Australia has soared to the top of the Commonwealth Games medal tally with eight golds, four silvers, and four bronzes - thanks to a dominant opening night in the pool.
Bronze medalist Madison Wilson, gold medalist Ariarne Titmus and silver medalist Mollie O'Callaghan pose with their medals of the Women's 200 meters freestyle final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.Matthew Hauser claimed Australia’s first medal of the Games when he won bronze in the men's sprint triathlon, with Para-track cycling duo of Jess Gallagher and her pilot Caitlin Ward securing our first gold, not long after.
Titmus, a month after recovering from COVID, triumphed in an Australian clean sweep of the medals in her final, as did Winnington, who almost quit the sport last year.Kiah Melverton , Mack Horton and Madi Wilson won bronze medals. And Winnington's win continues his stirring story of swimming redemption - he almost gave up after bombing at last year's Tokyo Olympics when he entered as raging favourite but finished seventh.
The men's sprint team and the women's pursuit quartet both roared to record-breaking triumphs on Friday. "It really does mean extra for me," said Adelaide's Glaetzer, reflecting on a terrific comeback after needing surgery to fight thyroid cancer and suffering injury woes.
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