Sport: A decade on from his breakthrough 100m freestyle win at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Kyle Chalmers is eyeing more gold in the same event at the Commonwealth Games.
The sprint superstar leads Australia’s medal charge on Day 5 in Glasgow, with plenty more medals up for grabs in the pool on the penultimate day of swimming action.
Meanwhile, as the track-and-field events heat up, we’ll have a men’s 100m sprint king crowned - and high jump ace Nicola Olyslagers is keen to add to her impressive career resume with another victory.
Stay across the latest with our live blog below!
Key Events
Feel the fear
Peter Bol has spoken post-race.
“I mean, it probably didn’t look like it, but (the heats) are always a stressful part of the championships,” he told Channel 7.
“So I’m glad we ticked that along, but at the same time, it’s scary out there. It’s a privilege.
“(It’s scary because) of self-imposed expectations, you’ve got the country on your back, you’ve got the family on your back, so you just internalise everything.
“It disappears as soon as you get on the track, so it’s nice to finally get here.”
He also said the wet conditions and wind add an extra layer to the racing.
“I mean, I quite like it,” he said.
“It makes it a little bit tactical. The 800 is, unpredictable. So my preparation has been in Melbourne, so I’m quite used to this.
“But it is in the middle of summer, so it’s a little bit hard. It’s going to be cold at night-time for the next two rounds, but we’re prepared for anything.”
Bol’s a gun!
Bol on cruise control!
The West Aussie found himself in some trouble after a casual start, squeezed in mid-pack through the first turn.
However, he moved into the outside and moved up to second on the back straight despite a head wind.
Coming through the last turn the Kenyan tried to push him but the Aussie cruised over the line the first in 1.45.86.
It was a fast run and it looked like Bol wanted a good hit out with two days break to the semifinal.
Bol on
Peyton Craig scraped through to the semifinal for Australia but Bol is on track now!
Jack dreaming on
Shayna Jack is on track to get her shot at one last individual gold medal.
She was the second-fastest qualifier in the 50m freestyle heats with only teammate Meg Harris ahead of her.
Boyes buoyed
Luke Boyes was the first of the Australians to take to the track in the 800m running heats and he did well.
He was just behind Kelvin Loti of Kenya in second with a time of 1.47.37.
“I just thought I’d feel out the first 200m, but no one else really put their foot forward so I thought ‘alright, I can take it from 600m’,” Boyes told Channel 7.
“I don’t like mucking around in the early rounds, just get the job done and get to the hotel and come back in two days.
“We had four pretty quality athletes and I’m the fourth fastest on PB so I just thought I wasn’t going to take any chances.”
Heartbreak!
Ryven Ewing has fallen out of the medal places of the 88kg wightlifting finals after falling short of lifting 175 kg.
It’s still a nice comeback after a poor snatch.
Favourite event
Kyle Chalmers has aced his 50m butterfly heat despite being the slowest off the block.
By the time he surfaced, though, he was nearly in front and even had time to take a few breathes in the final 15 metres.
He and teammate Ben Armbruster were the fastest qualifiers for the tonight’s semifinal while Cam McEvoy was fifth fastest.
Huge comeback!
Ryven Ewing is making a big charge in the men’s 88kg weightlifting final.
He was second-last after the snatch but has rocketed to second after lifting 170kg in the clean and jerk.
The competition is on!
NEXT
We now come to the men’s 50m butterfly.
Kyle Chalmers and Cam McEvoy lead the Aussies here but they are on from heat seven of nine onwards.
So a small Aussie pause in the pool.
Women’s Medley
Six Aussies in the water, six Aussies into the final.
Tara Kinder, Jenna Forrester and Ella Ramsay will contest the final of the 400m medley and Kinder did an amazing job to chase down the leader of her heat and touch the wall second after looking in a touch of bother midway
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