Commonwealth Games 2022: Aug 7 / 8 / 9
An overview of final days in Birmingham across Seven.
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Here are Commonwealth Games highlights across Seven / 7mate/ 7plus:
Sunday (incl 7TWO):
It’s “Super Sunday” for women’s sport in Birmingham, with the final of the netball, hockey and T20 cricket tournament. Could Australia take out the historic treble? It’s also the busiest day of the Games, with 46 gold medals decided across 10 sports! Don’t miss a minute of the action on Sunday night and Monday morning on Seven and 7plus.
7.00pm | Athletics: The final of the women’s javelin will feature Doha 2019 world champion and Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist, Kelsey-Lee Barber. The South African-born Aussie won bronze in 2014 and silver in 2018. Can she complete a full set with gold in Birmingham? Then, we count down to an epic Monday morning of athletics, when Peter Bol hits the track for the men’s 800m final.
12.00am | Hockey: Our very own Hockeyroos meet home town heroes, England in the women’s gold medal match!
Monday
1.00am | Beach volleyball: Chris McHugh will attempt to defend the title he won in 2018 with new partner and Canadian-born South Australian, Paul Burnett, in the gold medal match against Canada.
3.30am | Athletics: Get ready for a massive night on the track! Just weeks after setting a new Commonwealth record (7.13m), two-time Olympic long jump finalist, Brooke Buschkuehl (nee Stratton) will look to upgrade the silver medal she won on the Gold Coast four years ago.
The final of the women’s 1500m will feature a talented group of Kenyan, English and Australian runners. Linden Hall and Jessica Hull both made the final in Tokyo. Look out for Aussie rising star Abbey Caldwell.
The feature event will be the final of the men’s 800m featuring Peter Bol, who has been in career-best form. After an incredible heat where he blitzed past his opponents, Bol will be looking to take home his first Commonwealth gold.
“The Dancing Hurdler”, Michelle Jenneke and fellow Aussie, Celeste Mucci will compete in the final of the women’s 100m final. Then, a field of three Australians will race in the men’s 10,000m race walk – Rydian Cowley, Kyle Swan and Declan Tingay.
2.00am | Cricket: The Aussies have earned their place in the Cricket T20 gold medal match against India. Will Meg Lanning’s team go all the way and bring home an Aussie gold?
5.30am | Netball: Our very own Australian Diamonds have arrived at the all-important gold medal match. After falling short to Jamaica earlier in the week, the Aussies will once again meet the Sunshine Girls in the battle for a gold medal.
6.00am | Beach Volleyball: Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will face Canada on the sand for the gold medal match.
7.00pm | Diving: Mixed synchronised events – in both 3m and 10m – make their debut on the final day of the Games. Australia will feature two pairs in each event: Anabelle Smith and Domonic Bedggood and Li Shixin and Maddison Keeney in the 3m, while Emily Boyd and Cassiel Rosseau and Melissa Wu and Domonic Bedggood will contest the 10m.
9.30pm | Hockey: The Kookaburras arrive at their final stop on the Commonwealth Games calendar, taking on India in the men’s gold medal match.
Tuesday:
5.00am | Closing Ceremony: The Closing Ceremony of the XXII Commonwealth Games will bring 11 days of competition to a close. The David Dixon Award will also be presented to the outstanding athlete of the Games.
*All times AEST
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