Today at the Birmingham Games – August 3

Western Australian athletes won 10 medals including two old gold a super Tuesday in Birmingham. Nina Kennedy soared to gold in the pole vault and Jake Kavanagh was part of the first ever gold medal winning team in Commonwealth Games history in wheelchair basketball. Alex Saffy collected silver on his Commonwealth Games debut in pool and four years on from a breakthrough medal Rhiannon Clarke claimed bronze on the first full day of athletics. Basketball was in focus as both the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball and basketball teams all claimed medals.

The final day of swimming sees Kieren Pollard chasing a medal in the 1500m, Peter Bol is in action, and Caitlin Parker commences her campaign. The Kookaburras and Hockeyroos return to the field and Suamili Nanai will look to lift his way to the podium, plus beach volleyball, lawn bowls and badminton action.

Aquatics – Swimming
3:12AM Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final – Kieren Pollard

Athletics
6:20PM Men’s 800m Round 1 – Peter Bol

Badminton
1:00AM Men’s Singles Round of 64 – Ying Xiang Lin

Beach Volleyball
9:30PM Men’s Group Match Australia v Rwanda – Paul Burnett

Boxing
3:30AM Women’s Middle Weight Quarter Finals – Caitlin Parker

Hockey
4:00PM Women Australia v Scotland – Aleisha Power, Karri Somerville, Penny Squibb, Shanea Tonkin and Georgia Wilson
4:00AM Men Australia v South Africa – Aran Zalewski, Tom Wickham and Jake Harvie

Lawn Bowls
3:30PM Women’s Pairs Sectional Play Round 2 – Kristina Krstic
6:30PM Women’s Pairs Sectional Play Round 3 – Kristina Krstic

Weightlifting
1:30AM Men’s 109+kg Final – Suamili Nanai