Archive for the 'Australia' Category

Scotland Win Gold in Men’s Lawn Bowls Pairs

Scotland’s Paul Foster and Alex Marshall have won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Lawn Bowls pairs event after beating England’s Mark Bantock and Ian Bond. Australia’s Barrie Lester and Nathan Rice have won the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia wins Gold in Men’s 400m

John Steffensen has won another Gold Medal for Australia in the Men’s 400m track and field event. Grenada’s Alleyne Francique won the silver medal and Jamaica’s Jermaine Gonzales won the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Ghana win Gold in Men’s Long Jump

Ignisious Gaisah from Ghana has won the Gold medal in the Men’s long jump with Gable Garenamotse from Botswana has won the silver and Australian Fabrice Lapierre has won the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia take Gold, Silver in Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Diving

Australia’s Chantell Lee Newbery and Loudy Tourky have won the gold medal in the women’s synchronised 10m platform diving event with team mates Alexandra Lindsay Croak and Melissa Paige Wu winning the silver. Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion have taken the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Canada win Gold in Men’s 105kg Weightlifting

Akos Sandor has won the Men’s 105kg Weightlifting event for Canada. Valeriane Sarava from Australia has won the silver medal and Che Mohd Azrol Bin Che Mat from Malaysia has won the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

England win Gold in the Women’s Heptathlon

Kelly Sotherton has won the Gold medal for England in the women’s heptathlon with team mate Jessica Ennis taking the bronze. Australia’s Kylie Wheeler has won the silver medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Canada win Gold in Men’s 1m Springboard

Alexandre Despatie has won the Gold medal for Canada in the Men’s 1m Springboard Diving event. Ken Nee Yeoh of Malaysia has won the silver and Steven John Barnett has won the bronze for Australia.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Uganda win Women’s 3000m Steeplechase

World Champion Dorcus Inzikuru has won the Gold medal in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase for Uganda with Melissa Rollison and Donna MacFarlane from Australia winning the silver and bronze medals.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia win Gold in Women’s Pairs Lawn Bowls

Lynsey Armitage and Karen Murphy of Australia have beaten Joyce Lindores and Kay Moran of Scotland to take the Gold medal in the Women’s Pairs Lawn Bowls. Sisters Jan and Marina Khan of New Zealand have won the Bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia Win Gold in Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving

Bree Chastine Cole and Sharleen Marie Stratton have won the Gold medal in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving event for Australia. Melanie Rinaldi and Rebecca Lynn Shadd have won the silver for Canada and Tandi Jane Indergaard and Hayley Dawn Sage have won the bronze medal for England.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia win Gold in Women’s Floor Routine

Hollie Dykes has won the Gold Medal for Australia in the Women’s Floor Gymnastics event. Team mate Ashleigh Brennan has won the Silver medal and Francki Van Rooyen has won the bronze medal for South Africa.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

South Africa win Gold in Women’s Discus

South Africa’s Elizna Naude has won the Gold Medal in the Women’s Discus. Seema Antil has won the Silver medal for India and 17 year old Dani Samuels has won the bronze medal for Australia.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Australian Men finally get Gold in the pool

Matthew Welsh, Brenton Rickard, Michael Klim and Eamon Sullivan have finally won Australia a gold medal in the men’s pool events in the Men’s 4×100m Medley Relay in a new Commonwealth Games Record. Christopher Cook, Ross Davenport, Liam Tancock and Matthew Bowe won the silver medal for England and Todd Cooper, Kristopher Gilchrist, Craig […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada Take Gold in Men’s Parallel Bars

Grant Golding from Canada has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Parallel Bars. Silver and Bronze medals went to Australian’s Philippe Rizzo and Joshua Jefferis.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada win Gold in Women’s Beam

Canada’s Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has won the Gold medal in the Women’s Beam. The silver medal went to Hollie Dykes from Australia and Becky Downie from England won the Bronze.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada Take Gold Medal in Men’s Vault

Kyle Keith Shewfelt has won the Gold medal in the Men’s Vault for Canada. Nathan Gafuik, fellow team mate, has won the Silver medal and Samuel Offord from Australia has taken the bronze.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Australia Smash World Record to take Gold in Women’s 4×100m Medley Relay

Australia’s Sophie Edington, Leisel Jones, Jessicah Schipper and Lisbeth Lenton have broken the world record by more than a second to win the Women’s 4×100m Medley Relay to take the Gold Medal. Silver winners were Terri Dunning, Kate Haywook, Melanie Marshall and Francesca Halsall from England and the Bronze medal winners were Audrey Lacroix, […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

England Wins Gold in Men’s Decathlon

Dean Macey from England has won the Men’s Decathlon taking the Gold Medal ahead of Maurice Smith from Jamaica who takes the silver medal and Jason Dudley who takes the Bronze medal for Australia.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

England Take Gold in Women’s 1500m

Lisa Dobriskey from England has won the Gold medal in the Women’s 1500m. Sarah Jamieson has won the silver medal for Australia and Hayley Tullett from Wales has taken the bronze.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Australia take Gold in Women’s 75kg Weightlifting

Deborah Esther Ainslie Lovely has won the Gold Medal for Australia in the 75kg Weightlifting event. Sheba Deireragea has won the silve and the first medal of the XVIII Commonwealth Games for Nauru and Babalwa Ndleleni has won the Bronze for South Africa.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006