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Monday, April 16, 2018

"It's The End"

It's the end of the Commonwealth Games. The next Commonwealth Games will be in Birmingham in 2022. I will post about information about the 2022 Commonwealth Games soon. Three posts ago I posted about the Commonwealth Games and this years Commonwealth Games. My last post was about the medal standings 2 days before the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Below is the final rankings of this years Commonwealth Games.


Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
Australia
80
59
59
198
2
England
45
45
46
136
3
India
26
20
20
66
4
Canada
15
40
27
82
5
New Zealand
15
16
15
46
6
South Africa
13
11
13
37
7
Wales
10
12
14
36
8
Scotland
9
13
22
44
9
Nigeria
9
9
6
24
10
Cyprus
8
1
5
14
11
Jamaica
7
9
11
27
12
Malaysia
7
5
12
24
13
Singapore
5
2
2
9
14
Kenya
4
7
6
17
15
Uganda
3
1
2
6
16
Botswana
3
1
1
5
17
Samoa
2
3
0
5
18
Trinidad and Tobago
2
1
0
3
19
Namibia
2
0
0
2
20
Northern Ireland
1
7
4
12
21
The Bahamas
1
3
0
4
22
Papua New Guinea
1
2
0
3
23
Fiji
1
1
2
4
24
Pakistan
1
0
4
5
25
Grenada
1
0
1
2
26
Bermuda
1
0
0
1
27
Guyana

0
0
1
28
British Virgin Is.
1
0
0
1
29
Saint Lucia
1
0
0
1
30
Bangladesh
0
2
0
2
31
Sri Lanka
0
1
5
6
32
Cameroon
0
1
2
3
33
Dominica
0
1
1
2
34
Isle of Man
0
1
0
1
35
Mauritius
0
1
0
1
36
Mauru
0
1
0
1
37
Malta
0
0
2
2
38
Vanuatu
0
0
2
2
39
Cook Islands
0
0
1
1
40
Ghana
0
0
1
1
41
Norfolk Island
0
0
1
1
42
Seychelles
0
0
1
1
43
Solomon Islands
0
0
1
1

Want to find out more...

The Best Moments of the Commonwealth Games

Duffy claims it!

It was the women's triathlon and Flora Duffy won the first gold medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, at Southport Broadwater Parklands on Thursday 5 April. Flora Duffy finished in a time of 56 minutes and 50 seconds. 
Also Duffy claims in her country history books as the first female Commonwealth Games gold medalist. 

Flora Duffy crosses the finish line all smiles.
Flora Duffy claims the first gold medal in the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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Record Breakers

In the women's 4x100 freestyle relay Australia broke its own record in the first day of the competitions.
The Australian quartet lead off with a starting with Shayna Jack and Bronte Campbell. Emma McKeon managed to extend to two body-lengths before handing over to former 100m world record holder Cate Campbell

Australian women's 4x100m relay team celebrate their world record and gold medal.
The Australian women's 4x100 relay team celebrate their new word record
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Who's the Fittest Woman on Earth?

Now she is the fittest woman on earth and Australia's Tia-Clair Toomey is a Commonwealth Games champion after the victory of the women's 58kg weightlifting category.

Toomey claimed gold medal on the last lift of the competition. Lifted a 114kg gave her a gold medal by just 1kg over second place Canadian Tali Darsigny.

Tia-Clair Toomey celebrates her gold medal with the last lift of the competition.
Tia-Clair Toomey's celebration after winning her gold medal on the last competition
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Who's the Youngest one there?

Anna Hursey gets ready to serve the table tennis ball.
Anna Hursey playing table tennis
Anna Hursey from Wales was the youngest competitor in the 2018 Commonwealth Games at the age of 11. But she showed age is just a number competing in table tennis.



History made at Carrara Stadium

Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago celebrates as she wins gold ahead of Christania Williams of Jamaica and Asha Philip of England
Michelle-Lee Ahye celebrates after she gets gold
Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye became the first woman from Trinidad and Tobago to win 100m Commonwealth Games and the nation's first gold medalist since Ato Bolden won the men's 100m race in 1998.

In the men's 100m final, Akani Simbine won gold a time of 10:03 seconds. It marks the first time in 20 years that an athlete from a Caribbean country has not held the title of the Commonwealth's fastest man.


Cook Island bowl in the record books

The Cook Island won its first gold medal in the Commonwealth Games history when Aidan Zittersteign and Taiki Paniani won bronze in the Lawn Bowls men's pair competition

Silver medalists Paul Foster and Alexander Marshall of Scotland, gold medalists Daniel Salmon and Marc Wyatt of Wales and bronze medalists Aidan Zittersteijn and Taiki Paniani of the Cook Islands
Aidan Zittersteijn and Taiki Paniani from Cook Island celebrate gold medal
Joelle King wins Squash Gold

New Zealand's Joelle King won New Zealand's first individual Squash gold medal. After beating eight time world champion Nicol David to earn a place in the goal medal match she defeated England's Sarah-Jane Perry 3-2 to secure the title.
Amanda Landers-Murphy and Joelle King of New Zealand celebrate winning against Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa of India during the Women's Doubles Gold Medal
Amanda Landers-Murphy and Joelle King of New Zealand celebrates winning the Women's Doubles gold
Photo: Getty
An Australian Champion

Australia's Kathryn Mitchell broke the Commonwealth Games and Australian record on her first javelin throw and then promptly broke down when she realised she had won the gold medal.

Her throw of 68.92m was the longest throw in the world for 5 years.

Kathryn Mitchell of 35 year old started her career at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006, but she finished sixth in Melbourne, fifth at the Delhi 2010 Games and fourth at Glasgow 2014.

Kathryn Mitchell of Australia is congratulated as she wins gold by silver medalist Kelsey-Lee Roberts of Australia in the Women's Javelin final during athletics on day seven of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Kathryn Mitchell gets congratulated as she wins gold by silver medalist Kelsey-Lee Roberts

An emotional victory for the British Virgin Islands


Kyron McMaster won British Virgin Islands first gold medal in an emotional 400m hurdles race

Kyron McMaster of Virgin Islands, British celebrates as he crosses the line to win gold in the Men's 400 metres hurdles
Kyron McMaster wins British Virgin Islands first ever gold medal

The Oldest gold medal winner

Ken Hanson from Australia has been Australia's oldest gold medal winner at the Commonwealth Games after making his debut at the age of 68. Hanson has won gold for is B6/B7/B8 triples dramatically with the last bowl of the match.

Ken Hanson of Australia competes during the Para-Sport Triples B6B7B8 Lawn Bowls semi final between Australia and South Africa on day seven of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Ken Hanson competes during the Para-Sport Triples B6/B7/B8 Lawn Bowls
Photo: Getty

That's a Close Win

England defeated Australia in the last second of a exciting and a historic netball final 52-51.
Helen Housby hit the match winning goal in the last second. There were wild scenes as England celebrated their first netball gold medal.

Helen Housby, who scored in the final second and her England teammates celebrate at full time and winning the Netball Gold Medal Match between England and Australia on day 11 of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
Helen Housby, who scored the final second and her England teammates celebrate at full time
Photo: Getty