Heptathlete Tori West has added bronze to an already historic Australian campaign at Scotstoun Stadium, as Australian athletics continued its momentum through the halfway point of the program.
Beginning the day in fifth place, West (QLD, Eric Brown & Sam Leslie) responded immediately with a personal best of 6.13m (+0.8) in the long jump, before a javelin throw of 47.24m elevated her to the bronze medal position.
That left just the 800m, where she would need a near personal best to defend her 95-point lead over the English national champion Ellen Barber. West produced the run of her life and a personal best of 2:15.23 to claim the bronze by 54 points, for 6104 points.
“I had this terrible nightmare that I was beaten by the English, and at the start I had three of them box me in straight away!” West said.
“The conditions were crazy, but that’s what championships are. It’s about who is healthy, who turns up the most prepared and who makes the most of the conditions.”
“It’s incredibly fulfilling. I started heptathlon at 21, and I’m 30 now, but my training age is still pretty fresh, and I think my best years are in the next two to four years. This medal means so much to me.”
Fellow Australian Mia Scerri (VIC, Ralph Newton) finished in seventh place on 5996 points at her senior debut, as the event was won by World Championship silver medallist Katherine O’Connor (NIR) on 6569 points.
Long jumper Chris Mitrevski (VIC, Alex Stewart) came within six centimetres of Commonwealth bronze when leaping to 8.02m (+0.8) in the fifth round, producing a consistent series in the hotly contested affair which was won by former World Champion Tajay Gale (JAM) with 8.15m (+1.5).
The result was Mitrevski’s best at a major championship, as fellow Australian Liam Adcock (QLD, self-coached) finished in eighth position with 7.74m (+0.6). Both know they have bigger jumps ahead in 2027.
Para-sprinter Jaydon Page (ACT, Matt Beckenham, T47) also secured fourth place when racing in the Men’s 100m T47, breaking the 11-second mark to run 10.97 (+2.0), as the race was won by Dilip Mahadu Gavit (IND) in 10.71-seconds.
“It’s a hard pill to swallow, but I’ll just have to work harder next year,” Page said.
“My top end felt good; I actually felt like I was closing in late, which hurts a bit in my soul.”
Cara Fein-Ryan (QLD, Ben Norton) added to the swag of fourth-places in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase. The 27-year-old looked set for a breakthrough performance in Glasgow after strong preparation, but a slip on the water jump mid-race meant she lost contact with the lead pack and her chance of a medal. The 27-year-old fought back well to move back to fourth in 9:22.07 – the fastest time by an Australian at the Commonwealth Games.
Landing Australian shot put back on the map, 21-year-old Marley Raikiwasa (SA, Joe Riccio) made her senior debut with sixth place and a 16.13m showing, while Michal Burian (VIC, Dale Stevenson) claimed eighth place in the Men’s Discus Throw F42-44/61-64 with a 44.24m effort.
The athletics world is no closer to finding out who will be crowned the Commonwealth champion in the Men’s Mile as all the favourites progressed, including world record holder Josh Kerr (SCO) and the Australian trio of Cameron Myers (ACT, Dick Telford), Adam Spencer (VIC, Tomasz Lewandowski) and Oliver Hoare (NSW, Dathan Ritzenhein).
Myers won his heat in 3:53.85, but the first round wasn’t without drama for Hoare who was clipped from behind and forced to wait on his fate via protest, where he was advanced to the final.
“I got back up and kept competing because I’m representing my country and the defending champ,” Hoare said.
“At the end of the day, I wanted to get in on my own merit and to have the race go like that – it sucks,” Hoare said.
Australian record holder Sarah Billings (VIC, Nic Bideau) punched her ticket to Friday’s final in the second of three rounds of the Women’s 800m, piercing a gap down the back straight to finish in second place in 2:00.05 behind Georgia Hunter Bell (ENG) in 1:59.88.
Fresh off his 100m silver medal and Australian record on day two of competition, Lachlan Kennedy (QLD, Andrew Iselin) cruised through the 200m heats in 20.50 (+2.6), as Monique Hanlon (QLD, Luke Donatini) and Mia Gross (VIC, John Nicolosi) also marched on to the semi-finals when winning their heats in 23.12 (+1.6) and 23.21 (+1.5).
Nathan Jason (QLD, Vincent Jason) bowed out in the Men’s 100m T12 heats after a near miss in 11.23 (+2.2), while Sarah Carli (NSW, Abbie Taddeo) progressed to the Women’s 400m Hurdles final in 55.76-seconds.
Making his Commonwealth Games debut was Matthew Hunt (NSW, Ben Liddy), who defied an interrupted preparation to clock 50.33-seconds in the 400m hurdles when finishing in 12th place overall.
Wheelchair racer Mikaela Dingley (ACT, Fred Periac) is currently listed as the bronze medallist in the Women’s 1500m T54 following the disqualification of Nandini Sharma (CAN), but the event remains under appeal with an outcome expected on Thursday morning local time.
By Lachlan Moorhouse, Commonwealth Games Australia
Posted 29/7/2026
