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the most successful campaigns in games' history, finishing with 16 gold medals, just 3 short of the entire meet's offerings. The Australian men's swimming team finishes on a successful note, winning the 4 x 100 m medley relay. This was one of their least successful games meets with 3 gold medals.
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The Australian women's swimming team again asserted their dominance in the pool, breaking the 4 x 100 m medley relay world record in a time of 3:56.30, over a second faster than that set by the Australian women's swimming team in the 2004 Athens Olympics. The Australian women completed one of
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each winning their second titles in the 400 m freestyle and 200 m individual medley respectively. Australia's Leisel Jones set the first world record of the swimming competition, breaking her own record in the 100 m breaststroke with a time of
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won his third Commonwealth Games gold medal. He previously won the singles title in 1998, and the doubles in 2002. He recaptured the singles title in four games, defeating Australia's David Palmer 9–5 10–8 4–9
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completed the rhythmic gymnastics competition having won seven gold medals – a gold in every rhythmic gymnastics event – to become the fourth competitor to win six gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.
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took gold in the Women's mountain bike cross country race at 1:55:04, despite having to dodge a kangaroo on the course. New Zealand's Rosara Joseph finished second and Canada's Kiara Biasro finished third.
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England managed a clean sweep of the 4,000 m individual pursuit gold medal on the cycle track. Paul Manning beat teammate Rob Hayles in the final. Steve Cummings won the bronze medal race. Australian
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in the men's 5000 m by 2 seconds. Choge won in a Games-record time of 12 min 56.41 s. At one stage during the race Mottram ran with 3 Kenyan racers in front of him and 3 Tanzanian racers behind him.
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won the men's 50 km walk in a time of 3:42:53, beating the previous record set by him at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games by over 10 minutes. New Zealander
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New Zealand defeats Australia 60–55 in the gold medal match, to become the first country other than Australia to win Commonwealth Games gold in the sport.
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both threw 79.89 m with Harris securing silver on a countback throw of 79.48 on his final throw. Dziubak took bronze on his countback throw of 78.43.
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Tanzania retained the men's marathon title, Samson Ramadhani taking the gold. Kenya's Fred Mogaka took silver, and England's Dan Robinson took the bronze.
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Day 3 saw the Australians and New Zealanders completely dominate the triathlon event. After missing out on qualification for the 2004 Athens Olympics,
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In the men's final, the host nation beat Pakistan 3–0, after leading 1–0 before the break. In the bronze medal play-off, England lost to Malaysia 2–0.
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led an England one-two in the men's mountain bike cross country race. The 23-year-old eased home in two hours 13.11 minutes, ahead of team-mate
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World champion Jessicah Schipper of Australia swam a Games record in beating teammate Libby Lenton for the women's 100 m butterfly gold.
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won the women's 100 m in a personal best time of 11.19 s, ahead of South Africa's Geraldine Pillay and Delphine Antangana, of Cameroon.
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final. Cavendish held off Australia's Ashley Hutchinson on the final bend to triumph, with Scotland's James McCallum claiming bronze.
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of England overcame injury to win his first major title in the men's Decathlon. Maurice Smith of Jamaica took silver and Australian
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successfully defends her 2002 Commonwealth Games gold medal title by winning the women's marathon event with a time of 2:30:50.
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in the Women's 200 m freestyle final, setting a new Games record of 1:57.25. England's Melanie Marshall came in third.
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The Australian men's team beat New Zealand 81–76 to win the first gold medal in this sport at the Commonwealth Games. The
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from New Zealand won gold in the 200 m butterfly in a new New Zealand and Commonwealth record time of 1:56.64.
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Australia swept gold, silver, and bronze in both the women's 50 m breaststroke and the 50 m butterfly.
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were centrepieces for the ceremony, which included many fireworks, and other spectacle. The Games were opened by
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of Scotland has won the 400 m freestyle final, winning the second swimming gold for his country. Canadian
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at the closing ceremony. He was the "Best Athlete of the 18th Commonwealth Games". The games were closed by
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The Grinham sisters (Australia) battled for the gold medal. Natalie triumphed over Rachel 2–9 9–6 9–1 9–6.
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Australia gets all three medals in both the women's 50 m butterfly and women's 50 m breaststroke.
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won the men's 69 kg Division, the first Australian gold medal for weightlifting at the games.
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Both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Yarra River were again centrepieces for the ceremony.
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took ninth place after being seriously injured in Germany in an accident that took the life of
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The Games' first gold medal was awarded in the Women's Weightlifting (48 kg class) to
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won gold in the women's shot put, setting a new Commonwealth Games record of 19.66 metres.
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get gold and silver respectively in the Women's 25 km Points Race, repeating their
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delighted the home crowd by retaining her 400 m hurdles title with Britons
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won the Men's 10 m Platform with 1085.60 points. Silver went to England's
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won the Men's Javelin with a season best throw of 80.10 m. Australians
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manages to beat the World and Olympic champions in the 1 km time trial.
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won the Women's 3 m Springboard final with 690.05 points. Australians
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Scotland won two more gold medals in the pool, with Caitlin McClatchey and
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took the gold medal with a time of 1:58:02.59. New Zealand secured silver (
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won gold in the men's triathlon event with a time of 1:49:16. Australian
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picked up the silver in 3:49.08 and David Davies from Wales came third.
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from India. Marilou Dozois-Prevost from Canada won the silver, and
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won the Light Heavyweight gold after defeating his opponent,
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won the men's sprint, his second gold medal for these Games.
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of a number of Commonwealth countries, including Australia.
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Jamaica won gold and silver in the women's 200 m with
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in a game marred by a serious injury to Australian player
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won their first Commonwealth gold in twenty years, when
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