Commonwealth Games 2022 LIVE: Laura Muir storms to 1500m gold after England win women’s hockey title

It was multi-discipline gold for Katarina Johnson-Thompson in the heptathlon last night - now it is time to see how the men fare in the decathlon. It’s another small field, with just eight athletes entered, including three Australians and England’s Harry Kendall.

Eight athletes means a single heat - Grenada’s Lindon Victor is the fastest in the field on paper...

Right, the first riders are just rolling off the start ramp in the first road cycling event of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The women’s time trial begins proceedings, and it’s a reasonably strong field despite some late withdrawals, including Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, the veteran South African who enjoyed a good first Tour de France Femmes for the strong SD Worx team.

Grace Brown is another coming off of the TDFF, so we will have to see how strong her legs remain after a rigorous eight days in France, but the Australian time trial champion finished fourth at the Olympics last year and should be right up there. England’s Joscelin Lowden is the British champion in the discipline and was the top finisher at the Worlds last year from a Commonwealth nation (eighth), but the extremely talented Anna Henderson is probably the best hope of a home gold, while Anna Shackley (Scotland) has shown signs of real promise on the road this season.

It’s a 28.8km course for the women, starting and finishing in Wolverhampton’s West Park.

Just a point in it! It’s mighty tight between Jamaica and Australia, with the Australians a point ahead at the close of the second quarter.

It’s now 33-32 early in the third, but it feels like that contest might be going right down to the wire.

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Here’s a lovely story from yesterday - Rosemary Lenton used to compete as a sailor and cyclist, but is now, at the age of 72, a Commonwealth champion in para bowls. Lenton and Pauline Wilson took victory in the women’s pairs B6-B8 final.

A hot start for Jamaica, but Australia have come roaring back, and now have a narrow lead midway through the second quarter.

Australia and Jamaica are two of the heavyweight netball nations, currently ranked first and fourth in the world, and enter their meeting this morning level on points at the top of Pool A. Their encounter, then, will decide who tops the group, with Jamaica into an early 6-3 lead with just less than ten minutes left of the first quarter.

In the other pool, England and New Zealand (nations two and three in the current world rankings) similarly vie for top spot later at the NEC Arena.

There has been plenty said and written about the importance of the Commonwealth Games during the course of Birmingham 2022, but Eilish McColgan certainly showed what it means on the podium last night, fighting back the tears as she stood proudly for “Flower of Scotland” after a remarkable 10,000m triumph.

There’s plenty more happening, too. There are four para-powerlifting golds (two for men, two for women) up for grabs at the NEC, where Scotland’s Micky Yule will hope to better two fourth-placed finishes in the men’s heavyweight class at the last two Commonwealth Games.

Cricket is nearing the semi-final stage with the last two group matches to be played at Edgbaston today - can New Zealand beat England, who have had captain Heather Knight ruled out for the remainder of the competition, to top Group B? The loser of today’s game (from 18.00 BST) will face Australia in the last four.

There’s a clash of home nations on the hockey pitch as Wales and England’s women meet from 11.00 BST.

We are swapping pools at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre today, with the swimming events all tied up and the divers jumping, twisting and somersaulting their way into the fray. There are two medals to be awarded today: Jack Laugher of England is seeking a third consecutive 1m springboard crown to continue his fine career, while Andrea Spendolni-Sirieix is one of British diving’s best platform prospects. She bids for a medal off the high board this evening in what looks to be a reasonably open field.