Jessicah Schipper and Lisbeth Lenton have won the Gold and Silver medals in the Women’s 100m Butterfly in the pool but Canada’s Audrey Lacroix has won the Bronze preventing another sweep as Alice Mills finished fourth.
Sophie Edington and Giaan Rooney have won the Gold and Silver medals for Australia in the Women’s 100m Backstroke. Melanie Marshall has finished in third place to claim the bronze medal for England.
Roland Schoeman has beaten the three Australian swimmers in the Men’s 50m Butterfly to claim the gold medal for South Africa. Matthew Targett claims the silver with Matthew Welsh getting the bronze.
Leisel Jones has added another Gold medal to her own and Australia’s haul in the pool but it wasn’t going to be a clean sweep with Brooke Hanson and Sally Foster finishing 4 and 5 in the Women’s 200m Breaststroke. Kirsty Balfour from Scotland have come away with the silver medal and Suzaan Van […]
Lisbeth Lenton has set a new Games Record to win the Gold ahead of follow Australians Jodie Henry and Alice Mills who won the silver and bronze medals respectively, handing Australia all three medals in the women’s 100m Freestyle.
Gregor Tait has broken the Commonwealth Games record to claim the Gold Medal in the Men’s 200m Backstroke. Johannes Du Rand won another Silver Medal in the pool with New Zealander Cameron Gibson winning the bronze medal.
Ross Davenport and Simon Burnett have won the Gold and Silver Medals in the Men’s 200m Freestyle Final with Brent Hayden from Canada taking the Bronze Medal at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.
Leisel Jones, Jade Edmistone and Tarnee White have continued the Australians run in the pool tonight completing the Gold, Silver and Bronze haul in the Women’s 50m Breaststroke.
Matthew Clay from England has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s 50m Backstroke with team mate Liam Tancock taking the Silver. South African Johannes Zandberg finished in third place for the Bronze Medal.
Australia has landed another trifecta with Danni Miatke, Alice Mills and Jessicah Schipper winning the Gold, Silver and Bronze in the Women’s 50m Butterfly. Lize-Mari Retief from South Africa also picks up a Bronze medal for a third place tie.
The women’s 100m Freestyle is shaping up to be a good final after Alice Mills broke the Games record with a time of 54.80s in heat four and then Jodie Henry broke it minutes later in the next heat with a time of 54.52s. Libby Lenton finished in a time of 55.04s in the […]
The Australian’s have been talking up the events they have been wanting to take home not only just the gold medal, but a clean sweep of the Silver and Bronze as well. Tonight however, it was the Scots that surprised everyone when Caitlin McClatchey beat the favoured Libby Lenton in the Women’s 200m Freestyle […]
While the Australian women have been touted as the favourites in many of the pool events, Scottish swimmer, Caitlin McClatchey has set the fastest time in the heats of the 200m Freestyle with 1:59:96.
Libby Lenton is there with Linda Mackenzie to represent Australia but with McClatchey setting the fastest time in the pool, tonight’s final […]
The following swimmers have qualified for the final of this event this evening
1. Travis Nederpelt (Australia) 1 min 57.36 secs
2. Moss Burmester (New Zealand) 1:59.87
3. Jeremy Knowles (Bahamas) 2:00.17
4. Joshua Krogh (Australia) 2:00.53
5. Andrew McMillan (New Zealand) 2:00.70
6. Andrew Richards (Australia) 2:00.79
7. Ian Powell (Guernsey) 2:02.26
8. Matthew Bowe (England) 2:02.34
The following swimmers have qualified for the final to be raced this evening
1. Brooke Hanson (Australia) 2 mins 15.26 secs
2. Lara Carroll (Australia) 2:15.30
3. Stephanie Rice (Australia) 2:16.44
4. Helen Norfolk (New Zealand) 2:16.93
5. Terri Dunning (England) 2:17.11
6. Jean-Marie Neethling (South Africa) 2:18.43
7. Hannah Miley (Scotland) 2:18.47
8. Julie Gould (Wales) 2:21.12
The following swimmers have qualified for the final to be completed this evening
1. Craig Stevens (Australia) 3 mins 51.26 secs
2. David Davies (Wales) 3:51.39
3. David Carry (Scotland) 3:51.66
4. Andrew Hurd (Canada) 3:52.48
5. Jean Basson (South Africa) 3:52.63
6. Robert Renwick (Scotland) 3:52.69
7. Ryan Cochrane (Canada) 3:53.27
8. Mark Randall (South Africa) 3:53.60
The Final for this event is this evening
1. Caitlin McClatchey (Scotland) 1 min 59.96 secs
2. Linda MacKenzie (Australia) 2:00.11
3. Lisbeth Lenton (Australia) 2:00.16
4. Joanne Jackson (England) 2:00.23
5. Melanie Marshall (England) 2:00.50
6. Bronte Barratt (Australia) 2:00.64
7. Sophie Simard (Canada) 2:00.89
8. Lauren Boyle (New Zealand) 2:01.11
Ian Thorpe’s coach Tracey Menzies has pulled out of the Commonwealth Games team to remain in Sydney with her infant son, born just ten days ago.
Menzies was to join the Australian swim team when its camp started in Melbourne on Sunday but with her top swimmer Thorpe given time to stay at home to recover […]
Australian swimmer Iam Thorpe has been spending more time resting than training during the last week as he battles to overcome a bad case of bronchitis.
One of the big drawcards for the Commonwealth Games, Thorpe will race in the 100m and 200m freestyle.
Matt Rose heads to Melbourne, Australia today to prepare for his second Commonwealth Games.
At 24, Mr. Rose is entering his swimming prime. He says for power events like the ones he competes in - the 50- and 100-metre freestyle and backstroke - 25 is often considered a swimmer’s prime.