{"id":553913,"date":"2026-08-01T01:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553913\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T01:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T01:02:10","slug":"commonwealth-games-sami-donnelly-gets-second-silver-medal-devon-briggs-wins-gold-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553913\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games: Sami Donnelly gets second silver medal, Devon Briggs wins gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Kiwi cyclist Sami Donnelly has claimed a second Commonwealth Games silver medal in as many days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Donnelly initially was deemed to have won bronze in the Women&#8217;s 10km Scratch Race Final, but a disqualification bumped her into the silver medal position.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Competing at her first games, the 24-year-old won her first medal as part of the 4000m Team Pursuit on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">A total of three New Zealanders lined up in the Women&#8217;s Scratch Race final, with Prudence Fowler and Olympic double-medalist Ally Wollaston finishing 16th and 18th respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">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<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Briggs has taken first place in the 1km C1-3 time trial final in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Earlier cyclist Ellese Andrews&#8217; was taken out of the medal race in the individual sprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">The Olympic champion was beaten in consecutive races in a best-of-three quarter final against Welsh rider Emma Finucane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Andrews was also part of the New Zealand sprint team that was bundled out during qualifying on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Rebecca Petch and Olivia King both were unable to get past the round-of-16 stage in their respective sprints.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">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&#8217;s Erin Boothman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Botha initially failed to qualify, placing fifth, as did team-mate Emily Shearman, who finished eighth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">However, officials said Australian Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, who originally finished fourth, broke protocols due to strapping on her shoulder that &#8220;altered her morphology&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">Fellow Australian rider Sophie Edwards was also disqualified due to a non-compliant helmet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"[&amp;_em]:font-serif-text-italic [&amp;_cite]:font-serif-text-italic\">On the men&#8217;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. 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