Ariarne Titmus and Sam Short picked up yet more gold for Australia as the Commonwealth Games swimming competition came to a close in Birmingham
Ariarne Titmus, Sam Short and the women’s 4x100m relay medley team picked up yet more gold for Australia as theswimming competition came to a close in Birmingham. A hugely successful campaign in the pool ended with triumph for Titmus in the women’s 400m freestyle – the 21-year-old’s seventh Commonwealth gold, in addition to two Olympic golds and two world titles.
On the athletics track, resilience has been a feature throughout Peter Bol’s extraordinary life and the Australian athlete was not going to let an injured ankle derail his Commonwealth Games dreams. The 28-year-old, whose family fled Sudan’s civil war when he was four, has coped with the stress that comes with competing against the best in a gruelling event for the past decade.
The ease with which he claimed the heat is testament to this. Bol trailed Kenyan Cornelius Tuwai, who has a faster personal best than the Western Australian, for the first 550m before dispatching with him to cruise to the line. The Australians restricted Pakistan to 116-8 in their 44-run triumph, with McGrath also the best with the ball when taking three wickets. Edgbaston was a sea of Australian green and gold for the match with some hockey players in attendance, much to the delight of bowler Alana King, who took one wicket.
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