{"id":553668,"date":"2026-07-31T21:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553668\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T21:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T21:24:12","slug":"commonwealth-games-eliza-mccartney-wins-gold-sami-donnelly-gets-second-silver-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553668\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: Eliza McCartney wins gold, Sami Donnelly gets second silver medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kiwi cyclist Sami Donnelly has claimed a second Commonwealth Games silver medal in as many days.<\/p>\n

Donnelly initially was deemed to have won bronze in the Women’s 10km Scratch Race Final, but a disqualification bumped her into the silver medal position.<\/p>\n

Competing at her first games, the 24-year-old won her first medal as part of the 4000m Team Pursuit on Friday.<\/p>\n

A total of three New Zealanders lined up in the Women’s Scratch Race final, with Prudence Fowler and Olympic double-medalist Ally Wollaston finishing 16th and 18th respectively.<\/p>\n

New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has won gold, with team-mate Imogen Ayris clinching bronze.<\/p>\n

\"Eliza<\/p>\n

New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has won gold at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Photosport<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old held off defending games champion Nina Kennedy, of Australia.<\/p>\n

This would be McCartney’s first gold at the games, alongside the silver she won on the Gold Coast in 2018.<\/p>\n

Para-cyclist Devon Briggs had also won a gold medal for New Zealand, and set a new Commonwealth Games record in the process.<\/p>\n

\"Devon<\/p>\n

Para-cyclist Devon Briggs has won gold in the 1km C1-3 time trial final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

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Briggs has taken first place in the 1km C1-3 time trial final in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Earlier cyclist Ellese Andrews’ was taken out of the medal race in the individual sprint.<\/p>\n

The Olympic champion was beaten in consecutive races in a best-of-three quarter final against Welsh rider Emma Finucane.<\/p>\n

\"Picture<\/p>\n

Ellesse Andrews during the Women’s Sprint Qualifying at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n

Olly Hassell \/ SWPix \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Andrews was also part of the New Zealand sprint team that was bundled out during qualifying on Friday.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Petch and Olivia King both were unable to get past the round-of-16 stage in their respective sprints.<\/p>\n

On the endurance side, Bryony Botha was given a second life in the 4000m individual pursuit following the disqualification of two Australian riders but was beaten by Scotland’s Erin Boothman.<\/p>\n

\"AusCycling<\/p>\n

AusCycling executive general manager of performance Jesse Korf addresses media after two of his team were disqualified.<\/p>\n

RNZ \/ Adam Burns<\/p>\n

Botha initially failed to qualify, placing fifth, as did team-mate Emily Shearman, who finished eighth.<\/p>\n

However, officials said Australian Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, who originally finished fourth, broke protocols due to strapping on her shoulder that “altered her morphology”.<\/p>\n

Fellow Australian rider Sophie Edwards was also disqualified due to a non-compliant helmet.<\/p>\n

On the men’s side, Marshall Erwood, Daniel Morton and Tom Sexton all failed to qualify for the next stage of the individual pursuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kiwi cyclist Sami Donnelly has claimed a second Commonwealth Games silver medal in as many days. Donnelly initially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-553668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}