semi-final place against the floundering Silver Ferns after beating Jamaica 72-51 tonight.

Australia seized control of the match in the third quarter, holding their opponents to only nine goals thanks to some stellar efforts from keeper Laura Geitz.

Caitlin Thwaites added to her tally of perfect shooting matches at the Gold Coast, netting 22 goals in the face of some very sharp defensive attention.

The standout for the Diamonds all tournament has been the team’s ability to swap players without a drop in intensity, and their depth was a key difference again tonight.

They’ll now face New Zealand at 3pm on Saturday. Jamaica will take on England in the second semi-final.

“I saw a lot of improvement tonight... that was an excellent win,” said head coach Lisa Alexander in the post match huddle.

Caitlin Bassett of Australia (left) scores a goal during the netball Pool A match against Jamaica. Photo: Getty Images
Caitlin Bassett of Australia (left) scores a goal during the netball Pool A match against Jamaica. Photo: Getty Images

10.11pm: Golden sand for Aussies?

Australia’s stars of the sand say the goosebumps generated by a vocal Coolangatta crowd are to thank for averting a major upset to make beach volleyball’s gold medal game.

The previously untroubled pairing of Mariafe Artacho Del Solar and Taliqua Clancy were given a huge Commonwealth Games scare by Vanuatu’s Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu tonight.

The Australians eventually clinched the semi-final 21-19 16-21 15-9 to set up a decider against Canada’s current world No.1 duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes tomorrow.

Men’s pairing Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann will also play for gold on a breakout day for the sport at a venue that has been rated among the best played on by visiting athletes.

Australian beach volleyball duo Taliqua Clancy (left) and Mariafe Del Solar Artacho on their way to victory against Vanuatu tonight. Photo: AFP
Australian beach volleyball duo Taliqua Clancy (left) and Mariafe Del Solar Artacho on their way to victory against Vanuatu tonight. Photo: AFP

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10.01pm: Rubie seventh in 400m final

10pm: GOLD! Bowls pair wins

Australia’s mixed visually impaired lawn bowls pairs team of Lynne Seymour and Jake Fehlberg have won gold at the Commonwealth Games after a victory against South Africa in the final.

The B2/B3 pair — accompanied by their directors Bob Seymour and Grant Fehlberg — beat Nozipho Schroeder and Philippus Walker 12-9.

South Africa scored the first point but Australia hit back with nine consecutive scores to put the match to bed early, despite a late fightback by the visitors.

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Eric George 9.46pm: Diamonds lead at halftime

Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls have given the Diamonds something of a scare to trail by just seven goals halftime of their final pool match of the tournament.

Australia was in control with a 12-goal lead midway through the second quarter, but some timely turnovers saw things reeled back to a tighter 36-29 margin as the teams left the court.

Jhanielle Fowler-Reid has been unstoppable for Jamaica under the ring, landing 25 of 27 shots.

At the other end of the court, Diamonds captain Caitlin Bassett has missed only one of her 23 attempts, while veteran Susan Pettitt (14 goals) hasn’t missed yet.

Wing attack Madi Robinson was the recipient of two late challenges, one particularly ugly incident leaving her flattened and dazed, but the Magpies captain ran out the half well.

9.45pm: Silver for Frayne in long jump

Australian Henry Frayne has won the silver medal in the men’s long jump at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Frayne finished a close second with a best jump of 8.33m in the second round. Reigning world champion Luvo Manyonga took the gold with a Games record 8.41m and the bronze went to fellow South African Ruswahl Samaai.

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Brent Read 9.27am: GOLD! Starc wins high jump

Carrara Stadium tonight became the House of Starc. Brandon Starc, the brother of Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc, won a gold medal in the high jump at the Commonwealth Games, clearing a personal best of 2.32m.

Starc was made to wait an anxious few minutes to see whether his main competitor Jamal Wilson would clear 2.34m. When Wilson clipped the bar, Starc was crowed Commonwealth Games champion.

The 24-year-old, eighth at the Glasgow Olympics four years ago and 15th at the Rio Olympics in 2016, has struggled with injuries over the course of his career. He put that behind him as he claimed the biggest victory of his career on a golden night for Australia in the track and field.

As his brother claimed gold, Mitchell Starc tweeted: “Get in there boy! Gold medal at the Com games! Bloody awesome @bstarc super proud young fella”

Mitchell Starc’s partner, the Australian women’s team keeper Alyssa Healy, added: “Beers on @Brandonstarc93!! Amazing!! @GC2018”

9.26pm: GOLD! Holt wins women’s T35 100m

Isis Holt of Australia has claimed athletics gold in the women’s T35 100m at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

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9.25pm: GOLD! Crombie wins F38 shot put

Australia’s Cameron Crombie has coasted to Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s F38 shot put.

World record-holder Crombie made light work of the eight-strong field tonight, whipping out his winning throw of 15.74m on his third attempt to finish well clear of countryman and silver medallist Marty Jackson (13.74m). Fellow Aussie Jayden Sawyer was beaten to bronze by South African Reinhardt Hamman (13.15m).

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9am: Games get more royal treatment

Prince Edward is the latest royal to visit the Commonwealth Games, taking in three sports around the Gold Coast today.

The Earl of Wessex started his day at the men’s hockey preliminary matches before watching Barbados take on South Africa in netball at the Gold Coast Convention Centre and touring the adjoining media centre.

He also took in some rhythmic gymnastics at the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre on day seven of competition.

Edward is the second royal to visit the Games after Prince Charles and his wife Camilla attended the opening ceremony as well as the swimming and cycling last week.

The youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Melbourne on Friday and was scheduled to visit five cities in Australia, attending 32 events in eight days.

Prince Edward is seen at the hockey on day seven of the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. Photo: Getty Images
Prince Edward is seen at the hockey on day seven of the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. Photo: Getty Images

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8.50pm: Bronzed Aussies in rhythmic gymnastics

Australia has held on to take bronze in the rhythmic gymnastics team event at the Commonwealth Games.

Cyprus, led by the brilliant Diamanto Evripidou, won gold with a combined score of 130.625, while Malaysia, improving on their Glasgow Games bronze, took silver with a score of 127.950.

For Australia, who finished on 120.800, it is their first medal in rhythmic gymnastics since the 2010 Games in Delhi.

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Wayne Smith 8.31pm: Connor wins silver in 1m springboard

Rio Olympic diving champion Jack Laugher led from start to finish to defend the 1m springboard title he won in Glasgow four years ago as Australia’s James Connor challenged right at the death to take the silver.

Laugher not only led every round of the final; he led every round of the preliminaries as well to grab England’s first diving gold of this meet, with a venerable name in the history of the Commonwealth Games — Heatly, James Heatly — taking the bronze.

The Scotsman is the grandson of the 1950 platform champion Peter Heatly who was to play a vital role in saving the 1986 Games in his native Edinburgh when it seemed that New Zealand’s rugby contact with South Africa during the apartheid era would cause them to be abandoned.

Connor, 22, had poked his nose in front when he nailed his final dive, a forward three and a half somersault, to advance his score to 412.45 but Laugher was up to the task, finishing off with an excellent two and a half somersault twist to take the gold with 438.00

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Daniel Sankey 8.30pm: 200m hopes bow out in semis

Australia’s women’s 200m trio of Riley Day, Maddie Coates and Larissa Pasternatsky have been run out of the competition in tonight’s semi-finals, despite highly creditable individual performances.

Coates (23.43 seconds) and Day (23.24 seconds) were fourth in semis one and two respectively, while Pasternatsky was fifth in semi-final three in 23.64 seconds.

Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson set a new personal best of 22.28 seconds in the first semi-final to be the fastest qualifier for tomorrow night’s final.

8.10pm: GOLD! Mitchell wins javelin

Kathryn Mitchell has won the gold medal and smashed the Australian women’s javelin record in the Commonwealth Games final.

The 68.92m effort in the opening round tonight continued a remarkable start to the 2018 season for Mitchell, who has three times bettered the Australian record previously held by Kim Mickle.

Fellow Australian Kelsey-Lee Roberts claimed silver with a 63.89m throw and the bronze went to South African Sunette Viljoen (62.08m).

The first gold medal at a major international meet was a long time coming for 35-year-old Mitchell.

She blew tonight’s competition wide open with what turned out to be the gold medal-winning throw in the opening round.

Her second-last effort of 68.14m was also well past the Games record set by Mickle four years ago in Glasgow.

Roberts improved one spot from her bronze-medal effort at the 2014 Glasgow Games.

It was a fourth straight Commonwealth medal for Viljoen, who won gold in 2006 and 2010 and silver in 2014.

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Daniel Sankey 8pm: Jamaica wins ... steeplechase?

Jamaica couldn’t win the 100m sprints for which their athletes were hot favourites, but Aisha Praught made up for that somewhat with a brilliant finish to win the women’s 3000m steeplechase.

The American-based Jamaican ran a world class time of 9 minutes, 21 seconds to defy a pair of Kenyans, with Celliphine Chepteek Chespol (9:22.61) taking the silver and Purity Cherotich Kirui (9:25.74) the bronze.

Australia’s Genevieve LaCaze, who has battled injuries that have restricted her to just one competitive race this year, ran bravely for fifth in 9:42.69, with her teammate Victoria Mitchell (10:21.72) in ninth.

7.50pm: Scott out of gold medal race

Australian boxer Kaye Scott has crashed out of gold medal contention at the Commonwealth Games, losing to Welsh youngster Rosie Eccles in the 69kg semi- finals.

The 33-year-old was outmatched by her agile 21-year-old opponent, losing in a 4-1 split decision on Wednesday evening.

A shattered Scott, who made it to the quarter-finals at the Glasgow Games, declined to speak to reporters after her fight.

Four other Australian women will fight in the semi-finals tomorrow. Comeback queen Anja Stridsman earlier defeated Glasgow silver medallist Sarita Devi of India by unanimous decision to win through to the 60kg semis. Stridsman, who suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament just five months ago, will take on New Zealand’s Troy Garton for a place in the gold medal bout. The Sydneysider remarkably fought through her ACL injury to win all three of her bouts at the selection trials last November before having surgery to replace the damaged ligament with an Achilles tendon taken from a corpse. Her lead-up to the Games was far from ideal but the 31-year-old looked in good touch during her commanding win over 36-year-old Devi.

Taylah Robertson (51kg), Skye Nicolson (57kg) and Caitlin Parker (75kg) are the other Australian women with bouts tomorrow.

Local men Harry Garside and Clay Waterman are set for quarter-final action later tonight.

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7.45pm: Aussie trio into long jump final

Australian hurdler Lauren Wells has booked a spot in the Commonwealth Games long jump final.

A day after missing the 400m hurdles title race by 0.07 seconds, Wells made ground in her secondary discipline with a best leap of 6.46m tonight.

Brooke Stratton cruised through, posting a 6.73m qualifier in her first jump while Naa Anang (6.46) also made the cut.

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7.30pm: Aussie smashes Games record

Kathryn Mitchell has smashed the Australian women’s javelin record with her opening throw of the Commonwealth Games final.

Mitchell’s first-round effort of 68.92m bettered her own mark of 68.57m set last month in Melbourne.

The 35-year-old has been in career best form this year, with her throw tonight also bettering the Games record.

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Will Swanton 7.10pm: Keep the faith, Folau urges

Israel Folau’s netball star wife has urged New Zealanders to keep faith in the black dress despite the Silver Ferns almost going to hell in a handbasket at the Commonwealth Games — and their captain being reduced to tears by criticism of their unconvincing path to the semi-finals.

Star shooter Maria Folau has defended her team in the face of growing disappointment from her netball-loving homeland. “We have the belief,” she said. “We have the fire — just like every other day in this black dress.”

Maria Folau in action for the Silver Ferns against England today. Photo: Getty Images
Maria Folau in action for the Silver Ferns against England today. Photo: Getty Images

The reaction across the ditch to the Ferns’ losses to Malawi and England in the group phase could hardly have been more scathing if the All Blacks were struggling. Skipper Katrina Grant cried today when she was asked whether pride had been lost in one of New Zealand’s two most prestigious sporting sides

She was being interviewed by Jenny-May Clarkson, a former New Zealand player turned TV analyst, after the 54-45 loss to England that threatened to kick them out of the tournament without a medal.

Clarkson said: “A lot of people back home are saying that there doesn’t seem to be any pride in the black dress ... I’m sure you girls have some long talks about what all this means and of course in terms of the results, they haven’t been quite what you wanted,” Clarkson asked.

Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant sheds a tear as she's questioned about her team's performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant sheds a tear as she's questioned about her team's performance at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Grant shook her head, wiped her eyes, took offence to the question, became emotional and replied: “Of course we’ve got pride. It means a lot to every single one of us. We were little kids, young girls growing up playing netball and this is all we wanted. There’s a lot of pride in this black dress. That’s hard to take.”

Israel and Maria Folau. Photo: Instagram.
Israel and Maria Folau. Photo: Instagram.

The Ferns’ biggest ever loss to the Roses came after the shock defeat to Malawai. They were left in the unthinkable position of missing the semi-finals if Uganda beat Scotland by 38 goals or more.

“We had it and we lost it,” New Zealand’s Sam Sinclair said after the England match. “I’m really gutted because we put really hard work into this game. We stuck at it but couldn’t finish it off in the crucial moments we needed to. the rest of our tournament in one the line now. That’s really weighing on our shoulders.”

Uganda won 57-37. NZ had survived.

Folau was the Ferns’ strongest player against the Roses, converting 30 of her 39 shots at goal. Support for her was virtually non-existent.

“There’s a lot of heart, there is a lot of fight in this team,” she said during the group stage. “People are going to think whatever they want to think but we know we can do it. I know that New Zealand, although most of them are behind us, you’ve just got to keep rallying us. We’ve got this.”

6.09pm: Australia finish on top in Pool A

Trent Mitton celebrates a goal. Picture: Getty Images.
Trent Mitton celebrates a goal. Picture: Getty Images.

The Kookaburras have finished the pool stages of the men’s hockey on top following a tight 2-1 win over New Zealand.

Trent Mitton added to Australia’s lead in the fourth period, before the Kiwis hit back via

Cory Bennett from a penalty corner.

The win means the host nation will finish on top in Pool A on 12 points, with New Zealand in second on nine.

5.45pm: Canada to meet Australia in volleyball final

Samuel Pedlow celebrates victory over New Zealand in the beach volleyball semi-final. Picture: Getty Images.
Samuel Pedlow celebrates victory over New Zealand in the beach volleyball semi-final. Picture: Getty Images.

Canada have done enough to deal with New Zealand in the second semi-final of the men’s beach volleyball and book a date with Australia in the final.

Sam Pedlow and Sam Schachter prevailed 21-19 21-15 over Ben and Sam O’Dea despite a freakish effort from the Kiwis to save match point.

The duo will face Christopher McHughand Damien Schumann who defeated England pair Chris Gregoryand Jake Sheaf earlier this afternoon.

5.29pm: Protesters disrupt Gold Coast traffic

Protesters on the Gold Coast during the Commonwealth Games. Picture: Nigel Hallett.
Protesters on the Gold Coast during the Commonwealth Games. Picture: Nigel Hallett.

A major Gold Coast street has been blocked by a group of indigenous protesters as a campaign targeting the Commonwealth Games continues.

The group of approximately 30 protesters sat on tram tracks on Scarborough Street in Southport for about half an hour after an earlier protest at the adjacent Australia Fair shopping centre.

Traffic and trams were blocked from crossing the street before the group were ushered back into the shopping centre by police.

The Stolenwealth Games group have been targeting events on the Gold Coast for over a week.

On Tuesday a group of protesters disrupted a beachside broadcast of the Seven Network’s Sunrise program while three protesters were arrested and charged with public nuisance offences last week at the Games’ opening ceremony. Protesters also successfully halted the Queen’s Baton Relay at Main Beach last week.

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Charlie Peel 5.13pm: More Cameroon athletes go missing

A total of eight athletes from Cameroon have gone missing from the athletes’ village. Picture: AFP.
A total of eight athletes from Cameroon have gone missing from the athletes’ village. Picture: AFP.

A further three athletes from the Cameroon Commonwealth Games team have gone missing from the athletes’ village, bringing the total number to eight.

The three athletes left the village on Tuesday night after the news broke in Cameroon media about their teammates’ disappearance, the team’s Chef de Mission said.

Five boxers and three weightlifters are among the athletes.

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5.00pm: Australia’s encouraging start

There’s be no love lost on the court as the Kookaburras take on New Zealand in the penultimate match of Pool B.

Australia drew first blood, with Jacob Whetton finding the narrowest of gaps at the near post in the second period.

Brent Read 4.50pm: Australia progress to gold medal match

Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann have guaranteed themselves a medal at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast after winning their semi-final over English duo Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf.

McHugh and Schumann, the No 1 seeds, took 40 minutes to dispose of their opponents, winning 21-13, 21-16. After years of competing against each other, the pair only came together following the Rio Olympics after their regular playing partners suffered injuries.

They will play the final tomorrow night against the winner of the other semi-final between New Zealand and Canada.

4.33pm: I must get smarter: Chalmers

Kyle Chalmers after the medal ceremony for the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final. Picture: AAP.
Kyle Chalmers after the medal ceremony for the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay Final. Picture: AAP.

Australian freestyle swimmer Kyle Chalmers can already feel his 19-year-old body deteriorating.

Chalmers battled a head cold and a sore back while collecting four gold medals and a silver at his debut Commonwealth Games.

And he knows he must get smarter to achieve longevity as a swimmer, particularly now he’s likely to keep adding the 200m freestyle to his pet 100m event. Chalmers, the Olympic 100m freestyle champion, was toppled in that event on the Gold Coast but has revealed the extent of his illness.

“I was a bit under the weather the 100m freestyle night, which kind of sucked,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

Kyle Chalmers of Australia celebrates victory with team mates Mitch Larkin and Grant Irvine. Picture: Getty Images.
Kyle Chalmers of Australia celebrates victory with team mates Mitch Larkin and Grant Irvine. Picture: Getty Images.

“I had blocked-up sinuses and that sort of thing. The doctor kind of threw everything at me the night of the 100 freestyle and my 4x200m (freestyle relay).” Chalmers still took the 100m freestyle silver and helped the 4x200m relay team to gold.

Given his ailments, he was rapt with his ability to still perform. “I managed myself really well in regards to racing and backing up,” he said. “I’m only 19 but my body is definitely starting to deteriorate a bit. “I have had some back problems ... so it’s all about making sure I get my body right for every single race and then do everything I can properly in the warm-up and swim down.

“I used to just be able to get away with just jumping in ... and doing my own thing.

“But now I know I have got to get massaged, do stretching and do all the right things.” Chalmers raced the 200m freestyle at elite level for the first time and indicated it was likely to remain on his future programs.

“We will see how it goes, the 200 is something that I really enjoy doing,” he said.

“I have just got to get that experience of racing it and be able to race my own race. I think I got caught up in racing against the other guys.”

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4.24pm: First set the way of Australia

At one stage it looked as though Australia were cruising to victory in the first after their initial struggle, but England made things respectable. McHugh has been an absolute fiend at the net, as Australia powered through to take the first set 21-13 in 20 minutes.

4.10pm: Aussies one win away from beach volleyball final

Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann. Picture: Getty Images.
Christopher McHugh and Damien Schumann. Picture: Getty Images.

Australia’s medal hopes are in action on the sand, with Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann taking on England’s Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf for a place in the final.

It’s been a nervous start for both pairs, with challenges making for a stop-start beginning to proceedings.

It’s been a grinding start with scores locked up at 7-all early in the first set.

4.00pm: McConnells get mojo back for Games tilt

Mountain biker Rebecca McConnell
Mountain biker Rebecca McConnell

Rebecca McConnell was so out of form earlier this year that she felt like skipping the Commonwealth Games altogether.

But the cross country mountainbike talent, who along with husband Daniel will compete in the hills of Nerang on Thursday, says she’s got her mojo back. The 26-year-old admitted she had more than one “why bother” moment earlier this year after a run of illness and poor form shattered her physically and emotionally.

“I had a really tough time from December through to March but I’ve turned it around and I’m definitely ready to race,” the Glasgow bronze medallist said. “The motivation is back but you’ve known it was coming for so long and things weren’t clicking earlier in the year and I was like, ‘should I even bother?’. “I was feeling down - in times like that you don’t want to do the sport.” She said her husband, who also claimed bronze in 2014, had “battled even more” in what was a tough few months professionally after their dream December wedding back home in Canberra.

Daniel and Rebecca McConnell in Glasgow in 2014. Picture: Adam Head.
Daniel and Rebecca McConnell in Glasgow in 2014. Picture: Adam Head.

But the couple, who are in separate rooms across the hall in the Games Village, will be looking to add to Australia’s two-wheel domination on the Gold Coast that has so far yielded 12 gold.

“He’s sparked up too now; we’re both medal chances but you never know if it’s going to be your day or not,” she said.

The pair will be the only two Australian riders competing after selectors opted not to load the maximum of three men and women in each race. Junior world champion Cameron Wright was too young to be selected, while others did not meet the selection panel’s criteria for inclusion.

“We’ve had two Olympics and two Commonwealth Games as a couple but it’s been a little quiet this time as the only team members,” she said.

“I know you can’t just hand out starts, but it’s really disappointing for the others ... I know they’ll probably struggle to watch because anything can happen in these races.”

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3.35pm: Hockeyroos ready to shoot for Games gold

Jodie Kenny celebrates with teammates. Picture: Getty Images.
Jodie Kenny celebrates with teammates. Picture: Getty Images.

For a shot at a fourth straight gold medal, the Hockeyroos are preparing for a shootout.

Australia will meet India in the semi-finals of the Commonwealth Games on Thursday evening and are quite prepared for the match to go down to the wire. The Hockeyroos have won four of the five women’s titles since hockey was introduced to the Games, the last two coming with the drama of a shootout in the final.

Defender Edwina Bone says the team have already begun preparing for a grandstand finish, which includes the 2011-introduced ice hockey-style one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

“We’ve spent heaps of time making sure that we’ve got that top group of players that are confident to take that one-on-one,” Bone said on Tuesday. “Depending on what goalie we come up against, we’ve got that little bit of footage, we’ll do our homework and make sure we’re prepped and ready for that if it comes to that.

Australia midfielder Stephanie Kershaw. Picture: Getty Images.
Australia midfielder Stephanie Kershaw. Picture: Getty Images.

“Hopefully not. Hopefully we can get the job done but if it comes to that, we’ll be ready.” Having veteran goalkeeper Rachael Lynch will help, given she’s worn the gloves in the past Commonwealth gold medal matches against England in Scotland, and India in Delhi.

Tellingly, Australia have also yet to concede a goal through the group stages. “We haven’t had a goal scored against us yet, so (having Lynch is) definitely a bonus. She’s done a really good job. She’s a really experienced goalkeeper and I’m definitely happy to have her in the net behind us.” Bone said India have traditionally been an aggressive outfit that lean towards hard balls into the attacking circle in the hope of finding edges for their goals.

“They like to jump in front and get those nicks in front of goals, so with Rachael in the net, she’ll definitely help us. But we’ll have to be on our game, making strong traps, and making our basics on point,” Bone said.

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3.20pm: Cox takes silver in double trap

Australian shooter Emma Cox has coughed up a gold medal after losing a tense shoot-off with Indian Shreyasi Singh in the women’s double trap at the Commonwealth Games.

The country Victorian came into the final round with a whopping seven-point lead and needed to hit only 19 of her last 30 targets to ensure gold. But she buckled under the pressure, falling one short and then becoming the first shooter to miss in a sudden-death finish.

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Adrian McMurray 2.50pm: Beattie fine with athletes’ Tinder use

Peter Beattie, Chairman GOLDOC. Picture: Getty Images.
Peter Beattie, Chairman GOLDOC. Picture: Getty Images.

Games chairman Peter Beattie says he has no issue with use of the dating app Tinder in the athletes’ village, as competitors look to let their hair down at the conclusion of their events.

The Courier Mail reported that athletes are turning to the popular match-making app “looking for fun”, with some boasting their ability to “go all night long”.

But Beattie had no qualms with the largely harmless use of the app within the village, as long as everything remained “within the law”.

“We know and we’re not naïve that people, when they finish their athletic events, they will frankly go and enjoy themselves, and we want them to do that,” Beattie said.

“They’ll do that in restaurants, in bars, and use whatever social media opportunities are available to them.

“I’m no moral judge in these things, as long as people stay within the law and have a good time then that’s fine by us.”

Adrian McMurray 2.22pm: Silver Ferns captain’s emotional response

Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant breaks down following her side’s loss to England.
Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant breaks down following her side’s loss to England.

Silver Ferns captain Katrina Grant was reduced to tears when questioned on her team’s pride in the wake of their loss to England on the final day of netball pool matches.

Grant was speaking to Jenny-May Clarkson, with the former Silver Fern turned media personality appearing to echo the sentiment of a nation when quizing the skipper on her side’s commitment.

“A lot of people back home are saying that there doesn’t seem to be any pride in the black dress ... I’m sure you girls have some long talks about what all this means and of course in terms of the results, they haven’t been quite what you wanted,” Clarkson asked.

That prompted an emotional response from Grant, who seemed to take offence to the question while fighting back tears.

“Of course we’ve got pride… that’s hard, yeah,” Grant replied.

“It means a lot to every single one of us.

“We were little kids, young girls growing up playing netball and this is all we wanted. There’s a lot of pride in this black dress.

“That’s hard to take.”

The loss to England means New Zealand will have to rely on results going their way in the remainder of today’s pool matches. If Uganda can score a big win over Scotland — who went down to Malawi in dramatic circumstances yesterday — the Silver Ferns would drop to third in the pool and out of medal contention.

Wayne Smith 1.20pm: Mixed result as Aussies take diving gold

Tragedy and triumph for Australia in the women’s 3m synchro final, the first gold medal diving event of the Games. Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan have come from the clouds to win the gold, nailing their final dive when all around them were collapsing in a heap. Sadly, one of the teams that folded under the pressure was Australia’s other pairing of Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith who recorded a failed dive in their final round while in the gold medal position. Sadly at fault was Maddison Keeney, the reigning world individual champion in the 1m springboard, who lost her awareness in the air and lost all control.

Gold: Esther Qin and Georgina Sheehan (Aus) 284.10

Silver: Alicia Blagg and Katherine Torrance (Eng) 276.90

Bronze: Mun Tee Leong and Nur Dhabitah Sabri (Malaysia) 264.90.

1.13pm: Bearded giant Daniel Repacholi takes gold

Bearded Australian giant Daniel Repacholi has won gold in the 50m pistol, his last Commonwealth Games event before retirement.

Stepping away from international competition to spend more time with his family, the 35-year-old ensured he’d bow out a winner by scoring 227.2 - a new Commonwealth Games record - at the Belmont Shooting Complex on Wednesday. It is his third Commonwealth title, having also tasted success at Melbourne 2006 and Glasgow 2014.

Repacholi said his trademark lucky rainbow socks were “seeping through” his skin as he soared to a comprehensive victory, with only one of his final 14 shots scoring less than 9.2 points.

He won with a 6.7-point margin from Bangladesh’s Shakil Ahmed and India’s Om Mitharval.

Daniel Repacholi of Australia celebrates taking the gold in the men's 50m pistol event. Picture: AAP.
Daniel Repacholi of Australia celebrates taking the gold in the men's 50m pistol event. Picture: AAP.

Repacholi was on fire late in the final and ran away with a comprehensive victory, meeting national pistol coach Vladimir Galiabovitch with a warm embrace after sealing it.

“It’s f..king awesome,” said Repacholi, who finished fourth in his only other event on Monday, the 10m air pistol.

“I came here for two, but I got one. I can walk away with that and hold my head high.

“I shot a really, really good final. That’s excellent.

“The other day it didn’t work for me, it just wasn’t my time, but this time it worked fine.”

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Wayne Smith 1.06pm: Canadian pair blow lead

Disaster for the Canadian pair of Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu who were in the gold medal position heading into the fourth round of diving in the 3m springboard, their three-and-a-half somersault. But they bungled it so badly that the judges even considered ruling it a failed dive. Finally they awarded it 33.48, which sent them plummeting from first to fifth.

The big beneficiaries were Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith who vaulted to the lead with just one dive remaining But it’s close, 224.31 to Malaysia’s 222.60.

Wayne Smith 12.53pm: Qin’s costly error

Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan. Picture: Getty Images.
Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan. Picture: Getty Images.

A mistake by the reigning 3m springboard individual gold medallist from Glasgow Esther Qin from Australia on her back two-and-a-half somersault dive, where she came out short, has left her and her partner Georgia Sheehan battling in the 3m synchro scores.

They now are on 151.80 and have slipped back to fifth but they are now 17 points off the lead held by the Canadians Jenifer Abel, the Commonwealth Games veteran, and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu.

Australia’s other duo, Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith are in fourth place but have the highest degree of difficulty list in the world so they are in position to make up the six points they are adrift.

Wayne Smith 12.41pm: Tech fix but no good news for Australia

The technicians have worked wonders and got the scoring system working again at the dinving. Not quite the news that Australia was wanting with the two local hopes, Esther Qin-Georgia Sheehan and Maddison Keeney-Anabelle Smith slipping back to fourth and fifth place after two of five rounds. England leads the way but only just from Canada and Malaysia.

Wayne Smith 12.33pm: Technical difficulties at the pool

A massive technical hitch is playing havoc with the women’s 3m springboard synchro final with the electronic scoring system breaking down.

Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving Final. Picture: Getty Images.
Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan compete in the Women's Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving Final. Picture: Getty Images.

So while scores are being announced manually, no-one knows who’s in the lead.

The irony is that while that system has failed, the microphones are working better than ever, clearly picking up the girls talking quietly to themselves, co-ordinating their dives.

For what it’s worth both Australian teams, Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith and Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan, scored impressive 8s with their opening dive but with high and low scores to be eliminated and the total then to be multiplied by the degree of difficulty, it’s beyond most folks to know who is leading. Stay tuned.

Wayne Smith 12.10pm: Laugher springs into gold defence

Rio Olympic diving champion Jack Laugher got the defence of the 1m springboard title he won in Glasgow four years ago started as he comfortably led the qualifiers into tonight’s final, with all three Australians making it through.

England’s Jack Laugher dives into his defence of his 1m springboard title. Photo: Getty Images
England’s Jack Laugher dives into his defence of his 1m springboard title. Photo: Getty Images

Only just though. Kurtis Mathews, the 18-year-old US-based diver whose twin sister, Jayah, competes for the University of Iowa, flirted with relegation pretty much all the way through the six rounds of the preliminaries this morning. He saved his highest degree of difficulty (DD) dive for the end, his inward two and a half somersault dive in the tuck position, to the end and sadly brought it in pretty much on the broad of his back.

But there were, mercifully, three divers in the competition who posted inferior scores and with 12 of the 15 advancing to the final, Mathews made it an even dozen for the final.

Australia’s main hopes will rest with 17-year-old Matthew Carter and its most experienced diver in the field, 22-year-old James Connor who finished respectively fifth and sixth respectively in 361.45 and 354.45. Impressively, Carter scored the highest score in the final round, 72.00, with a 3.2 DD forward two and a half somersault with one twist. It was an impressive display of grace under pressure from the Michel Larouche-coached diver who trains at the new high performance centre in Adelaide.

Australia’s James Connor on his way to qualifying for the final. Photo: Getty Images
Australia’s James Connor on his way to qualifying for the final. Photo: Getty Images

Laugher, a 3m synchro gold medallist from Rio, led from go to whoa although there was just a sign of vulnerability as he came out short on his fifth dive, a forward three and a half somersault, and scored what, for him, was a very modest 46.50. No matter. He regularly scored in the 70s with his five other dives and advanced to the final with a buffer of 31 points. Still, the clock is rewound for the final and all scores revert to zero.

But while Laugher provided the style, Jamaican Yona Knight-Wisdom provided the power. Even though the springboard is, well, one metre from the surface of the pool, Knight-Wisdom generated so much power on the board that he regularly was launching his dives with his feet under the surface of the water. It was a bit disconcerting, even for the judges, but with the power came tremendous height and the 22-year-old, fifth in Glasgow, dived magnificently to progressively work his way through the field.

11.57am: Horton drops 1500m freestyle

The penny has finally dropped for Olympic champion Mack Horton — he can no longer keep swimming his beloved 1500m freestyle.

After being “in denial” ahead of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Horton realised the awful truth when he collected 1500m bronze last night.

“It’s a sad day,” Horton said.

“I still love it (1500m) but my focus is going to shift.”

Mack Horton after winning bronze in the men’s 1500m freestyle last night. Photo: AAP
Mack Horton after winning bronze in the men’s 1500m freestyle last night. Photo: AAP

Horton had held on to hope that he could keep his prized event in his huge program despite the 800m freestyle being introduced at Tokyo 2020. Despite winning Rio 400m freestyle gold, Horton had always considered himself a 1500m man after worshipping Grant Hackett as a kid.

Growing up, he had even kept a list of the all-time 1500m times on his bedroom wall dreaming of one day joining them — or even topping it.

But Horton said his body was telling him he would never add to Australia’s rich history in the event.

It hurt to say it but Horton conceded he would now only pursue the 200m-400m-800m treble at Tokyo.

“I have been in denial about the 800m,” he said.

“I think my body is telling me that is where it needs to be. “I think (coach) Craig (Jackson) has known for a while but he wanted me to figure it out.

“I think I have figured it out now.”Horton looked on track to push his great mate, Italian distance king Greg Paltrinieri, in the 1,500m at Tokyo after collecting bronze at the 2017 world titles.

Horton had also finished fifth in the Rio 1500m final.

But Horton said there was no denying what his body was telling him after Australia’s Jack McLoughlin claimed Commonwealth 1500m gold.

“I wasn’t sure where my body was at but we now know we have to shake things up a bit with my program,” Horton said.

— AAP

Daniel Sankey 11.45am: Aussies into 1m springboard final

Australia’s Matthew Carter, James Connor and Kurtis Mathews are through to tonight’s final of the men’s 1m springboard final ... but it was a close-run thing for Mathews, who only just scraped through after a disastrous final dive.

Mathews produced his lowest scoring dive of the preliminaries — just 23.25 points for an inward 2-1/2 somersaults in the tuck position — to be placed precariously in 11th place. With 12 of the 15 divers advancing, Mathews had to watch on as New Zealand’s Liam Stone had the chance to steal the final place in the final.

Needing just 47.10 points to move past Mathews into 11th place, Stone could only produce 44.80 points on a forward 2-1/2 somersault with a twist ... leaving Mathews to breathe a sigh of relief and focus on the medal rounds later tonight.

England’s Jack Laugher will be a warm favourite for the gold medal with a total preliminary score of 399.80 points. Carter (fifth in 361.45) and Connor (sixth in 354.45) will need to up the ante in the final if they’re to challenge for a medal.

Matthew Carter of Australia competes in the men's 1m springboard preliminaries. Photo: Getty Images
Matthew Carter of Australia competes in the men's 1m springboard preliminaries. Photo: Getty Images

11.20am: Boomers wary of Scotland

Australian coach Andrej Lemanis is expecting plenty of tricks from old foe Rob Beveridge in Saturday’s Commonwealth Games men’s basketball semi-final against Scotland.

Lemanis and Beveridge are longtime coaching rivals in the NBL, and with the Scots’ talent level well below that of the deep Boomers squad, the Australians are preparing for the unexpected.

“They show signs of being a Rob Beveridge-coached team in terms of they junk up their defences — show you different looks, show you zones, play you man-to-man ... they try to disrupt you with what they do defensively,” Lemanis said.

Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis (centre) smiles during his team’s preliminary round victory over Nigeria on Monday. Photo: Getty Images
Boomers coach Andrej Lemanis (centre) smiles during his team’s preliminary round victory over Nigeria on Monday. Photo: Getty Images

— AAP

11am: Australia’s next big track star?

With no Sally Pearson at these Commonwealth Games, Australia is looking for a new star to rise.

Joseph Deng waves to his fans before the 800m heats yesterday. Photo: Getty Images
Joseph Deng waves to his fans before the 800m heats yesterday. Photo: Getty Images

If his coach is right, that man could well be young 800m runner Joseph Deng.

The 19-year-old did a brilliant job yesterday with a 1:45.72 effort to qualify for tomorrow night’s men’s 800m final ... and his coach Justin Rinaldi says the best is definitely yet to come.

“You don’t want to jinx people but if you look at comparisons of where people who win medals were when they were 19, he is on that same trajectory,” Rinaldi told The Australian ’s Brent Read.

“If he can keep improving a bit each year, he can do anything.

“He will go out there and, if the pace is fast, he will go with it and give himself every chance to run a time and win a medal. He may come unstuck in the last 100 metres but that will set him up for 2019 and 2020.”

That Deng is even on the Gold Coast owes much to a mother who made an even greater journey to save her family from the ravages of war-torn Sudan more than a decade ago.

Deng was born in a Kenyan refugee camp, his mother Rebecca having fled Sudan as the country was in the throes of civil unrest. Stories that emanate from Kenyan refugee camps are mortifying.

In Kakuma, one of the largest refugee camps in the world, an average of eight children die each day. Deng was one of the lucky ones — he and his family finding their way out when he was six.

They landed in Toowoomba and Deng then moved to be with his uncle, attending Ipswich Grammar School and coming under the guidance of coach Di Sheppard. Sheppard was at Carrara Stadium yesterday as Deng (1:45.72m) finished third in his heat, good enough to secure a place in tomorrow night’s final.

Eric George 10.50am: England beat Silver Ferns

The final day of pool matches in the netball has already seen a huge result, with England’s Roses seeing off the Silver Ferns 54-45.

It’s another disastrous result for New Zealand, who now will have to sweat out the rest of today’s results as they wait to see if they’ll even participate in the medal matches.

If Uganda can run the score up on Scotland in their match this afternoon, it’ll relegate the Ferns to third place in their pool and knock them out of the semi finals.

Even if New Zealand sneaks into the finals, this morning’s match underlined the concerns that have plagued the team all year. They still can’t settle on an effective shooting pair, and coach Janine Southby’s puzzling rotations continue to disrupt any of the team’s cohesion.

England didn’t escape the match unscathed, with starting wing defender Beth Cobden left limping after a collision in the second quarter.

Shannon Francois of New Zealand competes for the ball during the netball preliminary against England. Photo: Getty Images
Shannon Francois of New Zealand competes for the ball during the netball preliminary against England. Photo: Getty Images

10.45am: Aussie to shoot for gold

Daniel Repacholi has one more chance to bow out of the Commonwealth Games with a medal around his neck after reaching the finals of the 50m pistol.

The Australian shooter is retiring from international competition after the Gold Coast Games but narrowly missed the podium on Monday in the 10m air pistol, which he won gold in at Glasgow.

However, the 35-year-old made the cut-off on Wednesday for his last remaining event at the Belmont Shooting Complex in Brisbane, posting a score of 548-7x to rank as the third-highest qualifier.

Sporting a big bushy beard and a pair of lucky rainbow socks that have become his trademark, Repacholi won bronze in the 50m pistol in 2014. But fellow Aussie Bruce Quick, competing in a record seventh Commonwealth Games, missed out in 11th position.

With shooting unlikely to be part of the program for Birmingham 2022, it means veteran Quick won’t get to add to his career haul of 14 medals. One more medal would have put him on par with swimming legend Susie O’Neill as Australia’s second-most successful athlete at the Games.

Daniel Repacholi of Australia in action at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AAP
Daniel Repacholi of Australia in action at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: AAP

— AAP

Daniel Sankey 10.30am: Diving underway

We’re underway in the diving events at the Commonwealth Games, with James Connor, Kurtis Mathews and Matthew Carter kicking things off for Australia in the men’s 1m springboard preliminaries.

With 12 of the 15 entrants advancing, the three Aussies shouldn’t have any issues qualifying for tonight’s final. After two dives, Connor is second on 136.95, with Carter third on 130.10 and Mathews 10th on 98.40.

England’s Jack Laugher leads the way on 143.90.

At 12.07pm, we’re straight into the medal events, with the women’s synchronised 3m springboard final featuring the Aussie pairings of Anabelle Smith and Maddi Keeney, and Esther Qin and Georgia Sheehan.

The men’s 1m springboard final begins at 7.07pm, while at 9.29pm it’s the women’s synchronised 10m platform final in which Melissa Wu and Teju Williamson will join Annarose Keating and Brittany O’Brien in leaping for gold.

9.30am: Bolt’s in the house ... as spectator

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has arrived on the Gold Coast for the Commonwealth Games, saying he’s excited to experience it as a spectator.

The 31-year-old, eight-time Olympic gold medallist ended his sprint career last year, and has come to the Games purely to support his fellow Jamaicans.

“This is the first time I am actually going to be at a championship and not competing, so I’m excited just to watch and to cheer on and to get a chance just to see from a different angle,” he said.

Bolt, who was bemused to be met at the airport by Games mascot Borobi, said he expected Jamaica would continue to do well at the track, but he also hoped to see Jamaica’s netball team in action.

“My girls always do extremely well so I am going to definitely try to to see them,” he said.

Bolt has already been watching his former teammates from afar, sending messages of support to his friend Yohan Blake after his bronze medal in the 100m final, and congratulating South Africa’s Akane Simbine, who won the event.

“There’s no doubt that top athletes always come to the Commonwealth (Games),” he said.

“For us it is just another championship. We come out here to do our best and to try to win gold as always.

“There’s no doubt that the top athletes will be here and I am excited to be here to see them compete.”

— AAP

8.30am: Hubbard to quit weightlifting

New Zealand transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will likely bow out of the sport at a competitive level due to the elbow injury she sustained in this week’s Commonwealth Games women’s 90kg+ competition.

Laurel Hubbard injures her elbow during the women’s +90kg weightlifting final on Monday. Photo: Getty Images
Laurel Hubbard injures her elbow during the women’s +90kg weightlifting final on Monday. Photo: Getty Images

The 40-year-old athlete, a hot favourite on Monday to win Gold Coast gold, twisted and injured her left elbow in her final snatch attempt. She was seeking a Commonwealth Games record of 132kg.

As a result, she took no part in the clean-and-jerk phase of the event and the injury was yesterday confirmed as a ruptured elbow ligament.

Laurel Hubbard acknowledges her fans. Photo: Getty Images
Laurel Hubbard acknowledges her fans. Photo: Getty Images

Hubbard told New Zealand team fans at the country’s base on Monday afternoon that her future prospects in professional weightlifting were grim.

“My arm is busted,” Hubbard said.

“It looks like it’s probably going to be a career-ending injury, which is a real shame.

“But I’m glad I’ve gone out trying to achieve my best on the platform.”

Hubbard’s presence at this year’s Commonwealth Games had triggered controversy, with opponents claiming she holds an unfair advantage, having competed at national New Zealand level as a man before transitioning in her mid-30s.

She complies with regulations on transgender athletes laid down by the International Weightlifting Federation and the International Olympic Committee. Hubbard said she wasn’t in pain immediately after performing.

— AAP

7.30am: Cartwright’s weighty ambitions

Kelly Cartwright knows what it’s like to be at the top of the world and then have to start again at the bottom.

She did it as a sports-loving 15-year-old when a rare form of cancer prompted the agonising decision to have her leg amputated above the knee. She did it when she learnt to run and jump on her prosthesis and broke world records on the way to winning athletics gold and silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympics.

Kelly Cartwright on her way to yet another PB in para-powerlifting competition yesterday. Photo: AAP
Kelly Cartwright on her way to yet another PB in para-powerlifting competition yesterday. Photo: AAP

Now, nearly six years after permanent ankle damage forced a premature end to her sprinting and long-jump career, the 28-year-old is back to square one with a new pursuit on the Gold Coast.

And Cartwright couldn’t be happier with her Commonwealth Games para-powerlifting debut, which is hardly surprising given her three lifts produced two personal bests and a world championships qualifier just eight months after picking up the gruelling bench-press discipline.

Kelly Cartwright.
Kelly Cartwright.

It’s another triumph added to an already-decorated sporting story, but she admits there is still much to learn.

“I was nervous being out there but I’m more nervous about people expecting things,” Cartwright said.

“I was number one in my class and won a gold medal. It’s not easy to swap over sports ... I’ve come over to a very difficult, technical sport. It’s going to take many years so I have to get that ego out of my head and realise I started somewhere in athletics and have to start somewhere with this.”

Cartwright started lifting while in the gym rehabilitating her ankle after post- London surgery.

On the realisation it wasn’t getting better — some days she couldn’t put her foot on the ground — she starting bench pressing and was suddenly pushing competitive enough weights for a quickfire Games qualifier.

In yesterday’s lightweight division the tiny 47kg Cartwright lifted a top of 64kg to place seventh behind much bigger and more experienced rivals including Nigerian gold medallist Esther Oyema, whose winning lift of 131kg smashed her own world record by 5kg.

“We’re going to go home now and work on the things I should have been doing before I came here,” said Cartwright, whose fiance Ryan and two-year-old son Max came to watch.

“I want do double bodyweight, that’s my aim, whether it’s at Tokyo or the next Comm Games.”

—AAP

6.45am: LaCaze to push for medal

She’s blown away the cobwebs, and Australian steeplechaser Genevieve LaCaze is confident a perfect run can fetch a Commonwealth Games medal today.

It’s been a stop-start 18 months for LaCaze, who has endured successive foot injuries since a standout 2016 featuring the Rio Olympics final and a host of personal bests.

Australia’s Genevieve LaCaze at the Rio Olympics. Photo: Getty Images
Australia’s Genevieve LaCaze at the Rio Olympics. Photo: Getty Images

But the 28-year-old has reason for renewed positivity about her second Games after getting through a 1500m last month — her first race since last year’s world championships in March.

“I think I always kept faith that I would get there,” LaCaze said.

“Obviously there was a lot of doubting along the way just because it required every single day to go smoothly.

“But I have to say I’m pretty healthy, now I just need to find the legs on race day.”

LaCaze will take to the startline alongside compatriot Victoria Mitchell, who was cleared to compete despite emergency surgery to remove her gangrenous appendix days before the opening ceremony.

The pair will have stiff competition in Kenyan trio Celliphine Chespol, Purity Cherotich and Fancy Cherono and Jamaican Aisha Praught.

But LaCaze, who recently got engaged to fellow middle-distance runner Ryan Gregson, believed home-crowd support might get her over the line and onto the dais.

“Because it’s a straight final obviously I’m going to have to do all I can to make sure there’s no hiccups,” she said.

“At the same time at a major championships it’s very hard for people to execute plans, and although there’s a handful of very good athletes any one of them could make a false move and I do think I can jag a medal if I do everything right.”

Also up today is Australian women’s javelin record-holder Kathryn Mitchell while Henry Frayne will attempt to better the Games long jump record he blitzed in Tuesday’s qualifying round.

Anneliese Rubie will race the women’s 400m final and Brandon Starc will contest the men’s high jump final.

Brooke Stratton, Naa Anang and Lauren Wells will hope to qualify in the women’s long jump.

— AAP

6.30am: Day 7 — Aussies in action

ATHLETICS
• 7pm: Naa Anang — women’s long jump qualifying round group A
• 7pm: Lauren Wells, Brooke Stratton — women’s long jump qualifying round group B
• 7.15pm: Kathryn Mitchell, Kelsey-Lee Roberts — women’s javelin throw final
• 7.45pm: Victoria Mitchell, Genevieve LaCaze — women’s 3000m steeplechase final
• 8.05pm: Brandon Starc — men’s high jump final
• 8.10pm: Maddie Coates — women’s 200m semi-final 1
• 8.18pm: Riley Day — women’s 200m semi-final 2
• 8.26pm: Larissa Pasternatsky — women’s 200m semi-final 3
• 8.32pm: Henry Frayne — men’s long jump final
• 8.36pm: Cameron Crombie, Marty Jackson, Jayden Sawyer — men’s F38 shot put final
• 8.58pm: Alex Hartmann — men’s 200m semi-final 2
• 9.22pm: Brianna Coop, Isis Holt, Carly Salmon — women’s T35 100m final
• 9.45pm: Anneliese Rubie — women’s 400m final

BADMINTON
• 10.45am: Anthony Joe — men’s singles round of 32
• 11.20am: Australia (Renuga Veeran, Leanne Choo) v Singapore — women’s doubles round of 32
• 1.05pm: Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen — women’s singles round of 32
• 8pm: Australia (Setyana Mapasa, Sawan Serasinghe) v Jamaica — mixed doubles round of 32

BEACH VOLLEYBALL
• 4pm: Australia (Christopher McHugh, Damien Schumann) v England — men’s semi- final
• 8.30pm: Australia (Mariafe Artacho del Solar, Taliqua Clancy) v Vanuatu — women’s semi-final

BOXING
• 12.32pm: Anja Stridsman — women’s 60kg quarter-final
• 7.17pm: Kaye Scott — women’s 69kg semi-final (bronze awarded to match loser)
• 8.17pm: Harry Garside — men’s 60kg quarter-final 3
• 9.02pm: Clay Waterman — men’s 81kg quarter-final 2

DIVING
• 10.07am: James Connor, Kurtis Mathews, Matthew Carter — men’s 1m springboard preliminary (final at 7.07pm)
• 12.07pm: Anabelle Smith/Maddi Keeney, Esther Qin/Georgia Sheehan — women’s synchronised 3m springboard final
• 9.29pm: Melissa Wu/Teju Williamson, Annarose Keating/Brittany O’Brien — women’s synchronised 10m platform final

GYMNASTICS — RHYTHMIC
• 5pm: Australia — team final (for medals) and individual qualification

HOCKEY
• 4.30pm: Men’s Australia v New Zealand pool A — preliminary

LAWN BOWLS
• 9am: Australia (Karen Murphy, Kelsey Cottrell) v Papua New Guinea — women’s pairs section D, round 4, match 2
• 12pm: Australia (Karen Murphy, Kelsey Cottrell) v England — women’s pairs section D, round 5, match 1
• 4pm: Australia (Carla Krizanic, Natasha Scott, Rebecca Van Asch) v Fiji — women’s triples section A, round 5, match 1 (quarter-finals from 7pm)
• 4pm: Australia (Nathan Rice, Barrie Lester, Aron Sherriff, Brett Wilkie) v India — men’s fours section B, round 3, match 1
• 4.01pm: Australia (Tony Bonnell, Ken Hanson, Josh Thornton) v South Africa — open B6/B7/B8 triples semi-final A
• 7pm: Australia (Nathan Rice, Barrie Lester, Aron Sherriff, Brett Wilkie) v Norfolk Island — men’s fours section B, round 4, match 1
• 7pm: Australia (Jake Fehlberg, Lynne Seymour, Bob Seymour, Grant Fehlberg) v Scotland — mixed B2/B3 pairs gold medal match

NETBALL
• 9.02pm: Australia v Jamaica pool A — preliminaries

SHOOTING
• 9am: Daniel Repacholi, Bruce Quick — men’s 50m pistol qualification (final at 12pm)
• 9am: James Willett — men’s double trap qualification (final at 3.45pm)
• 10am: Ben Emms, Jim Bailey — open Queen’s Prize individual finals day 1 of 3
• 10.30am: Gaye Shale, Emma Cox — women’s double trap final

SQUASH
• 11am: Australia (Sarah Cardwell, Christine Nunn) v New Zealand — women’s doubles pool A
• 12.30pm: Australia (Zac Alexander, David Palmer) v Jamaica — men’s doubles pool E
• 1.15pm: Australia (Donna Urquhart, Cameron Pilley) v Pakistan — mixed doubles pool D
• 6pm: Australia (Rachael Grinham, Ryan Cuskelly) v Trinidad & Tobago — mixed doubles pool F
• 6pm: Australia (Sarah Cardwell, Christine Nunn) v Malaysia — women’s doubles pool A
• 7.30pm: Australia (Rachael Grinham, Donna Urquhart) v Guyana — women’s doubles pool D
• 8.15pm: Australia (Cameron Pilley, Ryan Cuskelly) v Trinidad & Tobago — men’s doubles pool A

TABLE TENNIS
• 9.30am: Australia (David Powell, Miao Miao) v Uganda — mixed doubles round of 64
• 10.40am: Melissa Tapper v Felicity Pickard (England) — women’s TT6-10 singles group 1, game 3
• 10.40am: Andrea McDonnell v Stephanie Chan (Canada) — women’s TT6-10 singles group 2 game 2
• 11.15am: Barak Mizrachi v Temitope Ogunsanya (Nigeria) — men’s TT6-10 singles group 2 game 1
• 12.25pm: Australia (David Powell, Kane Townsend) v Singapore — men’s doubles round of 32
• 1pm: Australia (Xin Yan, Heming Hu) v Barbados — men’s doubles round of 32
• 1.35pm: Australia (Xin Yan, Jian Fang Lay) v TBD — mixed doubles round of 32
• 4.30pm: Australia (Trent Carter, Tracy Feng) v Guyana — mixed doubles round of 32
• 4.30pm: Australia (Heming Hu, Melissa Tapper) v TBD — mixed doubles round of 32
• 5.15pm: Xin Yan v TBD — men’s singles round of 64
• 5.15pm: Heming Hu v TBD — men’s singles round of 64
• 5.15pm: David Powell v TBD — men’s singles round of 64
• 6pm: Melissa Tapper v TBD — women’s singles round of 32
• 6.45pm: Tracy Feng v TBD — women’s singles round of 32
• 6.45pm: Jian Fang Lay v TBD — women’s singles round of 32
• From 7.30pm: Xin Yan, Heming Hu, David Powell v TBD — men’s singles round of 32.

— AAP

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