Australia has continued its domination at the Commonwealth Games overnight with NINE gold medals, highlighted by a big win for Kyle Chalmers in the pool. Chalmers won the premiere 100m freestyle event on Tuesday morning, touching the wall in 47.51 seconds to beat England’s Tom Dean and Scotland’s Duncan Scott.
Golden girl notches a magical new milestone Emma McKeon’s bold decision to shun more glory and to focus on her wellness has edged her ahead of her childhood heroes to become Australia’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete. After her heroics at the Tokyo Olympics when she became Australia’s most prolific medal winner at a single Games, McKeon decided to take time out from swimming and become the girl next door in her NSW home town of Wollongong.
The women of the Australian Swimming Team led the charge with three gold medals in a history-making and record-breaking Birmingham night. In what was a history making race, Emma McKeon(23.99) became the greatest Commonwealth Games athlete of all time with a win in the Women’s 50m Freestyle. The win takes McKeon’s Commonwealth Games gold medal haul to 11. More than any other athlete in the history of the Games.
Another golden night for the Aussies in Birmingham, with history-making feats across the board. Eleven gold medals, five silver and six bronze were added to the tally, taking our total number of medals to 52. In the pool, Emma McKeon has made history, surpassing Ian Thorpe, Susie O’Neill and Leisel Jones to become Australia’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete by claiming her 11th gold medal in the 50m freestyle final.
Aussie golden girl Emma McKeon was left lost for words after she became the first person in Commonwealth Games history to snare a remarkable 11 gold medals.“I don’t know what you want me to say,” she said after being told she had broken the record. “I just get in there and do my best and take each race one at a time.
The superstar of Australian Swimming has broken the record for the most Commonwealth Games gold medals of all-time.
Tracks We Share is an introduction to the Aboriginal artists and art centres of the Pilbara, an ancient and beautiful region spanning over 500,000 square kilometres of Australia’s North West. Though the Pilbara is primarily associated with the resources industry in the national consciousness, Tracks We Share showcases its richness as an art-making centre. The exhibition highlights some of the most innovative contemporary artists working in the region today and pays tribute to several iconic painters who helped build its art scene over the past two decades.
Day 3 of the Commonwealth Games was jam-packed with action, with Aussie medals continuing to flow and records broken. Already the most decorated Australian Olympian of all time, Emma McKeon has made history in the pool with a record-breaking 11th Commonwealth Games gold medal. McKeon’s historic moment capped off what was another successful day in the pool for the Australians.
Australia’s women’s beach volleyball team Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar dominated their opening match at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, with 2-0 win over Sri Lanka. The Gold Coast 2018 silver medalists have made no secret they are determined to go one better at these Games and bring home the gold, coming out strong in the first pool match.
Australia’s swim ace Emma McKeon is on the cusp of becoming the most successful athlete in Commonwealth Games history. She joins fellow Australian swimmers Susie O’Neill, Ian Thorpe and Leisel Jones with 10 career Commonwealth golds. No athlete has won more.
Emma McKeon will have to wait another day to become Australia’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete after an epic 100m Butterfly dogfight with Olympic champion Margaret MacNeil. An impressive start saw the superstar leading the field at the 50-metre mark, but an unbelievable turn saw the Canadian reel in her advantage and surge into the lead.
