Ian Hanson catches up with racewalking champion sisters Jane and Natalie Saville. Basketball made its Commonwealth Games debut in Melbourne, with the Australian Opals and Boomers dominating the hardwood en route to a pair of gold medals.
While Mathew Hayman won gold on the Melbourne roads in the road race. Melbourne was the Jackaroos best performance to date, winning three gold medals, a silver and a bronze.
While it was celebration for the Jackaroos on the greens, it was heartbreak on the court for the Diamonds as the national netball team went down to archrivals New Zealand in the gold medal match, putting a silver lining on the career of three-time representative and three-time medallist Janine Ilitch who retired after the Games. Our Australian rugby 7s side narrowly missed out on the medals, losing to Fiji in the bronze medal match, the side featured then Wallabies star Lote Tuqiri in his sole Commonwealth Games appearance.
Irena Olevsky and Dannielle Liesch paired to win silver in the artistic swimming duet event, with Irena adding to the bronze she won in the solo event. The age-old battle for the top of the diving tower between Australia and Canada continued at the Games. One of the two nations had finished atop of the Diving medal tally at 12 of the previous 17 Commonwealth Games, with Australia getting the upper hand in Melbourne. Australian swimmers dominated the pool winning an incredible 54 medals including 19 golds.
At the peak of her swimming powers Libby Trickett nee Lenton had one of the greatest Games in Commonwealth history winning seven medals, including five gold medals, in her sole Commonwealth Games appearance.
Sport Australia hall of fame member Matthew Cowdrey OAM continued to add to his burgeoning career at the Games winning two gold medals in Para-swimming events. The MCG proved to be a happy place for our athletics stars with the team members winning 41 medals, including 16 gold medals. In , six months pregnant with her third child, son Cooper, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
McCann had surgery at 31 weeks but bravely delayed a week chemotherapy course until Cooper was born. The Delhi Commonwealth Games gold medallist has decided to call time on his career and walks off into the sunset. The AusCycling stars have regained the individual time trial Australian titles and putting themselves on track for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
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The W-class tram descended from the sky at the Opening Ceremony. Jane Saville leading the team out at the Opening Ceremony. The Australian Opals dominated the hardwood to win the gold medal in Melbourne. This website is not compatible with Internet Explorer. Some features might not work correctly in this browser. We recommend that you use the latest version of Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari for the best browser experience.
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