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Back with the netball, Australia are still going away for England, leading 44-30 with 8.19 left in the third.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n Coming up at 12pm BST: the individual all-around final in the men\u2019s gynmastics.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Bin Kasdan Mohamad Aniq of Malaysia takes gold in the men’s 60kg weightlifting<\/p>\n He sets a new Games record of 152kg in the clean, defending his title; Rishikanta Singh Chanambam of India takes silver having set a new Games record of 121kg in the snatch, with Kenya\u2019s Joshua Amunga Mboya earning bronze.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Now Wiridulagew-Ka has a shy at 152 for he bronze \u2026 and he can\u2019t, so Mboya of Keyna takes bronze, then Mohamad Aniq comes out again, gold medalist and trying 152, a Games record. Has he got it in him?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mohamad Aniq goes at 149 \u2026 and it\u2019s there! Now Chananbam tries 151 for the last time, and if he can\u2019t get it, he can\u2019t win. It\u2019s on the shoulders \u2026 and no, he puts the bar down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.43 EDT<\/p>\n In the netball, it\u2019s one-way traffic, Australia leading England 35-25. The Diamonds look unstoppable.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The weightlifting is getting tense, Mohamad Aniq of Malaysia having a shy at 141 \u2026 and he gets it. Then Mboya goes at 145, if he bangs it he guarantees bronze \u2026 and its there. He looks in pain, his left knee giving him agita, but unless Wiridulage-Ka can do something spectacular, the bronze is his.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.40 EDT<\/p>\n India\u2019s Chananbam attacks 143 \u2026 and he makes it work, just relieving Mboya of the lead. But Wiriduwalage-Ka of Sri Lanka moves from 135 to 144 \u2026 and up it goes. He settles in the bronze-medal position.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Australia are all over England in the netball, up 24-16 and buzzing about in mid-court unchecked. I\u2019m really enjoying their movement and pace on their passes.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Back with the weightlifting, Mboya of Kenya nails 136kg in the clean&jerk, mmmm jerk, and he leads.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n At the end of the first quarter, Australia lead England 18-11 in the netball. The Diamonds have been extremely impressive.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Australia have taken over in the netball, up 15-10 on England. The way they move \u2013 themselves and the ball \u2013 is so sharp. There are two minutes left in the quarter.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Heat seven features Houlie of South Africa, and he powers through in 26.53; he\u2019ll take some stopping later on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n ..and Ramsay-Peaty hangs on, 27.27 to 27.29. He\u2019ll feel better for that, and the semis are coming up later this evening.<\/p>\n Adam Ramsay-Peaty finishing first in Men’s 50m Breaststroke Heat. Photograph: Owen Humphreys\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.29 EDT<\/p>\n Ramsay-Peaty leads, but he\u2019s under pressure for young phenom Nowicki of Jersey, who beat him last evening to take silver\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Ramsay-Peaty is out for his head, and they take their marks. Has he got a response to yesterday\u2019s disappointment?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n One of my daughter\u2019s netball coaches called me last week and was chatting about how all the England players are tall, apart from one. I told her I knew who she was, for a reason soon to become clear, and she began extolling Alicia Scholes, before telling me who her dad is. I assured her I\u2019m familiar and indeed have a figurine of little Paul on my shelf, then she explained that Alicia is brilliant in the angles she finds, both taking the ball and making passes. This made me very happy: the Scholesy genius works across sports (but she\u2019s been left out of the squad \u2013 perhaps Gerrard and Lampard have daughters who play).<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.20 EDT<\/p>\n It\u2019s been an even start in the netball, Australia 3-3 England, but it feels a bit like the Red Roses are hanging on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a006.05 EDT<\/p>\n In the poll, the men\u2019s 50m breaststroke heats are under way. Ramsey-Peaty goes in heat six of eight.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the netball, our teams are coming out, and the arena is bouncing. Can England shock the defending champs?<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Mollie O\u2019Callaghan, the Australian star, wins the final heat of the 100m free, easing up, and she\u2019ll fancy herself to take this one home; the semis-finals are coming up later on.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the heats of the women\u2019s 100m free, England\u2019s Freya Anderson has just won her heat; in four minutes, my highlight of the my morning gets going, Austrealia v England in the netball.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n The snatch element of our men\u2019s 60kg weightlifting final is over; the clean and jerk will be away soon enough.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n The weightlifting is hotting up, Chananbam retaking the lead with 121, a GHames record. But can Bin Kasdan of Malaysia match it? He can. and on we go, Mboya of Kenya now a way back with 115.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n I posted the Ramsay-Peaty report from last evening a few minutes ago, an d he\u2019ll need to have recovered quickly, as he goes in the 50m breaststroke heats in this morning\u2019s sesh. Back with the weightlifting final, meanwhile, Mboya goes for 115kg \u2026 and it\u2019s up, but Chananbam of India just about gets there with 116 and takes the lead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Our first netball match is over, Scotland beating Wales 56-47; they lost to NZ yesterday, but will hope to finish second in Pool B. In Pool A, England beat Norther Ireland 83-34, while Australia thumped Tonga 99-38.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Aha, Mboya of Kenya has banged 108kg and, as I type, hoists 110 \u2013 with plenty left in the tank, so it seems. He takes the lead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.25 EDT<\/p>\n Biggup! Niyoyita of Uganda nails 105kg on his last attempt, and he\u2019s still in the competition. Someone has gone better than that, but so fat the\u2019ve not been good enough to let us know who and with what.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the netball, Scotland have preserved their 11-point advantage, up 50-39 on Wales, and they\u2019re exchanging goals, more or less.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Share<\/a><\/p>\n In the final of the men\u2019s 60kg weightlifting, we\u2019re up to 105kg, which is pretty heavy. Lanoue of Canada, the smallest man in the field can\u2019t bang it up,<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Why do we not have netball in the Olympics? That feels like a colossal oversight to me, a quick, exciting sport played by millions of schoolkids to which loads of us have a frame of reference. It needs to be there, in mine.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a005.11 EDT<\/p>\n In the netball, with one quarter to go, Scotland lead Wales 42-31. England v Australia is to come, and I can\u2019t wait for that one.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n