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HRH The Prince of Wales officially opens the Games on behalf of the Head of The Commonwealth, Her Majesty The Queen
Ceremony celebrates key Australian and Commonwealth...
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m medallist Zane Robertson has pulled out of the New Zealand Commonwealth Games team.
A groin injury picked up earlier in the year forced the Kenyan-based Kiwi to miss several weeks of training at a key stage of his preparation for the Games and while he...
The captain of the Australian athletics team, Sally Pearson has been forced to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games due to her Achilles injury.
The 31-year-old Olympic gold medalist, who has been battling an Achilles injury, walked her Surfers Paradise leg of the Queen's Baton relay yesterday.
At this point it looks...
RT's lead columnist, Len Johnson is reporting from the Gold Coast during the games for Runner's Tribe and the IAAF.
So hard to walk away - A column by Len Johnson
It’s getting harder and harder to walk away these days – either on a temporary basis or into permanent retirement.
Sally...
Medal tallies don’t always tell the full story but the fight between Australia and England over the history of the Games is an interesting one. Australia has dropped off in terms of total medals on recent editions whist we see the rise of both Jamaica and Kenya as modern...
By Grace Kalac - Reporting from the Gold Coast - Runner's Tribe
The Australian 20km racewalkers have set an optimistic tone for the rest of the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletics team, finishing this morning’s competition with gold in both the men’s and women’s events.
The racewalking, held at Gold Coast’s Currumbin...
Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley OAM has been revealed as the fourth official Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Ambassador on the Gold Coast today.
The announcement was made by Minister for the Commonwealth Games the Honourable Stirling Hinchliffe MP at a public event in the Southport Broadwater Parklands hosted...
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - From the Gold Coast
Australian sprinters Melissa Breen, Rohan Browning, Trae Williams (100m) and Steve Solomon (400m) have cemented their spots in the semi-finals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Breen finishing fourth in her 100m heat, crossing the line in a time of 11.65....
By Grace Kalac - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast
The Australian 5000 metre men have produced three top-12 finishes at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.
In a classy field, Stewart McSweyn fought to the line, finishing fifth in 13:58.96. Morgan McDonald clocked 14:11.37 for 8th...
By Len Johnson - Runner's Tribe - Reporting from the Gold Coast
The wild weather which washed out the walking events at the Australian 50km championships in Melbourne at the start of December last year turned out to be a perfect storm for Jemima Montag.
The then 19-year-old Montag was down...
