Most of the eyeballs at Alexander Stadium focused on the 100m finals, the blue-ribbon events at any meet and especially here. But the true spirit of the Games was elsewhere.
continued his good form from the heats, becoming the first Australian in 12 years to make the final of the men’s 100m with a commanding run in the semi-final.
Silence fell over the arena before a spectator couldn’t help himself. “COME ON ENGLAND!” he bellowed repeatedly before someone managed to shut him up.finished last, Browning finished sixth while up front Omanyala never looked like taking home anything but gold.“I love the hype,” the stocky Kenyan said afterwards. “I love the attention. I was still fast in rugby, and still fast in track.
“I am grateful,” she said. “I had a better execution. I am happy to get my first title. I came fourth in the 200m four years ago, and so to move up to a gold, I’m super excited for that.” For decades, there has been no safer pair of hands for sports than Hanson, who has notched up an astonishing nine Olympics and 10 Commonwealth Games, along with countless elite swimming meets, surf carnivals and everything in between.