Commonwealth Games Photo Galleries
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Caldwell leads podium sweep; Kerr too classy in men’s mile
Abbey Caldwell didn’t do everything right. But she did do the right things right when they counted. The 25-year-old, who was the bronze medallist over 1500m in Birmingham four years
7 Gold on final day as Australia tops medal tally
Has there ever been a more golden day for Australian athletics than the final one at Scotstoun Stadium? With 7 golds and 10 minor medals won, the answer is ‘no.’
“It’s not Little Athletics”: from mum’s heckle to a Commonwealth hat-trick
Twelve months ago, Jemima Montag was recovering from hamstring surgery, watching the world championships from home. On the final day of athletics in Glasgow, she became just the second Australian
Can Australia sweep the podium in the women’s mile? Kerr vs Myers a race for the ages in the men’s
A rare sweep of the podium is possible for Jess Hull, Abbey Caldwell and Claudia Hollingsworth in the mile on the final night of the Commonwealth Games. The trio qualified
The handshake that never came
The women’s 200m final at Scotstoun delivered a Games record, a gold medal, and a silence that said more than any of it. When Adaejah Hodge crossed the line in
A 1:17 last lap: how Beacroft won Commonwealth gold
Australia’s 19-year-old world U20 record holder outkicked Kenya’s Stephen Kihu by just over a second at Scotstoun, while Declan Tingay’s medal hopes died in the penalty zone and Tim Fraser
Kennedy loses Commonwealth crown on countback
Nina Kennedy has surrendered her Commonwealth title without ever being beaten over a bar, the Olympic champion losing gold to New Zealand’s Eliza McCartney on countback after both vaulters finished
4×400 team in the mix for medals as favourites survive protest
Australia finished second in their semi-final behind a fast Nigerian quartet, who survived a protest to make the final. Australia’s specialist 4x400m team – not including the two men (Tom
Buschkuehl leaps season’s best in qualifying
Brooke Buschkuehl needed just one jump in the long jump qualifying to move through to tomorrow’s final. A 6.83m with a near perfect 1.8 m/s tailwind saw the 33-year-old top
“One and done”: Ault-Connell salvages bronze from Scotstoun’s strangest race
Eliza Ault-Connell spent the first staging of the women’s 1500m T54 final watching it from the side of the track. Two days later she was on the podium. The 44-year-old
Commonwealth Games Live Blog
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Three through to the 800m final
Australia will have three men in Saturday night’s 800m final after Peter Bol, Luke Boyes and Peyton Craig claimed three of the eight lanes in Glasgow’s semi-finals. Bol did it
Reynolds through to 400m final in windy Glasgow conditions
Who would have thought that the swirling winds of Melbourne’s Lakeside Stadium would provide the perfect preparation for Glasgow? Tom Reynolds drew the comparison between the venues after a 45.63
“Ran the first lap too bloody hard.” Unconventional tactic yields bronze to Tori West in Heptathlon
Tori West has broken a 20 year podium drought for Australia in the Heptathlon, winning bronze in a gusty performance. A strong second day, with a PB in the long
Hoare through to mile final after protest
A championship record from Cam Myers was the highlight of the men’s mile heats, while Olli Hoare progressed to the final after being tripped. Hoare hit the deck in the
From seven lost years to the record books: the making of Sarah Billings
Sarah Billings lines up in Glasgow as Australia’s sole 800m representative, as the national record holder. Twelve months ago, neither half of that sentence looked likely. Five years ago, both
Robinson shows that flair is an overrated commodity
Patience, a white cap, and a sustained increase in pace over the final kilometre saw Ky Robinson comfortably win the 10000m in Glasgow. None of it was particularly flashy. “Flair,”
“A wild 12 years”: Eleanor Patterson claims high jump gold in Glasgow (again)
“I seem only be able to win in Glasgow!” joked Eleanor Patterson after winning the high jump gold in soaking wet conditions that led to a delay in the competition,
100m records fall in Glasgow as Kennedy, Lewis win medals
Against the backdrop of a soaking wet track – hardly ideal sprint conditions – Lachlan Kennedy and Torrie Lewis ran faster than any Australian man and woman ever had, and
Bol leads all three 800m through to semis
A clinical performance from Peter Bol saw him the fastest qualifier through to the 800m semi-finals. An experienced run, the Australian record holder moved up with 300m to go and
Davies delivers historic 10,000m gold as Australia opens its Glasgow account
Rose Davies has become the first Australian woman to win a Commonwealth Games 10,000m title, running down Kenya’s Diana Wanza to claim gold in 31:39.32 on the opening night of
Lewis leads Australian trio into 100m semi-finals
Torrie Lewis has led all three Australian women safely through the opening round of the 100m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, clocking the fastest 100m ever run by an Australian
Top 8 set to miss first round in crowded Glasgow sprint program
The top 8 seeds in the 100m, 200m and 400m are set to be granted a bye into the semi-final stage at the Commonwealth Games. Aidan Murphy is the only
Commonwealth Games timetable and entry lists
All the details you want to know about exactly when Australia’s athletes will be competing in Glasgow and who they will be up against. All PBs listed are at the
The notebook said 22.9
Sixteen years after first dreaming of representing Australia, Monique Hanlon is heading to Glasgow as both an individual sprinter and relay runner. Even she is still catching up with how
Glasgow: How Did We Get Here?
On Thursday night in Glasgow, a Games that very nearly didn’t happen will open at the Hydro, and on Monday the athletics begins at a suburban stadium that holds 11,000
Why five athletes lost their Commonwealth Games selection appeals: Tribunal publishes reasons
The National Sports Tribunal dismissed all five appeals brought by athletes who missed individual selection for Australia’s Commonwealth Games team in Glasgow, with sprinter Josh Azzopardi, steeplechaser Ben Buckingham, hammer
The puzzle is complete: Strong Australian team set for Glasgow
Five Commonwealth Games champions from Birmingham return in the 63-strong open Australian team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games along with 23 athletes in para events. The gold medallist journeys have
Eleven criteria and one difficult choice: what the Azzopardi selection tells us about discretion in Australian athletics
Every season it arrives on schedule. A team is named, an appeal follows, supporters take sides, and then the argument stops being about one athlete and becomes about the system.
The 63-spot squeeze: Inside Australian Athletics’ Toughest Selection Calls
With the qualifying period over and 11 athletes already locked in through automatic nomination, and with all three relay teams qualified, Australian Athletics selectors now turn to the hard part:
Australian Top Lists
Check out the top 8 performances by Australian athletes in the lead up to Commonwealth Games selection. With Top Lists back in vogue in the selection policy for Glasgow’s Commonwealth
Commonwealth Games Qualifiers
Here’s the athletes that have achieved the tough qualifying standards for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. With a hard cap of 63 open athletes for the Australian team, most
Australia’s 2026 Commonwealth Games Selection Criteria: Smaller Team, Sharper Focus, Harder Choices
When Australia’s athletics team lines up at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it will do so under a markedly different set of circumstances to recent editions. The setting is
