The Official XVIII Melbourne Commonwealth Games Thread

[Go_The_Doggies]

Just a question about channel nine's coverage of the games..........Why is Phil ****ing Gould commenting about cycling......why? Is he now an "expert" on all sports now?

he clearly wants to be as cool as ray...but its just not happening imo :rotflmao:

[Steelers]

And why were the studio presenters in the morning AFL commentators?

[Titans#1]

Just a question about channel nine's coverage of the games..........Why is Phil ****ing Gould commenting about cycling......why? Is he now an "expert" on all sports now?

My fave one is Darryl Eastlake with the weightlifting.. he's a classic.

[Titanium_BD1103]

Its a shooting shootout...

Australia's Russell Mark and Craig Trembath- Gold in Double Trap pairs
Australia's Dina Aspandiyarova and Lalita Yauhleuskaya- Gold in the 10m Pistol Pairs
We also won Gold in Synchronised Swimming..

GO AUSSIE GO..

[Go_The_Doggies]

We won bronze in synchronised swimming imo thats very cool

[Titanium_BD1103]

We have Australian Gold Everywhere..

Matt Cowdry has just won the Gold in the 100m Freestyle EAD- For Athletes with a Disability

Lisa McIntosh won the 100m EAD Final

Natalie Grisham has won Gold in the Squash

Brooke Krueger-Billett won Gold in the Hammerthrow

Libby Lenton won the 50m Freestyle

Jane Saville won the 20km Walk

Lauryn Mark and Natalia Rahman won Gold in the Skeet Pairs

EDIT: I forgot the Traveller Joanna Vargas who won the 200m Backstroke

AND FINALLY... BUT MOST SPECIALLY..

Leisel Jones won the 100m Breaststroke.. In a NEW WORLD RECORD time and did the 3 peat... 50, 100 and 200m in the same discipline...

OMG so much Gold.. so here is the ladder ATM..

from: sportal.com.au

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Australia 39 34 30 103
2. England 17 18 15 50
3. India 11 8 3 22
4. Scotland 7 5 6 18
5. Canada 6 16 12 34

GO AUSTRALIA... we are past 100 only another 100 more or so to go..

EDIT: Sophie Edington has won the 50m Backstroke in a new Games Record.. Giann Rooney is in Silver.. with Tayliah Zimmer in Bronze.. another 3 peat for the Aussies...

[Titans#1]

Country - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Total

1 Australia 42 38 32 112
2 England 18 21 15 54
3 India 12 8 3 23
4 Scotland 8 5 6 19
5 Canada 7 16 14 37
6 South Africa 6 4 7 17
7 Malaysia 3 3 4 10
8 New Zealand 2 4 9 15
9 Nigeria 2 2 2 6
10 Jamaica 2 1 1 4

[Titanium_BD1103]

This Morning..

Oenone Wood wins Gold in the Womens Time Trial... with Aussies Sara Carrigan and Kathy Watt making it a Trifecta..

Lalita Yauhleuskaya wins gold in the women's 25m pistol

Nathan O'Neill has won Gold in the Mens 40km Time Trial... with Aussie Ben Day scoring Silver..

[Titanium_BD1103]

Tonight..

Australia Breaks a World Record and wins Gold in the Womens 100m Swimming Relay

Australia Breaks a Commonwealth Record and wins Gold in the Mens 100m Swimming Relay

Australia's Stephanie Rice wins Gold in the 100m Individual Medley

Alex Karapetyan won gold in the men's 94-kilogram class Weightlifting

Deborah Lovely won the women's 75 kilogram class weightlifting

Hollie Dykes won the women's floor routine

Damian Istria wins gymnastics gold for Australia in the men's horizontal bar

The medal tally from sportal.com.au

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. Australia 53 47 41 141
2. England 21 25 20 66
3. India 14 9 4 27
4. Canada 11 20 16 47
5. South Africa 9 4 10 23
6. Scotland 8 6 9 23
7. Jamaica 4 2 2 8
8. Malaysia 3 3 4 10
9. New Zealand 2 4 10 16
10. Nigeria 2 3 2 7

[Go_The_Doggies]

Im so happy and proud that Dean Kent got a medal he's done so well, considering he nearly gave up the sport last year after the sudden death of his father But he's back...and done New Zealand proud

..I'm also very proud of Gordon McCauley considering he got hit by a car on new years eve...now he comes back and gets bronze..while his wrist is still not right...now that is cool ...he's also a southlander

The colourful Southlander, whose preparations were seriously dented by a hit-and-run driver in Auckland on New Year's Eve, became the only non-Australian to made the podium at St Kilda after Nathan O'Neill and Ben Day followed a green and gold trifecta in the women's race.

Its a real shame Sarah Ulmer had to pull out :hmm: i hope she races in the other race shes ment to be racing in.

Queen B(Beatrice Faumuina) didnt get a medal *shakes head* :!: .... really she should have imo.....my dad thinks shes should retire....

[Titanium_BD1103]

LOL I think so too Kim... she looked bad last night.. GO DANI.. she showed us the future of Discus is looking Green and Gold..

Today...

Bree Cole and Sharleen Stratton win gold in the 3m springboard synchronised diving

[Titanium_BD1103]

Tonight...

John Steffenson blitzes them in the 400m to take Gold.. GO JOHN GO...

Chantelle Newbery and Loudy Tourky win Gold in 10m Synchronised Platform...

[Dakink]

Medal Table

1 Australia 57 51 45 153
2 England 22 28 22 72
3 India 16 11 7 34
4 Canada 14 22 17 53
5 Scotland 10 7 9 26
6 Republic of South Africa 9 4 10 23
7 Jamaica 5 2 3 10
8 New Zealand 4 5 12 21
9 Malaysia 3 4 5 12
10 Wales 3 1 7 11

[Go_The_Doggies]

Im soo happy for Valerie Vili
She so deserved to win gold!!
I had mini tears in my eyes watchin the medal ceromony...she was crying...she shall be missing her mum
GO ON YA VAL!! <3

[Queenslander]

:radio: Jana Pittman wins Gold, great race by Pittman achieving a new games record