Mollie O'Callaghan, the pocket rocket taking the pool by storm, added a Commonwealth crown to her world title as she upstaged some of the sport's biggest ...
Titmus, who swam a gruelling 800m, squares off with Canada’s boom teenager Summer McIntosh in the 400m freestyle, who will be fresh and ready to fire a warning shot towards the great Australian. And Ariarne Titmus did what Ariarne Titmus does, crushing the Commonwealth record with a dominant 800m freestyle win in 8:13.59. But I always have somebody to pull me back in, the support I get is just incredible.” She gives away starts but that’s the luxury you have when you finish with such a flourish. The 18-year-old likes to paint in whatever spare time she can find and still has to finish school. That’s out of the pool.
Australia raked in more gold medals as Ariarne Titmus set an 800m freestyle Games record and Cody Simpson finished fifth in the 100m butterfly.
The 25-year-old will now set his sights on attempting to qualify for the Paris Olympics. I’d done such a great job and then to come here and repeat such a big effort was hard.” The men’s 3x3 basketballer team suffered an agonising final loss to England. I am happy to be here. “I am so proud of myself. And especially Shayna Jack too, coming back from stuff, so I’m very happy.”
Ian Thorpe has revealed there were signs that a shock upset was on the cards in the 100m freestyle final.
And it ups the standard every time. “After last year, I needed to keep pushing. “And everyone would think it is just nerves. “I’m still hungry as ever … I’m just so stoked to be here and be in the 100m with those girls.” Her hands were shaking,” Thorpe said on Channel 7. Yes, you are nervous but you are also anxious and to perform well, you have to have your anxiety up to a level where it is not too much to be overwhelming but it is enough to get you over the line.”
Rising star Mollie O'Callaghan is now a world title holder and a Commonwealth Games gold medallist after her win in the 100-metre freestyle.
“There’s no chance I was making the same mistake twice. “It’s an actual honour. The Australian wasted no time in the medal fight, successful with the shime-waza to strangle Green and force a submission. Allana is an incredible gymnast. “I knew I had to pick up the pace and push here, make sure I was ahead of the game and make sure she made some mistakes,” Coughlan said of Jamaica’s first judo Games medallist. “I just tried to put everything on the table and wow, what a result,” McDonald said. Gorincu then failed with her third and final lift, also at 119 kilogram, for a total of 206 kilogram after reaching 93 kilograms in the snatch. Cikamatana won gold for Fiji in the 90 kilogram class at the 2018 Games, but switched to Australia after a dispute with the national federation. And Aoife Coughlan put on a show in front of her family to claim a win in her judo event, the seventh medal for Australians inside Coventry Arena in the past two days. She capped her outstanding win with a third lift of 145 kilogram, giving the Australian a total of 255 kilogram. Cikamatana, 22, set a Games record of 110 kilogram with her second attempt in the snatch. Elsewhere, Eileen Cikamatana has dominated to win Australia’s first gold medal in weightlifting with a record performance in the 87 kilogram class.
Australian teenager Mollie O'Callaghan has emerged as Australia's next swimming sensation, stunning Emma McKeon to win gold in the women's 100m freestyle ...
Well done to the Australians, all three on the podium.” We get to push each other, year in and year out. And I’m happy to do it alongside these amazing girls. “Well done to Mollie O’Callaghan for being able to seize the opportunity. Commentating for Channel 7, Thorpe said the moves were made in a bid to give O’Callaghan the best chance of winning the 100m freestyle, which she did in an epic Aussie trifecta as McKeon picked up bronze and comeback star Shayna Jack took home silver. “And everyone would think it is just nerves.
O'Callaghan shocked her more compatriots Emma McKeon and Shayna Jack to clinch gold in the women's 100m freestyle on Wednesday morning, fighting back from ...
O'Callaghan has picked up four golds at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, while taking silver in the 200m freestyle. Mollie could be our big star for the Paris 2024 Olympics, what we are witnessing at these Commonwealth Games is just the stepping stone for bigger and better things. And especially Shayna Jack too, coming back from stuff, so I'm very happy.'
Mollie O'Callaghan surged on the second length to claim Commonwealth Gold in the women's 100 free, with Shayna Jack and Emma McKeon going 2-3.