Commonwealth Games: Live coverage of Day 5 action from Glasgow

Australia’s swimmers and runners were on fire in Glasgow as our Commonwealth Games gold rush continued. Re-live all the Day 5 action as it happened here!

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Rising Aussie swimming sensation Flynn Southam has won the gold medal in the Comm Games 100m freestyle final, with Kyle Chalmers taking the bronze.

Sport: Australia’s swimmers and runners were on fire in Glasgow as our Commonwealth Games gold rush continued. Re-live all the Day 5 action as it happened here!

Netball on soon

Australia’s netball clash with Malawi is now only 10 minutes away.

After big wins over Tonga and England, the Diamonds will come in as massive favourites.

Historic win for Jersey

A historic win for Jersey’s Filip Nowacki in the men’s 200m breaststroke final, with the 18-year-old claiming his country’s first Commonwealth Games swimming gold medal.

A trademark fast finish from Zac Stubblety-Cook got him to a bronze-winning 2min8.91sec.

Silver for Anderson in 50m backstroke

WA’s Iona Anderson has been pipped by 2022 gold medallist Kylie Masse in the women’s 50m backstroke final.

The 100m gold medallist came with a rush late, but her time of 27.45sec was short of the Canadian’s 27.32.

Around the grounds

Much of our attention has been on the athletics and the swimming tonight, but there’s plenty else happening in Glasgow.

In the boxing, Australians Jye Dixon (men’s 55kg) and Jacob Cassar (men’s 65kg) have progressed through to medal bouts by winning their quarterfinals.

Meanwhile, heavy rain has caused a pause in the women’s high jump, but the men’s 10,000m final is pushing on.

Armbruster, McEvoy, Chalmers punch 50m butterfly final ticket

A comfortable win for Ben Armbruster (22.82sec) over Cam McEvoy in the first men’s 50m butterfly semifinal (23.41), with both comfortably going through to the final.

And despite backing up barely an hour after the men’s 100m freestyle final, Kyle Chalmers has done the same in the second semifinal, matching Armbruster’s time.

Chalmers is hoping all three Australians will get on the podium in the final.

“I’ve never been a part of something like that. Tonight was the first time I’ve stood on a podium with another Australian, so to do something like that tomorrow night would be amazing,” he told Channel Seven.

Armbruster set a personal best despite drawing a breath in the race’s closing stages.

“I’ll have to fix that. Oops,” he told Channel Seven.

Jack, Harris, Perkins through to 50m freestyle final

Shayna Jack and Meg Harris have punched their tickets to tomorrow’s women’s 50m freestyle final by being the quickest swimmers in their semifinals.

Jack clocked a time of 24.42sec, while the shock women’s 100m freestyle gold medallist produced a time of 24.18.

Alex Perkins, who already has two butterfly gold medals to her credit at the games, was second to Harris in 24.77sec.

“It was consistent, so I’ll take it. Consistency is the key to swimming,” Jack told Channel Seven.

“No matter what happens tomorrow, I’m really proud of everything I’ve achieved in my career.”

Back to the pool

With the sprints done, we’ll turn our attention back to the Tollcross International Swimming Centre.

The women’s 50m freestyle and men’s 50m butterfly finals are not far away - and both promise to be intruiging.

How Harris went

And no luck for Australian Georgia Harris in the third heat.

She ran eighth in a time of 11.90sec.

“I didn’t expect to be swimming today,” she joked with Channel Seven, referencing increasing rain in Glasgow.

More gold for Australia in the pool!

Jenna Forrester has continued a golden Commonwealth Games by winning the women’s 200m individual medley!

That’s her third victory in a final in Glasgow, alongside success in the women’s 200m backstroke and women’s 400m individual medley.

Lewis sixth

An 11.52sec effort from Ebony Lane in the second semifinal, which won’t be quite good enough to get through to the final.

“Seeing the time that Torrie ran, I’m so proud of her. It’s insane,” she told Channel Seven.

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