Commonwealth Games 2022

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

I was hoping Wiffin  would seek in for a medal. I’ve been following his vlogs in Brum, and that would have made a good episode 

His best event is still to come, 800m free and he will surely medal there after making the world final this summer. He swam 2 Irish records in the 400 today so it’s a promising sign! 
He should be up there in the 1500 as well.

[Grassmarket 3,408]

Oof, Dottin's attempted yorker goes for a wide!  Did not need that.

 

Dar can only cut weakly to square leg!

 

Dottin follows up with a bouncer!

 

And Barbados win by 15!

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Another silver for us in the Mixed Relay. 3:22.45.

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England with another 5-0 win in Badminton, this time over . That's Day 1 done, 10 medals already

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Whats the odds on 5 or more clean sweeps the Aussies will have in the pool?

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Team Day 2

08:00 Para Athletics Men's Marathon T53/54 Final - Simon Lawson, Johnboy Smith, and David Weir (MC: 15:00)

08:03 Para Athletics Women's Marathon T53/54 Final - Shelly Oxley-Woods and Eden Rainbow-Cooper (MC: 15:15)

08:30 Para Lawn Bowls Men's Pairs B6-B8 Group Stage - vs

08:30 Lawn Bowls Women's Singles Group Stage - Amy Pharaoh vs Shermeen Lim

09:00 Weightlifting Men's 55kg - Ben Hickling (MC 10:55)

09:30 Table Tennis Women's Team - vs

10:00 Athletics Men's Marathon Final - Jonathan Mellor (MC: 15:25)

10:02 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Qualifying - Millie Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, and Sophie Capewell

10:06 Rugby Women's Pool Stage - vs

10:36 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 3 - Cameron Kurle

10:40 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 4 - Joe Litchfield

10:41 Cycling Track Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying - Grace Lister, Maddie Leech and Josie Knight

10:43 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Heat 5 - Tom Dean

11:01 Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 8 - Isabella Hindley and Anna Hopkin

11:12 Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 4 - James Wilby

11:15 Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 5 - Adam Peaty and James Butler

11:21 Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 2 - Lauren Cox

11:30 Athletics Women's Marathon Final - Georgina Schwiening (MC: 15:40)

11:30 Lawn Bowls Men's Triples Group Stage - vs

11:30 Lawn Bowls Women's Singles Group Stage - Katelyn Inch vs Amy Pharaoh

11:33 Cycling Track Women's Sprint 1/8 Finals - Millie Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, and Sophie Capewell

11:34 Rugby Men's Pool Stage - vs

11:37 Swimming Men's 400m Individual Medley Heat 2 - Brodie Paul Williams

11:50 Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2

12:00 Squash Women's Singles Round of 32 - Amity Alarcos vs Lucy Turmel

12:00 Table Tennis Men's Team - vs

12:06 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Quarterfinals - Millie Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, and Sophie Capewell

12:22 Cycling Track Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying - William Perrett, Dan Bigham, and Charlie Tanfield

12:30 Squash Men's Singles Round of 32 - Jake Kelly vs Adrian Waller

13:15 Boxing Women's Light Middleweight Round of 16 - Jodie Charlotte Wilkinson vs Bolanle Temitope Shogambu

14:00 Badminton Mixed Team Group Stage - vs

14:00 Boxing Men's Heavyweight Round of 16 - Lewis Williams vs Nazeer Ullah Khan

14:00 Netball Pool Stage - vs

14:30 Beach Volleyball Men's Preliminary - Ja. Bello/Jo. Bello vs Isaac/Malosa

15:00 Lawn Bowls Men's Triples Group Stage - vs

15:00 Para Lawn Bowls Men's B6-B8 Group Stage - vs

15:30 Weightlifting Women's 49kg - Noorin Gulam (MC: 17:33)

16:00 Hockey Women's Pool Stage - vs

16:00 Table Tennis - Women's Team Quarterfinals

16:02 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round - Joe Truman, Hayden Norris, and Hamish Turnbull

16:22 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Semifinals - Millie Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, and Sophie Capewell

16:30 Cycling Track Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Finals - Grace Lister, Maddie Leech and Josie Knight (MC: 17:12)

16:44 Cycling Track Men's Keirin First Round Repechages - Joe Truman, Hayden Norris, and Hamish Turnbull

17:10 3x3 Basketball Men's Pool Round - vs

17:26 Cycling Track Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit Finals - William Perrett, Dan Bigham, and Charlie Tanfield (MC 17:59)

17:30 Rugby - Women's Semifinals (5-8)

17:35 3x3 Basketball Women's Pool Round - vs

17:41 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Second Round - Joe Truman, Hayden Norris, and Hamish Turnbull

17:51 Cycling Track Women's Sprint Finals - Millie Tanner, Blaine Ridge-Davis, and Sophie Capewell (MC: 18:41)

18:00 Cricket T20 Preliminary Round - vs

18:00 Lawn Bowls Men's Pairs Group Stage - vs

18:00 Lawn Bowls Women's Fours Group Stage - vs

18:00 Para Lawn Bowls Women's Pairs B6-B8 vs

18:14 Rugby - Men's Quarterfinals (5-8)

18:17 Cycling Track Men's Keirin Finals - Joe Truman, Hayden Norris, and Hamish Turnbull (MC: 18:31)

18:30 Squash Men's Singles Round of 32 - Patrick Rooney vs Julian Jervis

18:30 Squash Men's Singles Round of 32 - Christian Navas vs James Willstrop

19:00 Artistic Gymnastics Women's Team Final and Individual Qualification - Ondine Achampong, Alice Kinsella, Kelly Simm, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Claudia Fragapane

19:07 Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly Final - Benjamin Proud, Jacob Thomas Taylor Peters, and Adam Barrett (MC: 19:28)

19:12 Swimming Women's 50m Breaststroke Final - Imogen Louise Clark (MC: 19:36)

19:15 Squash Women's Singles Round of 32 - Georgina Kennedy vs Yeheni Kuruppu

19:15 Squash Women's Singles Round of 32 - Jade Pitcairn vs Sarah-Jane Perry

19:18 Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle Beginning of Semifinals - Isabella Hindley and Anna Hopkin

19:30 3x3 Basketball Men's Pool Round - vs

19:42 Rugby - Women's Semifinals

19:43 Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Final - Cameron Kurle, Joe Litchfield, and Tom Dean (MC: 20:14)

19:57 Para Swimming Women's 50m Freestyle S13 Final - Rebecca Redfern and Hannah Russell (MC: 20:41)

20:00 Weightlifting Women's 55kg - Fraer Morrow (MC: 22:03)

20:03 Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Beginning of Semifinals - James Wilby, Adam Peaty and James Butler

20:22 Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke Beginning of Semifinals - Lauren Cox

20:26 Rugby - Men's Semifinals

20:49 Swimming Men's 400m Individual Medley Final - Brodie Paul Williams (MC: 21:11)

20:58 Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly Final - Holly Hibbott (MC: 21:19)

21:05 Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Final - Luke Greenbank and Brodie Paul Williams (MC: 21:36)

21:26 Swimming Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Final (MC: 21:52)

21:35 3x3 Basketball Women's Pool Round - vs

21:43 Swimming Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay - Final (MC: 22:01)

 

[Olympian1010 7,976]

 just holds on against  in rugby sevens. They played a great first half, and a not so great second half. Hopefully they play more like the first half going forward.

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

I can see people finding swimming a bit repetitive, but I don’t know what races you’ve been watching if you think there’s no action.

 

There are a few events where one person dominates, but it’s not like that’s a phenomenon limited to swimming.

 

I do agree that programs could be reworked to create more difference between events. 

Even in events which are very close there's no real need to watch the race. It's just plain action . Tell me a sport with 10+ gold medals that is less diverse than swimming. 

 

Action is important in sport, which should be diverse or at least not have too many events for the same. Team sports, Racquet Sports, Martial Arts, Ball Sports and even modern pentathlon and skateboarding you can watch, swimming there's nothing really to watch. Just swim swim swim. 

 

Events in swimming are same like having Pool at the games - snooker,3ball,5ball, 6 ball, 7 ball, 9 ball 10 ball for men and women. 

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Looks like Unwin doesn't get her bronze after all, so we do have nine medals after one day.

[Fly_like_a_don 1,090]

 with a good win.