100m commonwealth games final

This website is closed and for reference purposes only. Some external links may no longer work. For the latest news and information, please visit the Commonwealth Games Federation website. Skip to main navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer. No excuses, he said. Quite right. This was brilliance by Scott. Sheer brilliance. The year-old's performance in winning gold has to go into the pantheon of all-time great swims by a Scot.

Through 75m it still looked like McEvoy and Le Clos' race. Then, Chalmers came hunting for them. Every Aussie in the place had their eyes fixed on Chalmers in lane three. All Scottish eyes were on the boy in lane six, powering through the water, reeling in the leaders inch by precious inch. It was outrageously impressive stuff. A race to remember, on a golden pond. He got there there in Of course, there was more from him before the night was out.

As part of the 4xm relay team, he took bronze to go with his other three bronzes and his gold. Five medals in one Games. No Scottish athlete in history has ever brought in such a haul.

Scott is an athlete for the modern age; utterly fearless, frighteningly dedicated and hugely talented. Where he goes next is obvious: to Glasgow in August for the European Championships. But where is he going in the wider sense? That's an exhilarating thought. There are no certainties in sport at this rarefied level, but Scott has now backed up his form from the Olympics in Rio and the Worlds in Budapest.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yohan Blake was left dejected after a disappointing third-place finish. After clocking the fastest m semifinal time, Blake had installed himself as favorite to take gold, but he must now turn his attention to the m final, which takes place on Thursday. Usain Bolt goes to Borussia Dortmund training Tiny Pacific island claims historic medal. The Norfolk Island three-man lawn bowls team celebrate winning an historic bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Around 1, kilometers off Australia's Gold Coast, sits Norfolk Island -- 34 square kilometers of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, with a population of just 1, people. Better known for its pine trees than its international athletes, the Australian territory had only won one Commonwealth medal in its history, but the Norfolk Islanders now have another medal to treasure after a trio of lawn bowlers sprung shock defeats against England and Canada to take a historic bronze.

The team members make for quite a combination -- a year-old farmer, a year-old musician and a a year-old taxi driver -- all coming together at the island's only bowls club.

The trio came from behind late in the bronze medal match to defeat Canada -- a comparative sporting giant -- to claim the island's first medal in 24 years and match compatriot Carmen Anderson's feat of bronze in the lawn bowls at the Games. One team member, Haydn 'Teddy' Evans, told The Telegraph how much the victory would mean to the islanders: "So many people don't know anything about Norfolk Island so this is just one little way of helping," he said.

We're a family on Norfolk Island. There's a first time for everything Hide Caption. There are gold medals to be won Australia's Gold Coast The beautiful backdrop of the Coolangatta Beachfront hosts the Games' beach volleyball matches.

Fans get into the party spirit at the Coolangatta Beachfront -- and why not! The m is so fast and whatever mistake you make it is so difficult to make up for it. I want to enjoy it, I want to have fun, I want to cheer everyone up, but at the same time I want to win a gold medal.

Despite the absence of Olympic champion Usain Bolt and world champion Yohan Blake, yet another m gold medal went to Jamaica. Kemar Bailey-Cole took the latest title as he recovered from a sluggish start to power through and win his first major individual medal in There was a popular silver for former world junior champion Adam Gemili of England in Jamaica is the number 1 in sprints, we have to keep the trend going.

The New Zealander responded with He smiles a lot, and helps other competitors to relax; a great guy.