To Telegraph Sport’s coverage of the penultimate day of the Commonwealth Games. It promises to be an action-packed, exciting day that will see both the men’s and women’s cycling road races (the women’s is underway now and we’ll get to that as soon as possible!). with T20 bronze medalists, where England will battle New Zealand from 10 at Edgbaston. The gold medal match comes later when India take on Australia for Commonwealth bragging rights.
Then there’s the women’s hockey final. England beat Australia by 3, and the thought of gold isn’t the only thing exciting England Hockey chief executive Nick Pink, who says the country is “on the cusp of a really exciting wave for women in sport”.
The hosts have a chance to continue the success of the UK’s top athletes – a moment which Pink believes has been “building for a number of years”.
But the Lionesses’ triumph at the Euros has brought “significant changes” to the perception of women’s sport, helped by the number of women involved behind the scenes, the 45-year-old added.
“I don’t think it’s just been the last week with the Lionesses, I think it’s been building for a couple of years,” Pink told the PA news agency.
“There is much to celebrate about women’s sport more broadly, and there are more and more women involved at all levels of administration in all organisations.
“And that’s starting to show in terms of success on the field of play as well. We’re on the cusp of a really exciting wave for women in sports.”
Additionally, there are a host of intriguing finals on the track, including the men’s 400m where England have Matt Hudson-Smith running, the women’s 100m with home hope Cindy Sember, the women’s 400m with a quartet of nations’ runners native included. (Zoey Clark for Scotland and VictoriaOhuruogu, Ama Pipi and Jodie Williams for England), and the men’s 4x100m where England are favourites.
This is just a small portion of what’s to come today, so stick around for all the fun and games.
