Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE: Evie Richards and Emily Campbell go for gold as Katarina Johnson-Thompson leads heptathlon

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Day six of the Commonwealth Games sees England’s Katarina Johnson-Thompson continue her run for heptathlon gold which will conclude on the track this evening. The reigning Commonwealth champion goes into day two with a 109-point lead, but faces stiff competition from team-mate Holly Mills among others.

Emily Campbell also bids for a gold medal in the women’s weightlifting. The 28-year-old shot to fame when she claimed the Olympic silver medal in the women’s 87kg+ category at the Tokyo Olympics after also taking Commonwealth bronze on the Gold Coast four years ago. She is the reigning European champion and a favourite for the gold medal on her home stage.

Elsewhere, Evie Richards is vying for the mountain bike title which would be an upgrade on the silver medal she won in 2018 but may be hindered from months of back problems and a recent spell with Covid. On track, Daryll Neita is set for a 100 metres final showdown with Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica in one of the most intriguing face-offs of the Games while in the pool England will look to Tokyo champion Reece Dunn in the S14 200m freestyle, world champion Ben Proud in the men’s 50m free, and the men’s medley relay with Scotland represented by Tokyo silver medallist Duncan Scott in the men’s 200m individual medley.

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Show latest update 1659088212 Commonwealth Games 2022 – Track Cycling

Two very solid rides from Australia and New Zealand in the women’s 4000m team pursuit.

England underperformed on Laura Kenny’s return to the track but they’ll compete for the bronze medal against Wales later today.

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Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:50

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Canada’s women flew out of the traps but ship seven seconds or so in no time at all towards the end of their 4,000m and end up at the bottom of the pile.

Wales are the final team to set off and put in a technical ride. It’s not quick though and they finish behind England.

Australia and New Zealand will compete for gold with England and Wales going head-to-head for bronze.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:47

1659087423 Commonwealth Games 2022 – Triathlon

The triathalon medals will be decided by a fast and furious sprint race featuring a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run – which are half the distances of the Olympic format.

The men’s race gets going at 11am, with the women’s race going off at 14:30pm.

England’s Alex Yee and New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde are expected to compete for gold in the men’s edition having won the four World Series events so far this season, with two wins each.

In the women’s race England’s Georgia Taylor-Brown takes on Bermuda’s Olympic champion Flora Duffy. Taylor-Brown leads the world standings, but Duffy took the win in her absence in Hamburg earlier this month.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:37

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What a ride from Australia!

It was a smooth, controlled and powerful ride from the quartet from down under who breeze into the top spot with a new Commonwealth Games record of 4:14.605.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:33

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England were the favourites to take the 4,000m team pursuit gold later today but they’re are risk of missing out now that they’ve given up a lot of time to New Zealand’s opening effort.

Laura Kenny is Great Britain’s most successful female Olympic athlete but didn’t compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, having given birth to her son Albie just eight months before.

Eight years after winning points race gold in Glasgow she has her sights set on adding to her Commonwealth tally.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:29

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1500m to go and England are still a second off the pace as they drop to three riders.

England are over one and a half seconds behind New Zealand as they cross the line in 4:19.841. They’ll have a nervous wait now to see if they make it into the gold medal race.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:26

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England’s team is made up of Laura Kenny, Josie Knight, Maddie Leech and Sophie Lewis. After the first 500m England are half a second behind New Zealand already.

Kenny is leading the way out front but there’s no panic yet as they start to make inroads into the deficit.

They are the second team of five to take to the track, the fastest two will compete for the gold medal later today.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:23

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New Zealand are the first team to set a time in the women’s 4000m team pursuit and come home with a 4:18.434.

Next up are England who will be lead by Dame Laura Kenny making her return to the sport.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:20

1659086199 Commonwealth Games 2022 – Para Track

It’s been a decent start for England and Scotland in the Women’s tandem B sprint at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London.

Scotland’s Aileen McGlynn and Ellie Stone take second place with a time of 11.145 behind the Australian duo with England’s Sophie Unwin and Georgia Holt just a couple of hundreths of a second behind.

In fourth is another Scottish duo, Libby Clegg and Jenny Holl. Clegg is a two-time sprinting Paralympic champion who has recently switched to cycling.

This is her first competitive cycling race.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:16

1659085591 Commonwealth Games 2022 – Swimming

Scotland’s swimmers are in action later today. Here’s a brief look at some of the competitors.

Michael Jones29 July 2022 10:06

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