University community excels at Commonwealth Games
³ÉÈË´óƬ students and alumni struck gold with outstanding performances at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Leading the way were cyclists Maeve Plouffe and Sophie Edwards, who were part of the record-breaking Women’s 4000m Team Pursuit team.
The Australian quartet set a new Commonwealth record in the final with a time of 4:12.234 to take gold ahead of New Zealand.
Maeve added a silver medal to her collection in the Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit, finishing second to New Zealand’s Bryony Botha in the gold medal final.
In women’s rugby 7s, former ³ÉÈË´óƬ Roma’s players Demi Hayes and Lily Dick were part of the gold-medal winning Australian team.
The Australians defeated Fiji 22-12 in the final.
Another alumnus, Paul Burnett, combined with Chris McHugh to win the men’s beach volleyball event.
The pair survived a three-set thriller to prevail 17-21, 21-17, 20-18 against Canadian duo Sam Schachter and Daniel Dearing.
Nikita Hains delivered a couple of impressive efforts in her two diving events, finishing sixth in the women’s synchronised 10m platform with Emily Boyd, and eighth in the women’s 10m platform.
Matthew Northcott was a guide for Jake Fehlberg in the Para lawn bowls, with the pair narrowly going down to England in the bronze medal playoff.
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