Commonwealth Games 2022: Diving gold for Laffer and Harding, athletics and more on Day 8 – LIVE! , Commonwealth Games 2022

Beach Volleyball: Scotland’s Lynn Beatty and Melissa Coutts take on Australian pair of Table Clancy and Mariaph Artacho in the quarter-finals. Australia has just won the first set 21-11.

Decathlon: The Australian dominated the pole vault in the end – Cedric Dubler covered 5m but failed to go over 5m 10. Yet it gives him a narrow 39-point lead over the defending winner – the appropriately named Lyndon Victor of Granada.

Daniil Golubovic is 100 points behind bronze-placed compatriot Doubler and 150 points behind… Another Australian – Alec Diamond.

England’s Harry Kendall is sixth, a medal that may be out of his reach but it will be a thrilling final at the stadium this evening. With just javelin and 1500m gold medal can go anywhere.

Bowls: To say that Scotland looks like they are going to rob in a para mixed pair B2/B3 gold medal match, they have gone to a 11-6 lead with four ends. Wells still needs some more to go to get back in the match.

Update: Make that 14-9 for Scotland with two ends left!

I have my eyes on the fridge… and the Decathlon pole vault, Harry Kendall dropped out after failing to clear 4m50. Australian Cedric Doubler joins the action and clears 4m70 from a great distance!

Here’s Hazel! Lady Irwin welcomes us for afternoon coverage on the BB. There’s a little lull in the action so I’m going to grab the lunch spot, come back soon but treat yourself especially you,

Decathlon: Pole Vault – Harry Kendall clears 4m40 in last attempt! This is the best of a lifetime for the Englishman, now he will have three stabs at 4m50! All-time current leader Cedric Dubler is sitting on the sidelines waiting for the bar to get somewhere close to his level.

Decathlon: England’s Harry Kendall vaults 4m.30 and is in his second attempt of a lifetime best 4m40 (his current best is 4m34), the crowd will be on him and… so close He almost hides, but closes the pole with his chest. The crowd grew and Kendall gave Pole a funny smile from Chunky Matt. Soon he will have one last shot.

Bowls: This is a truly hypnotic scene*, and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Scotland lead 5-4 after seven ends, but Wales have played a delicious shot to push Jack towards his own bowl. The crowd isn’t exactly wild, but there is very hot Applause and right.

*I know it’s indoor not outdoor, but check it out from last year’s world champs. I could watch it on repeat for hours.

Decathlon: Harry Kendall is liking home support at the stadium. The Englishman is feeding the energy of the crowd to clear 4.10m and then 4.20m!

Bowls: This is Victoria Park Para mixed pairs B2/B3. I am foggy Gold medal match between Scotland and WalesWhich makes it difficult for the players to do their job. It is tempting to watch, however, as the score is tied at 4 after six ends.

Netball: Scotland have moved past Northern Ireland to ninth place with a comfortable 43–33 victory. Wales will then take on Malawi in seventh and eighth places.

Badminton: My parents met playing badminton and my brother worked for the governing body for a while so you can say we have shuttlecocks in our blood? The attic of the family home is still filled with Ma’s irritating things.

Otherwise too… England’s No. 3 seeds Ben Lane and Sean Wendy beat Canada’s Adam Dong and Nile Yakura 2-0 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Decathlon: It’s getting delicious in the men’s decathlon and there are three events going on. We’re on the pole vault, which lets face it, it’s always fun to watch. It’s nice to see that pole bend and turn.

Seven events were held and the defending champion, Lyndon Victor of Granada, sits at the top of the pile with 5989 points.

It is 52 points clear of Australian Cedric Doubler, who is 70 points ahead of fellow countryman Daniil Golubovic.

Long Jump: England’s Abigail Irozuru has fouled twice in the long jump heat, raising a dangerous red flag on both occasions. She’ll take a nervous third jump…

Teammates Jazmin Sawyers and Lorraine Eugen reach the finals, could Irozuru join them? she might be!

A jump of 6.59 propels the 32-year-old into the final. He still pushed the plasticine (is that a phrase?) however, just a few centimeters from another foul, brave stuff. A trio of English jumpers in the final.

Netball: An explosion of ‘Uptown funk’ from the NEC area at the intersection between Scotland and Northern Ireland. As the players leave for the third quarter, Mark Ronson and co’s voice is soon replaced by the trainer’s rat-like squeak on the lacquered court floor. A tight game, Scotland currently lead their Celtic rivals 25 to 21.

Athletics: “You can throw a blanket over them” Steve Cram’s excellent comment as he calls the next women’s 1500m heat, it’s a wall of bodies at the finish line, a path through the pack on Scotland’s Gemma Reiki line Struggling to find and finishing 6th place. It looks like she might be missing out on qualifications.

No such problem for England’s Katie Snowden or Australia’s Jessica Hull, who reach the finals along with Uganda’s Vinnie Nando, Kenya’s Vinnie Chebet and Canada’s Lucia Stafford.

Athletics: TV coverage is a bit behind but right now shows Scotland’s Laura Muir in fourth place in the 1500m qualifier, going into Sunday’s final with a time of 4:14.11

Thanks Luke and G’day everyone. Another packed day in Birmingham, I’ve taken all my equipment out of various track, field and error ball events. let’s do this.

that’s all from my side For the moment, I’ll leave you in the capable hands of James Wallace for the next bit.

tonia couch, pundit on duty for the BBC, has sympathy for the plight of laughing at not being able to sleep last night. All this reminds of a good story from Asif Kapadia’s Maradona documentary – a teammate who was with him before the 1986 World Cup final (can’t remember his name now) told how Maradona did the night before the big match. Said: “We have a game tomorrow, let’s go to sleep’ and two minutes later was snoring. A winning mentality, I guess.

Jack Lagher speaks to the BBC after his second gold medal in as many days: “Obviously two golds is wonderful… I still have things to improve… I only had a few hours of sleep … I Really ate late last night, and the excitement and excitement with performing so well in the 1m… hope I’ll be able to sleep better tonight.”

anthony harding She was asked how she felt she dealt with the pressure: “I dealt with it fine. I could have been better. I’ve worked hard over the years… I’ve worked hard, I’ve had to be patient.” is … thank you Jack for trusting me … I hope we can do better things.”

Gold for England’s Harding and Laugh in the men’s 3m springboard!

Men’s Decathlon: Grenada’s Lyndon Victor, the defending champion, took the overall lead in the discus with a throw of 46.54m.

Athletics: The men’s 4x400m relay heat has started on the track. Always a fun event to watch…

Botswana, Jamaica and Zambia are ranked first, second and third in a very competitive heat. The win time for Botswana is 3min 05.11sec – Nigeria will have to wait and see if they qualify after coming into fourth home.

of diving: The pool draws in the men’s synchronized 3m springboard final.

England’s Anthony Hardinge and Jack Laffer lead the way with a very healthy score of 189.12 after three dives. Malaysia’s Yiwei Chew and Tze Liang Oi are in second place with a score of 170.70.

Netball: Scotland and Northern Ireland are about to face their ninth-place playoff matches. Trinidad and Tobago finished 11th overall after beating Barbados earlier.

Athletics: Northern Ireland’s Ciara Magian won the first heat in a time of 4:13.52s. Abby Caldwell (Australia) second, Adinah Jabitok (Kenya) third, Lyndon Hall (Australia) fourth and Laura Muir of Scotland fifth. Wells’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant looks to have missed out on sixth place.

Athletics: In that first women’s 1500m heat, Muir was at the back of the field in the final stages of the race (not including the Lesotho athlete who was miles behind) and was in danger of not qualifying, but she advances directly to the final, finishing fifth.. Or was it the fourth?

Athletics: Laura Muir is now on track in her 1500m heat.

lawn bowls: Ultimately, England won the women’s doubles quarter-final 18–14.

of diving: This will be followed by the men’s 3m springboard final.

of diving: Qualifying for the women’s 1 meter springboard has been completed.

Canada’s Mia Wally will dive for the last time in the final with a score of 292.20, while England’s Yasmin Harper is second with 274.60. Esther Kin (Aus) finished third with a score of 266.95.

Scotland’s Grace Reid finished fifth with 259.10, with Amy Rawlinson (237.50) in sixth.

The final is scheduled to start at 6.05 pm UK time.

In women’s hockey, Kenya finished 9th in the playoffs against Ghana!

Women’s Netball: Trinidad and Tobago beat Barbados 63–31 in the playoffs for 11th and 12th place.

Scotland vs Northern Ireland is next, playing for ninth place from 11.30am.

Women’s Hockey: Ghana and Kenya are drawn 2-2 in the fourth quarter of the match which will determine who will get the wooden spoon, 10th place and 9th overall. Wales vs South Africa is coming up at 11.15am UK time and they will be fighting for seventh place.

Coming up this evening, England will take on the UK in the first semi-final (6 pm UK time) before Australia vs India from New Zealand.

It is now full time at 2-2 in the Ghana vs Kenya match, and it is going into a shootout with Kenya with three minutes to go! Dangerous penalty contest, as Barry Davis would have.

HockeyAccording to the live schedule on the official website, Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis and Diving are also going on at this time.

In women’s doubles bowling, England extended their lead to five points, but India bounced back with three shots together, and suddenly it was 14-12.

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