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The Results

Athletics: Men: 20km walk: 1. Nathan Deakes (Aus) 1:19:55, 2. Luke Adams (Aus) 1:21:38, 3. Jared Tallent (Aus) 1:23:32. Shot put: 1. Janus Robberts (RSA) 19.76m, 2. Dorian Scott (Jam) 19.75, 3. Scott Martin (Aus) 19.48. 100m: 1. Asafa Powell (Jam) 10.03s, 2. Soji Fasuba (Ngr) 10.11, 3. Marc Burns (Tri) 10.17. 5,000m: 1. Augustine Choge (Ken) 12:56.41, 2. Craig Mottram (Aus) 12:58.19, 3. Benjamin Limo (Ken) 13:05.30.

Women: 20km walk: 1. Jane Saville (Aus) 1:32:46, 2. Natalie Saville (Aus) 1:33:33, 3. Cheryl Webb (Aus) 1:36:03. Hammer: 1. Brooke Krueger (Aus) 67.90m, 2. Jennifer Joyce (Can) 67.29, 3. Lorrraine Shaw (Eng) 66.00. 100m: 1. Sheri Ann Brooks (Jam) 11.19s, 2. Geraldine Pillay (RSA) 11.31, 3. Delphine Atangana (Cmr) 11.39.

Badminton: Mixed team: Final: Malaysia bt England 3-1; Bronze medal: India bt New Zealand 3-1.

Women: Vault: 1. Imogen Cairns (Eng) 14.325, 2. Alyssa Brown (Can) 14.275, 3. Naomi Russell (Aus) 14.137. Uneven bars: 1. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (Can) 15.1, 2. Shavahn Church (Eng) 14.875, 3. Monette Russo (Aus) 14.85.

Shooting: Men: 50m rifle 3 positions: 1. India (Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang) 2,287 points, 2. Australia (Michael Brown, Ben Burge) 2,269, 3. England (Jason Burrage, Chris Hector) 2,265. 25m centre fire pistol pairs: 1. India (Samaresh Jung, Jaspal Rana) 1,150, 2. England (Peter Flippant, Simon Lucas) 1,138, 3. South Africa (Allan McDonald, Daniel van Tonder) 1,135. Skeet pairs: 1. Cyprus (George Achilleos, Antonis Nikolaides) 190, 2. England (Clive Bramley, Richard Brickell) 186, 3. Australia (Clive Barton, George Barton) 185.

Women: 10m air rifle: 1. Tejaswini Sawant (Ind) 500.6, 2. Avneet Kaur Sidhu (Ind) 500.2, 3. Vanessa Yong (Sin) 499.9. Skeet pairs: 1. Australia (Lauryn Mark, Natalia Rahman) 90, 2. Cyprus (Andri Eleftheriou, Louiza Theophanous) 88, 3. England (Pinky Le Grelle, Elena Little) 86.

Squash: Men's singles: Gold: Peter Nicol (Eng) bt David Palmer (Aus) 9-5, 10-8, 4-9, 9-2. Women's singles: Gold: Natalie Grinham (Aus) bt Rachael Grinham (Aus) 2-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-6.

Swimming: Men: 100m butterfly: 1. Ryan Pini (PNG) 52.64s, 2. Michael Klim (Aus) 52.70, 3. Moss Burmester (NZ) 52.73. 50m breaststroke: 1. Christopher Cook (Eng) 28.01, 2. Darren Mew (Eng) 28.07, 3. Brenton Rickard (Aus) 28.14.

100m backstroke: 1. Liam Tancock (Eng) 54.53, 2. Matthew Welsh (Aus) 54.82, 3. Gregor Tait (Sco) 54.89. 200m IM: 1. Gregor Tait (Sco) 2:00.73, 2. Dean Kent (NZ) 2:01.08, 3. Brian Johns (Can) 2:01.56.

Women: 50m freestyle: 1. Lisbeth Lenton (Aus) 24.61, 2. Jodie Henry (Aus) 24.72, 3. Alice Mills (Aus) 25.03. 200m backstroke: 1. Joanna Fargus (Aus) 2:10.36, 2. Melanie Marshall (Eng) 2:10.87, 3. Hannah Mclean (NZ) 2:12.47. 100m breaststroke: 1. Leisel Jones (Aus) 1:05.09 (WR), 2. Jade Edmistone (Aus) 1:07.24, 3. Kirsty Balfour (Sco); 400m freestyle: 1. Caitlin McClatchey (Sco) 4:07.69, 2. Joanne Jackson (Eng) 4:08.36, 3. Bronte Barratt (Aus) 4:08.65. 50m backstroke: 1. Sophie Edington (Aus) 28.42, 2. Giaan Rooney (Aus) 28.43, 3. Tayliah Zimmer (Aus) 28.71. 4x100m: 1. Australia 3:36.49, 2. England 3:42.69, 3. Canada 3:42.84.

Table tennis: Men's team: Gold medal: India bt Singapore 3-2 (Soumyadeep Roy lost to Yang Zi 5-11, 3-11, 8-11; Sharath Kamal lost to Cai Xiaoli 11-9, 9-11, 11-3, 7-11, 8-11; Subhajit Saha bt Jason Ho 10-12, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10; Sharath Kamal bt Yang Zi 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7; Soumyadeep Roy bt Cai Xiaoli 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6). Bronze: Nigeria bt Wales 3-0.

Women's team: Gold medal: Singapore bt Australia 3-0. Bronze: India bt Canada 3-2 (Poulomi Ghatak bt Chris Xu 13-11, 11-7, 12-10; Mouma Das lost to Zhang Mo 9-11, 11-13, 8-11; Nandita Saha bt Sara Yuen 1-11, 11-4, 12-10, 11-7; Poulomi lost to Zhang 7-11, 8-11, 5-11; Mouma bt Chris 5-11, 11-7, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5).

Weightlifting (snatch, clean-and-jerk, total): Men's 85kg: 1. Shuja-ud-Din Malik (Pak) 150, 193, 343; 2. Vivien Batchaya (Cmr) 151, 180, 331; 3. Simplice Ribouem (Cmr) 145, 180, 325.

Women's 69kg: 1. Jeane Lassen (Can) 97, 132, 229; 2. Laishram Devi (Ind) 100, 122, 222; 3. Janet Thelermont (Sey) 95, 110, 205.

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