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Commonwealth Games 2022, Day 11: India Schedule, Events List On August 8, Live Streaming, IST Time, TV Channel

CWG 2022, Day 11: India Schedule

India will be chasing five gold medals on Day 11 of CWG 2022 and three of them will be in Badminton — women’s singles, men’s single and men’s doubles.

It will be safe to assume that India are in with a good chance to win all three of those gold medals as they will field PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen in singles.

In the doubles, India have on their ranks Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj Renkireddy, and they too are in a good space to win the yellow metal.

In table tennis also, India will pursue a gold in men’s singles. In hockey, India men will face their Australian counterparts in the gold medal match, and which will also be India’s final competitive event in CWG 2022.

India will certainly want a gold in the hockey as women team ended up with a bronze after that controversial penalty shootout against Australia in their semifinals.

However, the task — winning the gold and extracting some vengeance on Australia — will not be easy for the Indians as the Aussies are quite the formidable side.

The closing ceremony is scheduled for 12 AM midnight, bringing curtains down on a sporting event that gave us some thrills and disappointments over the last fortnight.

Here we are giving India’s Day 11 schedule at the Commonwealth Games. The matches can be accessed on Sony Sports Networks and live streaming will be on Sony LIV.

Badminton

Women’s Singles Finals: PV Sindhu vs Michelle Li – 1:20 pm

Men’s Singles Finals: Lakshya Sen vs Ng Tze Yong – 2:10 pm

Men’s Doubles Finals: Chirag/Satwik vs Sean Vendy and Ben Lane – 3:00 pm.

Table Tennis

Men’s Bronze Medal Match: G Sathiyan vs Paul Drinkhal – 3:35 pm

Men’s Gold Medal Match: Achanta Sharath Kamal vs Liam Pitchford- 4:25 pm

Hockey

India vs Australia: 5 pm

Closing Ceremony: 12 am

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Here’s how the cycling events went at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – CyclingTips

Here's how the cycling events went at the 2022 Commonwealth Games - CyclingTips

If you’re reading this from somewhere outside the British Commonwealth, you probably don’t understand all the fuss about the Commonwealth Games. Sure, they aren’t the Olympics, and sure, the cycling events are missing the top European riders, but for the athletes that compete, the Commonwealth Games are still a big deal. Just ask Chloe Hosking.

As of Sunday evening, the cycling events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are now complete. With that in mind, let’s take a quick look back at the biggest results from the past couple weeks and which nations performed best in cycling overall.

Road racing

Women’s time trial

Australia’s Grace Brown (FDJ Suez Futuroscope) started as the favourite for this 29 km effort around Wolverhampton and duly delivered. The 30-year-old Victorian powered to the gold medal ahead of fellow WorldTour riders Anna Henderson (England/Jumbo-Visma) and Georgia Williams (New Zealand/BikeExchange-Jayco).

The win was Brown’s first at a Commonwealth Games.

Men’s time trial

It was another gold for Australia in the men’s time trial, with former world champion Rohan Dennis (Jumbo-Visma) taking the win. The increasingly impressive Fred Wright (England/Bahrain Victorious) claimed silver ahead of Geraint Thomas (Wales/Ineos Grenadiers).

Dennis’s gold adds to the silver medal he took in the time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in Glasgow.

Women’s road race

After 112 flat kilometres around Warwick on Sunday morning, the women’s road race came down to a bunch sprint. Pre-race favourites Australia had controlled the race throughout and then Ruby Roseman-Gannon and Alex Manly rode a strong lead-out for Georgia Baker who took gold in the sprint – her third gold of the Games.

Silver went to Scotswoman Neah Evans, while Australia’s Sarah Roy took bronze after riding as a sweeper for Baker.

Men’s road race

A group of 15 got away early in the 160 km men’s race and with a bunch of WorldTour riders in that break, it was soon clear the move would stick. There were plenty of attacks from that lead group, including from Luke Plapp (Australia/Ineos Grenadiers) and Fred Wright (England/Bahrain Victorious), plus a dangerous late salvo from Geraint Thomas (Wales/Ineos Grenadiers).

But in the five-up sprint that eventually decided the race, it was Continental-level Kiwi pro Aaron Gate (Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling) that took the win ahead of Daryl Impey (South Africa/Israel-Premier Tech) and Scotland’s Finn Crockett (Ribble Weldtite).

The gold medal was Gate’s fourth of the Games, after wins in (spoiler alert) the points race, individual pursuit, and team pursuit on the track.

Track racing

Follow the link for a full breakdown of all the track racing at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, but here are the results that most caught our eye:

Women’s team pursuit

The women’s team pursuit final came down to Australia and New Zealand with the Australian quartet of Georgia Baker, Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe taking a comfortable victory. Their time of 4:12.234 was a new Commonwealth Games record … but eight seconds off the world record set by the German team at last year’s Olympics.

England took the bronze medal ahead of Wales.

Men’s team pursuit

It was New Zealand vs England in the men’s team pursuit gold medal race, with New Zealand taking the top prize by roughly two seconds. Their time of 3:47.575 was also a Commonwealth Games record for Aaron Gate, Jordan Kerby, Tom Sexton and Campbell Stewart, but 4.5 seconds slower than the world record set by the Italians at the Tokyo Olympics.

Australia took the bronze medal ahead of Wales.

Women’s points race

It was a comfortable win in the 25 km points race for Georgia Baker (Australia) who easily accounted for Scotland’s Neah Evans (also second to Baker in the road race), and Eluned King (Wales).

Men’s points race

It was a Kiwi 1-2 in the men’s 40 km points race with Aaron Gate and Campbell Stewart taking gold and silver, with England’s Oli Wood taking home bronze.

Women’s scratch race

The women’s scratch race was taken out by the most successful British athlete in Olympic history, Dame Laura Kenny. The seven-time world champion took the win ahead of New Zealand’s Michaela Drummond and Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster.

Men’s scratch race

More success for New Zealand in the men’s 15 km event with Corbin Strong beating John Archibald (Scotland) and William Roberts (Wales).

Women’s individual pursuit

New Zealand’s Bryony Botha set a new Games record of 3:18.456 in her comfortable victory over Australia’s Maeve Plouffe in the 3,000 m race.

Neah Evans (Scotland) beat Australian track recruit Sarah Roy in the bronze medal race.

Men’s individual pursuit

Another gold medal for Kiwi Aaron Gate who took a comfortable win over compatriot Tom Sexton in the 4,000 m event. Australia’s Conor Leahy won the bronze medal race ahead of Charlie Tanfield (England).

Mountain biking

Women’s cross country

World champion Evie Richards (England) started as the top favourite and she certainly delivered on that billing. In a field of just eight riders, Richards rode to a comfortable victory, adding to her silver medal from four years earlier. It was a welcome result for the 25-year-old who has had a torrid year with a back injury, a stomach bug and COVID

Australia’s Zoe Cuthbert took silver, while South Africa’s Candice Lill claimed bronze.

Men’s cross country

Kiwi Sam Gaze repeated his gold medal from four years earlier with a strong performance in the men’s cross-country race. Gaze rode away to victory on lap six of eight as his compatriot Ben Oliver took silver and Namibia’s Alexander Miller claimed bronze.

The final medal tally

Here’s how the final medal tally looked for the cycling events at Birmingham 2022. It was close at the top of the table!

This table appears courtesy of Wikipedia. England is highlighted because it is the host nation of Birmingham 2022.

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Commonwealth Games events today including Laura Kenny and Alex Yee in action

Commonwealth Games events today including Laura Kenny and Alex Yee in action

Laura Kenny, Alex Yee and James Wilby are among the Tokyo medallists targeting the podium as the Commonwealth Games get underway in Birmingham on Friday.

Wilby will be looking to kickstart England’s gold rush in the pool as he defends his men’s 200 metres breaststroke title. Scotland’s Ross Murdoch, who finished runner-up to Wilby on the Gold Coast four years ago, may have other ideas. Birkenhead’s Freya Anderson is in the women’s 200m freestyle alongside Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus, while Wales’ Dan Jervis is in the men’s 400m freestyle.

Kenny will be in action when the track cycling gets under way at the Lee Valley Velodrome in London, racing alongside Josie Knight, Maddie Leech and Grace Lister in the women’s team pursuit. And husband Jason will be coaching as Ryan Owens, Joe Truman and Hamish Turnbull chase gold in the men’s team sprint.

Birmingham-born Joe Fraser, the former world champion on parallel bars, will lead England’s bid to retain their men’s team title at the NEC on a day that also doubles as individual qualifications. Experienced duo Frank Baines and Hamish Carter will hope to steer Scotland into at least the silver medal position, while Northern Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan attempts to qualify on pommel.

Yee is a big favourite to build on his silver medal from the Tokyo Olympics as he stars in the men’s triathlon. The outcome of the women’s event is far less cut and dried with Georgia Taylor-Brown, like Yee a double medallist in Japan, facing stiff competition from former world champion Non Stanford, who is representing Wales, and another world champion in Bermuda’s Flora Duffy.

England’s bid to retain the netball title they won so thrillingly on the Gold Coast kicks off with a Group B game against Trinidad and Tobago. Featuring a sizeable contingent of players who were present on the Gold Coast, Jess Thirlby’s side are full of confidence, but are sure to have to overcome perennial favourites Australia and New Zealand once again.

Schedule and event timetable today

Friday 29 July

Lawn bowls and para lawn bowls: 8:30-13:45, 15:00-20:15

Badminton: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30, 19:00-22:30

Gymnastics: 09:00-14:30, 17:00-20:30

Hockey: 09:00-12:30, 14:00-17:30, 19:00-22:30

Rugby Sevens: 09:00-13:30, 17:30-22:00

Table tennis and para table tennis: 09:30-14:30, 16:00-21:00

Cycling; track and para track: 10:00-13:00, 16:00-18:30

Aquatics; swimming and para swimming: 10:30-12:30, 19:00-22:00

Cricket T20: 11:00-14:30, 18:00-21:30

Triathlon and para triathlon: 11:00-16:00

Boxing: 12:00-15:00, 18:30-21:00

Netball: 12:00-15:30, 18:00-21:30

Squash: 12:00-15:15, 18:00-20:30

Basketball 3×3 and wheelchair basketball 3×3: 15:30-18:00, 19:30-22:00

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Have grown up watching events like these, Harmanpreet Kaur on CWG debut | Commonwealth Games 2022 News – Times of India

Have grown up watching events like these, Harmanpreet Kaur on CWG debut | Commonwealth Games 2022 News - Times of India
BENGALURU: Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has “grown up” watching multi-sporting events like the Commonwealth Games and she is already getting goosebumps thinking about the walk she will take with the rest of the contingent at the opening ceremony on July 28.
Women’s cricket is making its debut at the Commonwealth Games.
“This tournament is very important for us. This time we are playing for a medal. If I speak about myself, we have grown watching these kinds of tournaments and we are glad that we are also getting an opportunity, we will be part of a big event.
“I think in the future, if we keep getting these (kind of) opportunities, it will be great for us,” Harmanpreet said at the pre-departure press conference on Saturday.

India's history at the Commonwealth Games

India’s history at the Commonwealth Games

Harmanpreet, who has played in the World Cups before, is looking forward to a “different” experience.
“When you were speaking, I actually felt that I am walking on that (CWG) road, because that is what we are talking about and this time we are going to be part of a multi-sporting event.
“Now it is not only about cricket but other teams also and we will be there for them to cheer up and we want to celebrate each and every medal. This time it will be totally different and we are all very excited,” she said.
Each game crucial
India are clubbed in Group A alongside arch-rivals Pakistan, Australia and Barbados. They open their campaign against Australia on July 29.
“Whenever we play against them (teams like Australia), they have always given us tough competition. And this time also, we are looking very positive. Every game will be crucial for us and we will try to give 100 percent.”
According to Harmanpreet, it is important to perform well in big events.
“Yes, as a cricketer, we always want to play more cricket and this year we are getting to participate in a multi-sport event. So, when you go for a big-event it is important to perform well, the more we get such tournaments, it is good for women’s cricket.”
Harmanpreet said she will think about what approach the team will take after seeing the conditions. The team departs on Sunday.
“Look, you are speaking about targets (totals), once we reach England, then only we can see. Right now we don’t have any idea about the wickets. If you talk about our team, we always love to play positive cricket and that is what we have been doing for a long -time and the approach will be the same,” she added.
Important to have batters who can bowl
“….it is very important, when you have so many (bowling) options, the main bowlers do not feel pressure. And if you have more options, then you take off pressure from the bowlers,” she added.
Head coach Ramesh Powar wants team to meet Sindhu and Neeraj
“If there is an opportunity, we all would like to meet PV Sindhu and Neeraj Chopra, because both of them have set the bar high. And I would love to go into their minds and I am curious about their preparations, because the way they handle the pressure of billion people, it is commendable,” Powar said.
“We as a group would like to exchange some notes with these top-class athletes.” the head coach added.
Powar is excited to be a part of a multi-sporting event.
“This is the first time we are participating in a tournament of this magnitude. It is a bigger platform for our girls and a great opportunity to showcase talent, our game. We can tell the world that women’s cricket can participate in different kind of events.
“We all as cricketers, myself watched the Olympics and Commonwealth Games and we see our nation’s flag flying high. It is kind of opportunity for all of us to showcase good performance, give our best and make the country proud.”
“Happy with the squad”
Powar said the team management was happy with the squad chosen for the CWG.
“We all get together and we try and pick the best combination, which is suited for that particular competition. We are happy with the squad, because we were part of the discussion and we took this call collectively.”

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Commonwealth Games: Australia athletes barred from attending events other than their own

Commonwealth Games: Australia athletes barred from attending events other than their own

Australian athletes will be banned from supporting their team mates at other Commonwealth Games events at Birmingham due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission, team chef de mission Petria Thomas said.

They will also have to wear face masks when not in their rooms or exercising at the July 28 – Aug. 8 Games as part of team health protocols.

“Our primary focus is that we can get our athletes to the starting line and they are performance ready,” Thomas told News Corp media on Wednesday.

“We have to put these measures in place to minimise the transmission of COVID and other diseases as well.”

COVID continues to disrupt global sport, with a number of swimmers forced to pull out of the recent swimming world championships in Budapest after testing positive.

Around 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories are due to compete at Birmingham.

The Office for National Statistics estimated 3.95% of people in England, or one in 25, were COVID positive during the week ending June 29.

Athletes were subject to strict COVID protocols while in a “closed loop” at the Beijing Winter Olympics and also at last year’s summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Unlike the Olympics, athletes will not have to leave Birmingham soon after their events finish.

Thomas said Australia’s athletes would be permitted to stay and support team mates but not at their competition venues.

“There won’t be an opportunity to go and watch other events because unfortunately those seats will be in public spectating areas, which presents a very high risk of COVID-19 transmission,” she added.

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2022 Commonwealth Games schedule, events, tickets and more: Everything you need to know

2022 Commonwealth Games schedule, events, tickets and more: Everything you need to know

With the exception of an interruption during World War II, the Commonwealth Games have taken place every four years since 1930 – and athletes from 72 nations are heading to the showpiece in Birmingham in 2022.

There will be 286 sessions across 11 days in the UK city, covering 19 sports from 3×3 basketball to mixed synchronised diving.

The Maldives is the newest entrant on the countries list, taking on the runaway most successful country in the history of the Games, Australia, as well as hosts England and the likes of Canada, India and Kenya.

The Sporting News looks at some of the key details involved in one of the most anticipated sporting spectacles of the summer.

Where are the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

When it first formulated its bidding route in 2016, Birmingham, England had been targeting the 2026 Games. That changed when Durban, South Africa was stripped of the showpiece in March 2017 after failing to meet financial deadlines.

Liverpool also expressed an interest, and the UK government decided to back the Birmingham bid, which hit a hitch when the federation behind the Games declared its plan “not fully compliant” and extended a deadline for potential rival bids.

The West Midlands city eventually triumphed, winning praise for the diversity of a local population containing people originating from all of the Commonwealth member federations.

There are 16 venues hosting events, including flagship setting the Alexander Stadium in Perry Barr, which will have a capacity of around 30,000 thanks to temporary seating and has been renovated at a cost of £72 million ($87.8 million).

The arena in nearby city Coventry will host judo and wrestling, and the glorious Cannock Chase Forest is a picturesque backdrop for cycling.

The Sandwell Aquatics Centre will put on the pool events, and the iconic Edgbaston Stadium – best known as the home of Warwickshire – will welcome T20 cricket.

When is the 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony and Closing Ceremony?

Up to a billion people are expected to tune in when the opening ceremony takes place at a full-capacity Alexander Stadium on July 28, overseen by Games Creative Director Iqbal Khan.

The ceremony will take place 10 years and a day after the opening of the London 2012 Olympic Games, with two-time British Academy of Film and Television Arts award-winner Hamish Hamilton as broadcast director.

MORE: Victoria in line to host Commonwealth Games with confirmation of 2026 bid

Steven Knight, the creator of hit Birmingham-set TV series Peaky Blinders, is also part of a team featuring award-winning writer Maeve Clarke and rapper Joshua ‘RTKal’ Holness.

Alexander Stadium will also host the closing ceremony on August 8, which is being described as an “emotional and exciting” event honouring international sport and “the pride and passion that comes with representing one’s country”.

Games chief creative officer Martin Green has promised CGI, special effects and more. “The core creative team assembled to imagine the Opening Ceremony is drawn from a diverse range of disciplines, from theatre to literature, TV to stage production,” he said.

Which new sports are in the 2022 Commonwealth Games? 

Women’s T20 Cricket is one of three new sports blazing a Commonwealth Games trail in Birmingham, which has the perfect venue in Edgbaston, a stadium with a history stretching all the way back to 1882.

“It’s massively exciting for women’s cricket to get an opportunity like this at Birmingham 2022,” said England all-rounder Nat Sciver, speaking after the addition of her sport was announced.

“We are always looking to grow cricket and to take it to as many people as possible and the platform of Birmingham 2022 will really help that.”

While cricket has a long and fascinating history in the area, beach volleyball is less readily associated with the urbanity of Birmingham, which should make its presence at the Games a compelling novelty.

The sport will have a home at the Smithfield Market site, which was originally opened on the site of a demolished manor house in 1817 and cleared 101 years later as part of a £1.9 billion ($2.3 billion) regeneration project.

Smithfield will also host the basketball 3×3 competitions and seat up to 4,000 spectators, and another new sport, para table tennis, will take place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC).

The 71 Commonwealth Games Associations voted by the required majority to accept the proposal for the three new sports in 2019, and one interesting consequence will see two more women’s medal events than men’s at the Games – breaking the record set at Gold Coast 2018.

Are there any para events in the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

The inclusion of para table tennis gives the Games more para sports than any previous Commonwealth Games, featuring eight para sports in total.

Para powerlifting will also take place at the NEC, and para track events will take place at the Lee Valley Velopark – the London velodrome that staged the 2012 Olympic track cycling competition.

The 19th-century Victoria Park, which is in the town of Leamington Spa and hosts the Bowls England National Championships, will be the setting for para lawn bowls, and the 2,400-acre Sutton Park puts on the triathlon events.

Team England star Ross Wilson is understandably thrilled about the inclusion of table tennis, calling it “brilliant” and looking ahead to a defence of his 2018 title which he expects to be “special” in front of a home crowd.

“Competing for Team England on the Gold Coast was an incredible experience and I’m really proud to be Commonwealth champion,” said Wilson, a triple bronze medallist at the Paralympic Games.

“It is something I’ve always dreamed of and to go out and win was just an absolutely amazing feeling and one I can’t really describe.”

2022 Commonwealth Games full event schedule

Event Dates
Athletics – Marathon July 30
Athletics & Para Athletics August 2-7
Aquatics – Swimming & Para Swimming July 29 – August 3
Aquatics – Diving August 4-8
Badminton July 29 – August 8
Basketball 3×3 & Wheelchair Basketball 3×3 July 29 – August 2
Beach Volleyball July 30 – August 7
Boxing July 29 – August 4; 6-7
Cricket July 29-31; August 2-4; 6-7
Cycling – Mountain Bike August 3
Cycling – Road Race August 7
Cycling – Time Trial August 4
Cycling – Track & Para Track July 29 – August 1
Gymnastics – Artistic July 29 – August 2
Gymnastics – Rhythmic August 4-6
Hockey July 29 – August 8
Judo August 1-3
Lawn Bowls & Para Lawn Bowls July 29 – August 6
Netball July 29 – August 7
Para Powerlifting August 4
Rugby Sevens July 29-31
Squash July 29 – August 8
Table Tennis & Para Table Tennis July 29 – August 8
Triathlon & Para Triathlon July 29, 31
Weightlifting July 30 – August 3
Wrestling August 5-6
Opening Ceremony July 28
Closing Ceremony August 8

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What TV channel and live stream is the 2022 Commonwealth Games on?

Country TV channel
UK BBC TV, Radio, iPlayer
Canada DAZN (online only)
Australia Channel 7, 7Plus
India –

Which countries are taking part in the 2022 Commonwealth Games?

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh 
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Brunei
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cook Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Dominica
  • England
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guernsey
  • Guyana
  • India
  • Isle of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Jersey
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Montserrat
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Scotland
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Helena
  • St Kitts and Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Wales
  • Zambia

How to buy 2022 Commonwealth Games tickets

Tickets for the Games are now open to the public, starting at £8 (under $10) for children and from £15 (around $18) for adults.

Organisers are advertising the availability of £22 (around $27) tickets for each event, and free viewing is available for the marathon, cycling road race, cycling time trial, triathlon and cycling mountain bike events.

Tickets are available from the official Birmingham 2022 website.

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Commonwealth Games – Birmingham 2022: When is it, host city, events, Aussie athletes, how to watch in Australia

Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022: When is it, host city, events, Aussie athletes, how to watch in Australia

The Commonwealth Games are fast approaching, with Team Australia gearing up for the first edition of the event since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Here is everything you need to know ahead of the 2022 Games.

When are the Commonwealth Games 2022?

The upcoming edition of the Commonwealth Games will take place from July 28 – August 8, 2022, bookmarked by the opening and closing ceremonies.

Due to the rescheduling of other major sporting events such as the UEFA European Women’s Championship, the entire schedule of the Games has been moved by a day from its original dates to avoid any clashes.

Where are the Commonwealth Games 2022?

Birmingham is the host city for the Commonwealth Games in 2022.

Based in the West Midlands region of England, the city will host the Games for the first time ever.

The event will take place in summer, with comfortable temperature highs of 21 degrees Celcius. 

Durban was originally named as the host for the 2022 Games but was forced to withdraw in 2017 due to financial problems.

By the end of the year, Birmingham was eventually named the replacement host city.

Commonwealth Games 2022 events

Five new sports will be added this year to the existing 10 core sports from the 2018 Games.

Road cycling, judo, triathlon, table tennis, and wrestling will now feature in Birmingham as part of the latest edition of the Commonwealth Games Charter.

A full breakdown of the events is available here.

Which Aussie athletes are taking part in the Commonwealth Games 2022?

A record 474 Australian athletes participated in 2018, with the size of this year’s team unconfirmed.

Stars from the recent Olympic Games in Tokyo are expected to compete, including Ariarne Titmus (swimming), Nicola McDermott (high jump), and Peter Bol (running). 

The Australian contingent will join a pool of approximately 4,500 athletes in Birmingham, stemming from 72 nations. 

How to watch the Commonwealth Games in Australia

Channel 7 will broadcast all the action from Birmingham across their free-to-air channels and streaming service 7Plus.

The broadcaster has an exclusive deal with the Commonwealth Games Federation that covers broadcast, digital, radio, social media, and subscription television rights. 

Specific details and timings will be announced closer to the event.

Upcoming Commonwealth Games host venues

The Commonwealth Games will return to Australia after 2022, with Victoria officially announced as the host for the 2026 edition. 

It marks the first time the Games will not be held exclusively in one city, with a number of regional Victorian cities combing to host various events. 

The city of Hamilton in Canada is the likely 2030 host, although this is yet to be confirmed.

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Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown May Add 3 Events To Commonwealth Lineup

Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown May Add 3 Events To Commonwealth Lineup

Australia’s multi-Olympic gold medalist Kaylee McKeown hasn’t stopped since Tokyo, already putting up the top 100m back and 200m back times in the world this year.

McKeown clocked both of the #1 times in the world at last month’s Victorian Open, with the versatile ace posting marks of 58.31 and 2:04.64, respectively. The latter time beat out what it took McKeown to win gold in the event in Tokyo (57.47, Olympic Record).

With these types of recent performances, it appears that McKeown’s move from the USC Spartans under Chris Mooney to Griffith under coach Michael Bohl has been a smooth transition.  Mooney is now at the helm of the Bond swimming program and McKeown chose to move in a different direction.

Speaking to NewsCorp Australia, McKeown said that family was a big part of her decision to move to train alongside sister and 2016 Olympic finalist Taylor McKeown,

“(Family) was probably 90 percent of my reasoning to move down to the Gold Coast,” she said. “My mum is moving down to the hinterland and Taylor is already down here so it was going to be quite lonely for me and I’m a big family and friends person, so to not have that support there I knew I would struggle.

“I think the move not only swimming-wise but outside of the pool-wise has been really good for me.

“I think surrounding yourself with people who are driven and motivated really does put you up in a level of training that you may not be able to reach in certain squads and surrounding myself with those sorts of people will inevitably make me a better swimmer.

“I think it was just the right path for me to go down if I wanted to make myself a better person and grow mentally and physically as well.”

McKeown’s father Sholto, died in August 2020 at the age of 53 after a two-year battle with brain cancer.

Looking ahead to the Commonwealth Games, which take place in Birmingham in July and August, McKeown is reportedly thinking of adding two additional individual races to her 100m/200m backstroke double.

The 50m backstroke, 400m IM and 200m IM are being tossed around, the latter of which she actually qualified for Tokyo before deciding to drop the race from her program.

Should McKeown race all 3, she could match Ian Thorpe or Susie O’Neill’s 6-gold medal Commonwealth Games hauls. But, it’s a big ‘if’ for adding all three events.

“I’m not going to lie, I hate swimming the 400 IM so if I can get out of that I definitely will, but I do love the 200 medley so we will see what happens,” McKeown gold Newscorp Australia.

“It could be something to look out for that is for sure.

”You want to have this (year) as a pathway and step to eventually getting behind the blocks at an Olympics and not only doing two individual events but potentially three or four.”

Schedule-wise, should McKeown race the 5 individual events plus relays, this is how her Commonwealth Games may look. The races are actually spread out quite nicely, save for the grueling 200m back/200m IM double on Monday, August 1st.

Possible McKeown Commonwealth Games Schedule:

Friday, July 29th:

  • 400m IM Heats in AM
  • 400m IM Final in PM

Saturday, July 30th:

  • 100m Back Heats in AM
  • 100m Back Semi-finals in PM

Sunday, July 31st:

Monday, August 1st:

  • 200m Back Heats, 200m IM Heats in AM
  • 200m Back Final, 200m IM Final in PM

Tuesday, August 2nd:

  • 50m Back Heats in AM
  • 50m Back Semi-finals, Mixed Medley Relay final in PM

Wednesday, August 3rd

  • 50m Back Final, Women’s Medley Relay final in PM

 

McKeown’s best times and the all-time world and Australian ranks are below.

Event Best Time Date Aussie All-Time Rank World All-Time Rank
50m Back 27.16 May 2021 1 6
100m Back 57.45 WR June 2021 1 1
200m Back 2:04.28 June 2021 1 3
200m IM 2:08.19 June 2021 3 8
400m IM 4:32.73 December 2020 2 14