Double gold on Day 4 as McDonald and Williamson strike again

Monday, 27 July brought two more gold medals for VIS-supported athletes, with Kate McDonald claiming the women’s uneven bars final and Sam Williamson backing up his Day 2 victory with a second Commonwealth Games title in the men’s 50m breaststroke. Ella Ramsay added a bronze in the women’s 400m individual medley, as VIS-supported athletes also produced strong results across athletics and Para athletics, swimming, wheelchair basketball and artistic gymnastics.

McDonald is a Commonwealth Games champion once again, delivering a stunning performance in the women’s uneven bars final to score 14.333 and claim gold. Williamson followed with his second title of the Games, winning the men’s 50m breaststroke final in 26.50. Ramsay rounded out the day’s medals with bronze in the women’s 400m individual medley final, clocking 4:37.12 for a strong finish on the podium.

Tomas Klein and the 3×3 wheelchair basketball team continued their unbeaten run, defeating Canada 20-12. There was plenty more to build on across the pool and the track. Tara Kinder qualified fastest in the women’s 50m breaststroke heats, finishing first in 31.88, before finishing sixth in the semi-final in 32.05. Kinder and Ramsay both progressed through the women’s 400m individual medley heats, finishing second in their respective heats, Ramsay in 4:42.75 and Kinder in 4:41.81, ahead of Ramsay’s bronze-medal swim in the final.

Athletics and Para athletics also got underway for VIS-supported athletes. Christopher Mitrevski qualified second in the men’s long jump with 7.89m, and Stephanie Ratcliffe qualified fifth in the women’s hammer throw with 65.73m. Sarah Billings won her heat in round one of the women’s 800m in 2:01.51. In the finals, Yual Reath finished seventh in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 2.10m, Lauren Ryan finished fifth in the women’s 10,000m in a season-best 31:59.41, Daniel Milone finished eighth in the men’s 1500m T20 in a season-best 4:17.18, and Thomas McGough finished fourth in the men’s 100m T37/38 in a season-best 11.74.

• VIS that competed on Day 2: 12
• Debutants that competed on Day 1: 5
• Medals:  
  • 4 Gold
  • 2 Silver
  • 1 Bronze

Athletics and Para athletics continue on Day 5, with Peter Bol in the men’s 800m and Thomas Reynolds in the men’s 400m from 7pm to 9.30pm AEST, and Mia Scerri contesting the 100m hurdles and high jump legs of the heptathlon in the same window, before returning for the shot put and 200m legs from 3.30am to 7am AEST on 29 July, when Stephanie Ratcliffe also contests the women’s hammer throw final. In the pool, William Petric, Tara Kinder, Ella Ramsay, Zac Stubblety-Cook and Henry Allan are in action across the men’s 400m individual medley, women’s 200m individual medley, men’s 200m breaststroke and men’s 100m backstroke, with heats from 7.30pm to 10pm AEST and finals and semi-finals from 4.10am to 7.10am AEST. Jacob Cassar meets his quarter-final opponent in the men’s welterweight 65kg from 9pm to 12.15am AEST, and Kate McDonald and Breanna Scott contest the women’s balance beam final, alongside Emily Whitehead in the women’s floor exercise final, from 10pm to 2.30am AEST. Tomas Klein and the wheelchair basketball team play their quarter-final from 2.30am to 6.30am AEST, subject to the draw, and the Diamonds face Malawi from 11pm to 2.30am AEST. 

• 7:00pm-9:30pm (AEST) – Men’s 800m featuring VIS athlete Peter Bol  

• 7:00pm-9:30pm (AEST) – Men’s 400m featuring VIS athlete Thomas Reynolds  

• 7:00pm-9:30pm (AEST) – Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles featuring VIS athlete Mia Scerri  

• 7:00pm-9:30pm (AEST) – Women’s Heptathlon High Jump featuring VIS athlete Mia Scerri 

• 3:30am-7:00am (29 July AEST) – Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put featuring VIS athlete Mia Scerri 

• 3:30am-7:00am (29 July AEST) – Women’s Heptathlon 200m featuring VIS athlete Mia Scerri  

• 3:30am-7:00am (29 July AEST) – Women’s Hammer Throw Final potentially featuring VIS athlete Stephanie Ratcliffe 

• 7:30pm-10:00pm (AEST) – Men’s 400m Individual Medley featuring VIS athlete William Petric  

• 7:30pm-10:00pm (AEST) – Women’s 200m Individual Medley featuring VIS athletes Tara Kinder and Ella Ramsay 

• 7:30pm-10:00pm (AEST) – Men’s 200m Breaststroke featuring VIS athlete Zac Stubblety-Cook  

• 7:30pm-10:00pm (AEST) – Men’s 100m Backstroke featuring VIS athlete Henry Allan  

• 4:10am-7:10am (29 July AEST) – Men’s 400m Individual Medley Final potentially featuring VIS athlete William Petric   

• 4:10am-7:10am (29 July AEST) – Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final potentially featuring VIS athletes Tara Kinder and Ella Ramsay 

• 4:10am-7:10am (29 July AEST) – Men’s 200m Breaststroke Final potentially featuring VIS athlete Zac Stubblety-Cook 

• 4:10am-7:10am (29 July AEST) – Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-Final potentially featuring VIS athlete Henry Allan   

• 9:00pm-12:15am (29 July AEST) – Men’s Welterweight 65kg – Quarter-Final featuring VIS athlete Jacob Cassar 

• 10:00pm-2:30am (29 July AEST) – Women’s Balance Beam Final featuring VIS athletes Kate McDonald and Breanna Scott  

• 10:00pm-2:30am (29 July AEST) – Women’s Floor Exercise Final featuring VIS athlete Emily Whitehead

• 2:30am-6:30am (29 July AEST) – Australia vs Wales featuring VIS athlete Tomas Klein

• 11:00pm-2:30am (29 July AEST) – Australia v Malawi featuring VIS athletes Joanna Weston, Kate Moloney, Kiera Austin and Sophie Garbin