{"id":718902,"date":"2026-07-30T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718902\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:41:09","slug":"commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live-commonwealth-games-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718902\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live | Commonwealth Games 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key events<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Netball: It\u2019s the end of the pool stage, with Uganda and Scotland locked in battle. Uganda are up 36-22 at the halfway mark \u2013 the victors are set to play in the 5th-6th playoff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b265c8f085a0ed6ef2c17#block-6a6b265c8f085a0ed6ef2c17\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Track cycling: England are up in qualifying for the men\u2019s 4000m team pursuit, and they\u2019ve recorded a time of 3:50.892, quicker than Wales and Scotland. Australia and New Zealand are still to come \u2013 the two fastest nations will compete for gold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b1faf8f08fe3ae2b8cea8#block-6a6b1faf8f08fe3ae2b8cea8\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Weightlifting: In the men\u2019s 110kg final, England\u2019s Cyrille Tchatchet II has delivered the biggest lift of the snatch section, pulling off a Games-record lift of 166kg \u2026 scrap that, Fiji\u2019s Taniela Rainibogi has just lifted 170kg.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Tchatchet has a remarkable story to tell:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b1ba88f085a0ed6ef2b7e#block-6a6b1ba88f085a0ed6ef2b7e\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Track cycling: It\u2019s a hypnotic watch as we head to qualifying for the women\u2019s 4000m team pursuit. There are five teams \u2013 Kenya, Wales, England, Australia and New Zealand \u2013 setting their times, with the two fastest to take on each other in the gold final. Australia are the defending champions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b196d8f085a0ed6ef2b6a#block-6a6b196d8f085a0ed6ef2b6a\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Catch up on yesterday\u2019s action:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b16d18f085a0ed6ef2b55#block-6a6b16d18f085a0ed6ef2b55\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Para track cycling: To the velodrome, for qualifying in the women\u2019s tandem B sprint. There are six pairs in action, with the four fastest advancing to the semi-finals. England\u2019s Elizabeth Jordan \u2013 an Olympic champion \u2013 with Sylvia Misztal as pilot, finishes at the top of the pile with a time of 10.87sec.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6b13fa8f08fe3ae2b8ce22#block-6a6b13fa8f08fe3ae2b8ce22\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a>Preamble<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">We go again, with 17 golds on the table today. We\u2019ve got medal events in weightlifting, track cycling and athletics, and we\u2019ll dip our toes in some netball and bowls, too. But we\u2019ll struggle to find a story as extraordinary as this one:<\/p>\n<p>double quotation markFourteen years ago, Ngake fled the London 2012 Olympic village after finishing sixth in her competition and ended up sleeping rough for a month.<\/p>\n<p>The reason? She was competing for Cameroon, where homosexuality is illegal, and someone in the team had found out that she was a lesbian. And so began a journey that led to Ngake giving up elite sport for more than a decade, deciding to come back in 2023, and then transferring allegiances to Britain a year later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Commonwealth Games 2026: track cycling, athletics and weightlifting on day seven \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/live\/2026\/jul\/30\/commonwealth-games-2026-track-cycling-athletics-and-weightlifting-on-day-seven-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-6a6a548f8f08339e8606314e#block-6a6a548f8f08339e8606314e\" type=\"button\" class=\"dcr-10ju04u\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Key events Netball: It\u2019s the end of the pool stage, with Uganda and Scotland locked in battle. 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