SATURDAY JULY 26 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES 53 116 SPORT SATURDAY JULY 26 2014 ADVERTISER.COM.AU ADVERTISER.COM.AU SATURDAY JULY 26 2014 SPORT 117 Commonwealth Games GLASGOW 2014 GLASGOW 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonealth TOMORROW McKeon Games IN YOUR NEW WORLD RECORD MEDAL TABLE On top the new Gold Silver Bronze Total England 6 7 4 17 Australia 5 3 7 15 CHRIS queen Scotland 4 3 3 10 India 2 3 2 7 McDERMOTT Canada 2 1 1 4 SANDO IS 3:30.98 of pool New Zealand 1 0 2 3 of the Malaysia 0 1 1 2 FACING HIS Cyprus 0 1 0 1 LIAM FITZGIBBON MOMENT Wales 0 1 0 1 South Africa 0 0 2 2 OF TRUTH AUSTRALIA’S all-conquering Ghana 0 0 1 1 women’s sprint relay team has celebrated the arrival of its lat- Nigeria 0 0 1 1 world est swim star with a drought- N. Ireland 0 0 1 1 breaking world record Go to Advertiser.com.au for the updates medal table performance in Glasgow. Emma McKeon, 20, col- lected her second Common- AUSSIE MEDALS, DAY ONE wealth Games gold medal of GOLD (5) W Swimming: Men’s 400m Thursday’s opening night as W Cycling: Women’s 500m Freestyle — David McKeon she teamed up with Cate DWAYNE RUSSELL again Time Trial — Anna Meares W Men’s ParaSport 100m Campbell, Bronte Campbell W Cycling Men’s Team Freestyle S9 — Matthew ESSENDON’S TODD BALYM ratings skyrocketed and and Melanie Schlanger to se- CAN OF GLASGOW grandstands were full. cure Australia’s first swimming 4000m Team Pursuit — Aus- Cowdrey Sadly it also became an ex- world record in five years. tralia (Alexander Edmondson, WORMS AUSTRALIA’S swim team pectation for the next gener- “It’s overwhelming,” said Jack Bobridge, Glenn O’Shea, BRONZE (7) IS BACK knows that actions speak loud- ation. “We went through a McKeon, who earlier won the Luke Davison) W Judo: Women’s -48kg — er than words when you’re try- golden era … you can’t always women’s 200m freestyle final. W Swimming: Women’s Chloe Rayner OPEN ing to win back public love, and have the Thorpe, Hackett or “I wasn’t expecting any of 200m Freestyle — Emma W Women’s -48kg — Amy the grandest gesture in the Michael Phelps in your back- this.” McKeon Meyer sport is a world record. yard,” Simon Cusack, the relay The performance provided W Men’s ParaSport 100m W Cycling: Men’s Team Exactly 1822 days since an team’s coach, said. one of five medals for Australia Freestyle S9 — Rowan Sprint — Matthew Glaetzer, Australian swimmer beat that “People can become a little on the first night of finals as Crothers Shane Perkins, Nathan Hart imaginary line to the wall to bit used to the world records host Scotland claimed two W Women’s 4x100m W Women’s Para-Sport register the fastest time in his- being broken and this isn’t gold. Freestyle — Australia (Cate Sprint B2 Tandem — Brandie ANDY OTTEN tory, four young women finally State of Origin or American David McKeon joined his Campbell, Bronte Campbell, O’Connor put the sport back on top of the baseball, everyone in the world sister Emma in carrying on the Emma McKeon and Melanie W Swimming: Women’s ON THE NEW world at the Commonwealth swims.” World records now are family’s proud swimming his- GENERATION OF Games. rare, precious moments that tory, though he had to settle for Schlanger) 400m Individual Medley — Affable sisters Cate and must be cherished. “A world silver in the 400m freestyle Keryn McMaster CROWS DEFENDERS Bronte Campbell, Olympic record in itself is a milestone, final. SILVER (3) W Women’s 200m Freestyle relay champ Melanie Schlang- but beating a super-suit world Keryn McMaster (400m in- W Cycling: Women’s 500m — Bronte Barratt er and new “star” of the team record is incredibly special,” dividual medley) and Bronte Time Trial — Stephanie W Men’s ParaSport 100m Emma McKeon have done Cate Campbell said. Barratt (200m freestyle) both Morton Freestyle S9 — Brenden Hall what the swim team has yearn- “This is the stuff dreams are claimed bronze medals but the ed for since the 2009 super suit made of, it’s incredible.” younger McKeon sibling was era and shown Australian It’s hard to say how much the star of the show. swimming in all its glory. the super-suit era damaged the Minutes after watching her Their time of 3:30.98 sport, but swimming’s popu- brother overhauled by Can- smashed the previous mark by larity dived almost immedi- adian Ryan Cochrane on the almost a second and was one of ately after 2009. last lap, she fought off En- three gold medals on a thrilling Then came the 2012 Stilnox gland’s Siobhan O’Connor first night of racing for Austra- saga, the “toxic” culture, the (1:55.82) and Barratt (1:56.62) to lia in Glasgow. dumping by the major sponsor win the 200m freestyle in a “What we have seen is and Australia’s golden child Games record time of 1:55.57. something no team has ever swim team was sinking to the McKeon then found time to done before, that is the magic bottom of the sporting pile. qualify fourth-fastest the 100m PLUS of the world record,” head Even the giant strides of last butterfly final before her relay coach Jacco Verhaeren said. year were ignored by media at heroics. ALL THE LATEST “It means a lot for the team the Glasgow pre-meet press “Emma had such a tough and a lot for Australia swim- conference, as if the three night tonight and for her to be FROM THE ming as well. It’s a good sign world titles or massive cultural able to back up and produce a COMMONWEALTH we’re heading in the right di- shift never took place because solid swim like she did and put DAY 3 HIGHLIGHTS rection but I see it as a great it wasn’t broadcast on TV. us in that position was pretty BROADCAST BY CHANNEL 10/ONE GAMES IN first step.” Nothing grabs at- The constant reference to awesome,” Schlanger said. GLASGOW tention quite like a world re- 2012 has become a sore point The McKeon siblings wrote CYCLING stroke final cord. It’s why the sport became for a team that now has many another chapter in the family’s 12.50am Women’s scratch 5.15am Women’s 100 so popular more than a decade reasons to be proud. swimming history, with their race final backstroke ago when the likes of Thorpe, “We’re a strong team now dual Olympian father Ron win- 1.52am Mens 1000m 5.20am Men’s 100m Hackett and Jones smashed and we’re demonstrating it,” ning two gold medals at the time trial breaststroke final world records like guitars. TV Cusack said. GOLDEN GIRLS: Bronte Campbell and Melanie Schlanger cheer on as the Australian women’s 4 x 100m relay team won gold and broke a world record yesterday. Picture: GETTY 1978 Commonwealth Games. 2.55am Men’s 40km 5.35am Women’s 4x200 points race freestyle relay final GYMNASTICS JUDO Magnussen urged to forget about mind games 6pm Individuals: hoops, ball, 2.45am Men’s 90kg clubs and ribbons gold medal and Jamaica has found the next Bolt LAWN BOWLS 3.05am Women’s 78kg TODD BALYM Best said Magnussen had a with a higher profile and differ- “He needs to swim in his provements are far greater. 8.15pm Mixed pairs final gold medal tendency to drift away from his ent things that have happened, own lane, pull the curtains Magnussen engaged in pre- JOSEP GOMbAU’S SHOOTING 3.25am Men’s 100kg JAMES Magnussen has been race plan when put under pres- putting things together in a big down and put together his best Games mind games at the REECE HOMFRAY the Caribbean nation shows no Chambers displayed his VERDICT ON THE urged to “pull the curtains sure and it was a weakness environment have definitely race. He does it well by himself, team staging camp last week signs of slowing. amazing potential in March 8.30pm Men’s 10m air pistol gold medal MALAGA MATCH down” to avoid falling into the they were trying to fix. become a challenge for him it’s just being able to shut out when he claimed McEvoy was AS GLASGOW sweats on the “I’ve seen it all and it makes when he broke Blake’s 100m 11.30pm Women’s 10m 3.47am Women’s +78kg trap of racing mind games with It has been two-and-a-half and continue to be a challenge everyone around you and that the race favourite. Best was arrival of Jamaican superstar me wonder how could one schoolboys record, which had air rifle gold medal plucky young Australian team- years since Magnussen for him. is sport and that is what makes more than happy to oblige Usain Bolt, back in Kingston country be blessed with so stood for eight years. 2.25am Women’s 25m pistol 4.10am Men’s +100kg mate Cameron McEvoy in the clocked his incredible 47.10secs “It continues to be a chal- it interesting.” with similar comments. there is a 16-year-old running much talent?” Wilson told The Blake — an Olympic gold SWIMMING gold medal 100m freestyle tonight. 100m freestyle at the 2012 lenge here – to put the race to- Best believes Magnussen “Cam has done a very good 10.27 secs who could explode Advertiser.