As Mitchell approached the runway for her final throw at Gold Coast 2018, the display of raw emotion was truly inspiring. The enormity in what Mitchell had achieved was realised, the tears came and she was overcome with what shed finally done at her fourth Games.
Damien Schumann was bitterly disappointed when he was axed from his school volleyball team at Mazenod College in Melbournes South East.
Cool and impervious to pressure, Mack Horton put expectations aside to get Australia off the mark in the Commonwealth Games’ gold medal column, racing the way he wanted in the mens 400m freestyle event.
VIS Aaron Kleinschmidt has helped his Australian Kookaburras team to an undefeated run, finding the back of the net in both of their matches.