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Key events
In the heats of the women’s 100m free, England’s Freya Anderson has just won her heat; in four minutes, my highlight of the my morning gets going, Austrealia v England in the netball.
The snatch element of our men’s 60kg weightlifting final is over; the clean and jerk will be away soon enough.
The weightlifting is hotting up, Chananbam retaking the lead with 121, a GHames record. But can Bin Kasdan of Malaysia match it? He can. and on we go, Mboya of Kenya now a way back with 115.
I posted the Ramsay-Peaty report from last evening a few minutes ago, an d he’ll need to have recovered quickly, as he goes in the 50m breaststroke heats in this morning’s sesh. Back with the weightlifting final, meanwhile, Mboya goes for 115kg … and it’s up, but Chananbam of India just about gets there with 116 and takes the lead.
Our first netball match is over, Scotland beating Wales 56-47; they lost to NZ yesterday, but will hope to finish second in Pool B. In Pool A, England beat Norther Ireland 83-34, while Australia thumped Tonga 99-38.
Aha, Mboya of Kenya has banged 108kg and, as I type, hoists 110 – with plenty left in the tank, so it seems. He takes the lead.
Biggup! Niyoyita of Uganda nails 105kg on his last attempt, and he’s still in the competition. Someone has gone better than that, but so fat the’ve not been good enough to let us know who and with what.
In the netball, Scotland have preserved their 11-point advantage, up 50-39 on Wales, and they’re exchanging goals, more or less.
In the final of the men’s 60kg weightlifting, we’re up to 105kg, which is pretty heavy. Lanoue of Canada, the smallest man in the field can’t bang it up,
Why do we not have netball in the Olympics? That feels like a colossal oversight to me, a quick, exciting sport played by millions of schoolkids to which loads of us have a frame of reference. It needs to be there, in mine.
In the netball, with one quarter to go, Scotland lead Wales 42-31. England v Australia is to come, and I can’t wait for that one.
Preamble
Awrite and welcome to the Commonwealth Games 2026 – day three!
We begin today with netball – first we’ve Wales v Scotland, then it’s into Australia v England. At the same time, we’ve the final of the men’s 60kg weightlifting, some swimming heats and some boxing – all before lunchtime.
Then, at midday, we’ve the final of the men’s all-around gymnastics, with the women’s 48kg weightlifting final also getting going, then into the evening we’ve the final of women’s all-around nastics, nine finals in the pool, and the men’s 6t5kg weightlifting final. It’s a lot and it’s all ours.
Nash!
