Delhi 2010 commonwealth games australian medals

Next Article. Find Out More. McMahon statue win for female athletes January 14, Grace Brown, Rohan Dennis regain national cycling time trial championships January 13, Join now. The two powerhouses of Commonwealth gymnastics had finished first and second at every Games from heading into Delhi, with Canada taking the title over the home nation in Melbourne in Mitchell was brilliant at the Games, finishing with five medals, four golds and a silver, from the artistic gymnastics events, winning the uneven bars, the balance beam and the individual all-around before helping the Australian team to the gold.

Meanwhile Johnston starred in the rhythmic competitions, winning five medals, including golds in the ball and individual all-around events and helping Australia to the team gold medal. Australian cyclists dominated the boards of the velodrome and the Delhi streets finishing with 21 total medals, including 14 golds.

Inside the velodrome, Cameron Meyer starred with three gold medals, equalled by Cycling Australia legend Anna Meares who added three golds to her career total. Track and field proved to be another happy hunting ground for the Aussies, finishing the meet with 20 total medals, including 11 gold medals, enough to tie Kenya for the most at the Games.

The Olympic silver medallist in the m hurdles, Pearson added the m sprint to her schedule for the Games. Making the final, Pearson and the rest of her competitors lined up in front of a raucous crowd, in fact the crowd was too loud, putting off the competitors and causing a false start for the entire field.

A now even more nervous field of finalists took to the blocks a second time, but English sprinter Laura Turner moved in what appeared to be in unison with Pearson. Disputing her disqualification, Turner ran the third race on protest of the decision, and once finally away, Pearson charged down the straight to record a short-lived win. A gold medal which would be short-lived after protests and counter-protests from England and Australia eventually resulted in the decision to disqualify Sally for also false-starting.

A distraught Pearson accepted the decision and returned a few days later to win gold in her pet event, the m hurdles, before returning to run a memorable and painful leg of the 4xm relay. The Games in India also saw the only time Tennis has been featured at the Games, and the Aussies dominated the competition winning eight of the 15 medals, with Anastasia Rodionova winning three medals, including two gold medals.

And the Games also saw the final time artistic swimming and archery were held at the Games. The biggest heartbreak of the Games was reserved for our Australian Diamonds netball team in the final gold medal to be decided at the Games. Knowing they would be in for a fight when they faced archrival New Zealand in the gold medal match, the two teams battled back and forth, but could not be separated after four quarters as they headed to extra time.

Needing to go up by two goals to now win, the two best netball nations in the Commonwealth again could not break away, needing to go into double extra time. As players fatigued, running on adrenaline, the Silver Ferns players held their nerve and broke the hearts of the Diamonds and the nation as they became golden ferns, leaving Australia with the silver for the second consecutive Games.

The Games in Delhi came to a close on October 14 th , and like Moneghetti had predicted leading in, they were to be like no other Commonwealth Games, an experience for the athletes, with some bringing an end to their sporting journey, while some were just getting started. Seems like every coach has a video, a camera, a DVD player and some analysis software these days. Coaches spend more time behind a desk, staring at replays and performance analysis data than they do actually Read more….

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Wayne Goldsmith Wayne Goldsmith is a performance focused coaching professional with more than 25 years experience working with some of the world's leading athletes, coaches and teams. I believe there are five key reasons: 1. Loss of talented, experienced people overseas. Great post… unfortunately… Regards, Brad Reply. WG Reply. Dave Reply. But wow — England have under performed big time so far.

Have a great day. Thanks, WG Reply. If I was in their shoes, I would be getting a little worried. Time will tell. Thanks for the great comment.