TIA CLAIR TOOMEY’S GOLD IN HER LAST LIFT
Australia’s Tia-Clair Toomey became the Women’s 58kg Weightlifting champion with six successful lifts for a total of 201kg. She claimed gold with the last lift of 114kg Clean and Jerk, finishing just 1kg ahead of silver medallist Tali Darsigny of Canada. Jenly Wini of Solomon Islands won the bronze with 189kg.
SANJITA CHANU CLAIMS HER SECOND COMMONWELTH GOLD
Indian weightlifter Sanjita Chanu won the gold in Women’s 53kg category by creating a new Commonwealth Games Snatch record of 84kg. Chanu lifted a combined 192kg, 10kg more than second placed Loa Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea. Canada’s Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet claimed bronze.
GARETH EVANS UPSETS FAVOURITES
Gareth Evans of Wales caused an upset in the men’s 69kg category of Weightlifting by finishing with six successful lifts claiming a total of
299kg. Sri Lanka’s Dissanayake Mudiyanselage tried to match Evans’ first clean and jerk of 160kg. He was successful but could not improve further as Evans took the lead with 165kg. India’s 18-year old weightlifter Deepak Lather won the bronze.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES RECORDS FELL NINE TIME IN CYCLING
There was a flurry of records in various cycling events on Day 2. In the Women’s Sprint qualifying, the Games record was broken first by Canada’s Lauriane Genest who completed the 200m distance in 10.757 seconds and again by defending champion Stephanie Morton of Australia in 10.524. In the Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit qualifying, Australian Annette Edmonson finished in 3:27.255, 1.5 seconds ahead of the previous record. Rebecca Wiasak re-set the record to 3:25.936 before Scotland’s Katie Archibald had the final say at 3:24.119. In the Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit qualifying, Australia’s Sam Welsford finished in 4:13.595 before New Zealand’s Dylan Kennett, Scotland’s John Archibald and England’s Charlie Tanfield each re-set the mark.
RECORDS TOPPLE IN POOL TOO
Australia’s Emily Seebohm and Canada’s Kylie Masse both created new Commonwealth Games record in their respective heat swims in Women’s 100m Backstroke. First, Seebohm broke her own record of 59.37 set in Glasgow
2014, by finishing in 58.91 seconds. But Masse beat it by clocking 58.70.
AUSTRALIA’S DOMINANCE IN SWIMMING
Kyle Chalmers of Australia took out gold in the Men’s 200m Freestyle by finishing with a personal best time of 1:45.56. His compatriot Mack Horton picked up the silver in 1:45.89 and Scotland’s Duncan Scott took bronze in 1:46.30. In the Women’s 100m Butterfly, Emma McKeon won the gold by leading the race all the way. Madeline Groves won the silver and Brianna Throssell claimed the bronze.
MEDAL STANDING
| RANK | NATION | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | TOTAL |
| 1 | AUSTRALIA | 14 | 9 | 13 | 36 |
| 2 | ENGLAND | 9 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | CANADA | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | SCOTLAND | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | INDIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6. | SOUTH AFRICA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | MALAYASIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | NEW ZEALAND | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | WALES | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | BERMUDA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | SRI LANKA | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | JAMAICA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MAURITIUS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
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| 16 | PAKISTAN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | SOLOMON ISLANDS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
