Main events
Women’s T20 Cricket: Pakistan are 49-1 against India at Edgbaston after eight overs: Muneeba 31 not out, Maroof 17 not out. So, they are well set to post a good total, especially if this pair can continue, having already added 48 for the second wicket.
Gold for Dave Ellis in men’s para triathlon!
Ellis suffered bad luck at the Paralympics in Tokyo last year when the chain slipped, or broke, on his bike leg, knocking him out of medal contention.
No such bad luck for him and his guide Luke Pollard. They have won the gold medal for England.
Here’s our report from Tokyo last year, detailing Ellis’ halftime mishap:
Men’s Hockey: Australia lead 6-0 against Scotland in the third quarter of their Pool A match.
Pre-triathlon: England’s David Ellis leads the men’s race: Iain Dawson second, Jonathan Goerlach third. Ellis is halfway there, so he’s closing in on gold…
Meanwhile in the women’s final, England’s Crowhurst transitions from bike to run first, with a 43-second lead over Canada’s Jessica Tuomela.
Jake Jarman talks to the BBC: “Honestly, I usually don’t like it, but I got a bit excited to be honest, it’s quite overwhelming, with all the support from the crowd. I couldn’t have asked for a better experience or a better competition and you know, competing with James, my man, he’s been through it, and it’s inspiring to watch him come through, especially those last two parts , I do not know. how did he do it…”
Jarman and teammate James Hall put an arm around each other during the interview, and the bond between them is clear: Hall is asked how he got through the competition after suffering an injury landing from the vault.
“Yeah, honestly, looking back I don’t know how I did it, but I know how I did it – this guy [Jarman], immediately, he helped me, immediately he was there and it makes me very excited. There’s no way I could do it in the gym at home or in any other competition, but everyone here lifted me up. The pain was great.
“He’s the champion … he’s my hero,” Hall says of Jarman, adding: “He said to me this morning, ‘I’m going to do three and a half on vault.’ Which is the hardest vault in the world. And I thought , this guy … they don’t make them like him. He’s only 20 years old and he’s got a lot more to come.”
Women’s T20 Cricket: They are underway at Edgbaston after a rain delay, and Pakistan are batting having won the toss and opted to post a total for India to chase.
Swimming: The current session in the pool includes men’s 200m heats, women’s 200m breaststroke and men’s 50m backstroke.
In the men’s 200m butterfly, England’s Mason Wilby, James Guy and Jay Lelliott all make it safely through.
In the women’s 200m breaststroke, England’s Mollie Renshaw won heat one and Abbie Wood came third in heat two to also qualify.
Jeremy Lalrinnunga won the men’s 67kg weightlifting title.
19-year-old Jeremy Lalrinnunga, of India, wins the gold medal in the men’s 67 kg category. It’s a Games record of 300kg in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk – all the more impressive as it appears he re-injured it during lunge and lunge attempts. Vaipave Ioane (Samoa) was second, Edidiong Umoafia (Nigeria) third.
All-around gymnastics for men:
The final top five is as follows –
1) Jake Jarman (England) 83.450
2) James Hall (England) 82,900
3) Marios Georgiou (Cyprus) 81.750
4) Felix Dolci (Canada) 81.550
5) Pavel Karnejenko (Scotland) 80.650
Men’s Hockey: Australia are now 5-0 over Scotland in Pool A. Goals from Wickham (2), Govers, Brand and Hayward.
Gold for England’s Jake Jarman in the men’s all-around!
Jarman has done it, and it’s a one-two for England! James Hall wins the silver medal. Georgiou, from Cyprus, takes the bronze. We are waiting for the confirmation of the final results…
Track cycling: In the men’s sprint, the quarter-finalists have already been confirmed and they are:
Paul (TTO)
Richardson (AUS)
Carlin (SCO)
Glaetzer (AUS)
Cornish (AUS)
Turnbull (ENG)
Sahrom (MAS)
Dodyk (CAN)
(MAS = Malaysia, TTO = Trinidad & Tobago)
All-around gymnastics for men: Georgiou carries his high bar routine and flashes a big smile and greets the crowd. He knows he has done enough to win a medal for Cyprus, so mission accomplished in that sense, but what color will the medal be?
Men’s Hockey: Australia v Scotland kicked off at 11am UK time, and Australia currently lead 2-0 thanks to goals from Blake Govers and Timothy Brand.
Australia seem to be crushing everyone in their path at these Games, it’s almost as if they are, collectively, a highly motivated and sports-mad nation.
Women’s Cricket: At Edgbaston, there is small matter of India against Pakistan. However, kick-off has been pushed back from 11:00 UK time and the match is scheduled to start at 11:25.
All-around gymnastics for men:
With an apparatus ahead, the high bar, this is the top three in the final:
1) Jarman (England) 70.050
2) Hall (England) 69,300
3) Georgiou (Cyprus) 68.200
England – Germany, 17:00, Wembley. Exciting? You should be … Daniel Harris is live blogging here:
All-around gymnastics for men: It’s a score of 14.100 for Jarman on bars. Hall is now second, 0.75 points behind, with Marios Georgiou in third place.
All-around gymnastics for men: England’s Jake Jarman executes a classy routine on the bars and nails a superb dismount … that should be enough to keep him in gold medal position. He exhales deeply, apparently a little relieved that another discipline has been negotiated.
Yesterday’s newsjust in case you missed anything on a packed second day:
All-around gymnastics for men: James Hall nails a very good routine on the horizontal bar and scores 14.5 from the judges. Can he get a medal?
Track cycling: In the men’s B tandem sprint, Neil Fachie, already one of Scotland’s heroes at these Games, set the fastest time in the heats to advance to the semi-finals, clocking 9.807 seconds.
All-around gymnastics for men: On pundit duty for the BBC, Max Whitlock is shedding light on Jake Jarman’s vault that, er, took him to the top of the leaderboard.
“To put it in perspective, there will be very little, if any [athletes] doing this vault at the moment,” says Whitlock. “That’s a three and a half turn and with a little step to go … it’s crazy, just crazy, he’s going to be very happy with that.”
Whitlock and the presenters continue to say that Jarman has the potential to be an Olympic champion in this discipline.
Track cycling: British Cycling has just released an update following Joe Trueman’s serious crash yesterday, which also injured Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer.
Truman, who was competing for England, has a broken collarbone and concussion.
UPDATE: Following his crash in the men’s Keirin race yesterday, we can report that Joe Truman has a broken left collarbone and concussion and has been treated by the excellent staff at the Royal London Hospital. He is now resting and we wish him good health! #B2022 pic.twitter.com/dHZxThSzsN
— British Cycling (@BritishCycling) July 31, 2022
All-around gymnastics for men: In the parallel bars, Scotland’s Karnejenko takes a couple of deductions from the judges – he scores 13.4 and is enough to move back into second place, ahead of England’s James Hall. Jarman leads overall, 0.95 points ahead of the chasing pack.
All-around gymnastics for men: After three rounds (out of five) in the final was Pavel Karnejenko of Scotland. But England’s Jake Jarman just nailed a fantastic landing to move into the overall lead. All to play for…
preamble
Hello to everyone. Ready for Commonwealth Games day three? The sport just keeps on coming, and in fact the athletes from Scotland and England already look set for medals in the men’s gymnastics all-around final…
Bowls, hockey, weightlifting, table tennis, track cycling, rugby sevens, cricket, triathlon, boxing, squash, to name but a few, will be played today.
Here we go for day three, and for now I’ll focus on wrapping up the men’s all-around, plus bring you up to speed with our coverage from yesterday. There may even be the odd mention of a football match taking place at Wembley at 5pm.
