Current Medal Standing Top 3
 

England 44G 40S 39B Total 123
Australia 36G 36S 41B Total 113
Canada 27G 13S 25B Total 65

Congratulation Alana Boyd winning gold in the women's pole vault
Alana Boyd bred in the purple
Father & coach Ray Boyd was also a Commonwealth Games champion & double-Olympic pole vaulter
Mother Denise (née Robertson) won the gold medal for 200 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton and ran in three Olympic finals

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze
1 ENG 58 59 57
2 AUS 49 42 46
3 CAN 32 16 34
4 SCO 19 15 19
5 IND 15 30 19

6th NZ 14gold 14silver 17bronze 45total

..the girls did well..did it easy in the end

Gold to Valerie Adams 19.88 m

Gold to Nicola Adams (England) Flyweight
Gold to Shelley Watts (Australia) Lightweight
Gold to Savannah Marshall (England) Middleweight

Stuart Farquhar 5th
Julius Yego Gold
Keshorn Walcott Silver

Nick Willis Bronze
James Kiplagat Magut Gold
Ronald Kwemoi Silver

Tom Walsh Silver
O'Dayne Richards Gold
Tim Nedow Bronze

NZ Bronze
Australia Gold
England Silver

Medals by sport
 

Sport Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Total
Cycling 6 4 5 15
Swimming 3 1 0 4
Athletics 1 2 2 5
Lawn bowls 1 1 1 3
Weightlifting 1 1 1 3
Boxing 1 1 0 2
Shooting 1 0 0 1
Judo 0 2 3 5
Netball 0 1 0 1
Rugby sevens 0 1 0 1
Wrestling 0 0 2 2
Gymnastics 0 0 1 1
Hockey 0 0 1 1
Squash 0 0 1 1

Total 14 14 17 45

Congratulations in order for Sally Pearson. Just won the 2014 Sportswoman of the Year award.
And last week, also crowned the most inspirational Australian athlete of the past 12 months.
Well done Sally!

Yes, well deserved. And Sally has a new coach. Ashley Mahoney.
Ashley is also a podiatrist. He will be concentrating on the technical side of Sally's running.

A couple of other awards, worth a mention :

The Australian Netball Diamonds : A-Team of the Year
Women's 4X100M Swimming Relay Team, Commonwealth Games World Record : Moment of the Year

On the subject of awards & Commonwealth Games, Cate Campbell, who won three gold medals in Glasgow followed by four gold at the Pan-Pacs in August, was a clear winner as the Australian swimmer of the year.

Likely won't be competing but Valerie Adams has voiced her concern about the prospect of her sport being dropped from the Olympic Games.
Shot put is one of five sports that may be cut from the Games after 2020, with the International Olympic Committee wanting to modernise and update the event. Will be interesting to see to what degree the Commonwealth Games Federation follows suit.

Sally Pearson contesting the 100m hurdles for the first time since last year's IAAF Diamond League final in August, has qualified for the world titles in Beijing in August
Pearson clocked 12.74 seconds to claim the 100m hurdles final tonight at the Queensland Track Classic in Brisbane

Sounds like Pearson may miss the Beijing world championships
Broke her left wrist in a dramatic fall at the recent Diamond League meet in Rome
Sally hit the fifth hurdle & fell to the track midway through her race
Broke the ulna & the radius & also dislocated the joint
Ouch!

Have seen the replay
Sally wasn't traveling that well & really made a mess of the hurdle that caused her to fall
He's hoping just a minor setback