Day 6 updates as Katarina Johnson-Thompson seeks heptathlon gold

Perseverance has at all times been on the coronary heart of the Cyrille Tchatchet story.

It was in proof once more at Birmingham’s NEC because the weightlifter returned to the Commonwealth Games stage, eight years after competing for his native Cameroon at Glasgow 2014.

A sprained ankle price him a medal on that event, ending fifth within the 85kg class, resulting in a tumultuous interval in his life after he determined to remain in Britain and search asylum.

He skilled homelessness, melancholy, and spells in immigration detention centres earlier than lastly being granted Britain citizenship and the prospect to symbolize Team England.

But his quest for Commonwealth Games redemption didn’t have the fairytale ending it deserved as cramp ravaged the 27-year-old’s physique within the males’s 96kg last, only a day after his birthday.

Scotland path 1-0 at half-time of their Pool B with Australia. Shanea Tonkin seemingly put Australia forward late within the second quarter however the objective was ultimately awarded to Grace Stewart who will get a slight contact to place it into the web.

Amy Costello initially blocked Australia’s penalty nook however they managed to recycle the ball and Tonkin’s shot was flicked in by Stewart.

Scotland have to come back from behind within the second-half of this recreation.

This is how the Commonwealth Games medal desk takes care of 5 days of sporting motion:

Emily Campbell stars on day six of the Commonwealth Games when she bids for gold to go with her Olympic silver medal within the ladies’s weightlifting.

Campbell shot to fame when she received a silver medal within the ladies’s weightlifting 87kg+ class on the Tokyo Olympics whereas Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon problem resumes and can conclude on the monitor.

Defending heptathlon champion Johnson-Thompson goals to retain her title as she goes into day two with a 109-point lead, however she is prone to be pushed by England team-mate Holly Mills amongst others.

Welcome to The Independent’s protection of day six from the Commonwealth Games. The large draw immediately is Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s pursuit of the heptathlon gold medal. She leads the best way by 109-points in defence of the title she received again in 2018 however England team-mate Holly Mills has eyes on the highest prize too.

Also, Emily Campbell makes an attempt to enhance on her Olympic silver medal within the ladies’s weightlifting and there’s curiosity within the mountain biking as Evie Richards makes an attempt to take the title.

Defending Commonwealth Games champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is eyeing a return to the highest as she bids for a primary heptathlon title in three years.

The 29-year-old is the in a single day chief on the Commonwealth Games after a stable first day on the Alexander Stadium.

Johnson-Thompson sits on 3765 factors, 109 forward of Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor.

The pandemic and two critical Achilles and calf accidents have stopped Johnson-Thompson successful a title for the reason that World Championships in 2019 however she is closing in on a profitable defence in Birmingham.

Adam Peaty apologised for “disrespecting” the Commonwealth Games and swam by the storm to 50m breaststroke gold.

The wounded lion bit again to take victory and get his paws on the one main title that has eluded him.

Before final month’s damaged foot, defeat to Cameron van der Burgh at Gold Coast 2018 was the largest setback of his profession.

The 27-year-old responded by finishing the profession set of breaststroke titles, main from block to wall to take victory in a time of 26.76 .

By Tom Harle in Birmingham

Gemma Howell settled for a silver medal within the ladies’s judo 63kg class in Coventry after shedding by golden rating to Canada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard.

The 32-year-old was edged out by ippon, which means she was unable to copy the European gold medal she received earlier this yr in Bulgaria.

However Howell, who has endured 10 operations attributable to her sport and nearly retired after lacking out on a spot on the Rio Olympics in 2016, stated she was pleased with her achievement in reaching the rostrum.

England netball captain Natalie Metcalf is raring to go towards New Zealand after her facet maintained their unbeaten begin to the Commonwealth Games with a 56-35 win towards Uganda.

The reigning Commonwealth champions now have 4 wins from 4 video games and can tackle the Kiwis of their last Pool B match after a difficult problem towards Uganda on Tuesday.

Although the rating stood at 25-15 in England’s favour at half-time, the Roses benefitted from some recent faces after the break and a powerful third-quarter efficiency noticed them lengthen their result in 40-24.

They then went on to wrap up the sport comfortably, and Metcalf admitted rotation made a big effect.

Wow! In an electrical males’s 10,000m, Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo storms away from Kenya’s Daniel Ebenya to win the gold in an Commonwealth Games report time! Brilliant kick and a surprising run.

Scotland’s Andy Butchart, who has had a troublesome yr with accidents, will get a very good reception as he crosses the road in seventh.