Eddie Nketia, Rohan Browning, Eleanor Patterson, Nicola Olyslagers in action as athletics begins; gymnasts go for more gold; swimmers back in the pool
I’m sure Australian gymnast Georgia Godwin is feeling it right now.
She competed in the women’s team final two days ago, winning gold alongside Breanna Scott, Emily Whitehead, Ruby Pass and Kate McDonald, and then placed fifth again in the individual all-around final yesterday.
Getting here was also an emotional journey. Remember, he injured his Achilles three months after the 2024 Paris Olympics and thought he would never be able to compete on the international stage again. Speaking to us in the mixed zone after the team’s victory, Godwin could not hold back his tears and said that the team’s gold medal was the biggest win of his career.
Today is the first match of the vault final for him. In this event, she finished third in the general classification with a total score of 13.350 – 0.400, behind Canadian Lia-Monica Fontaine, who came first with 13.750 points.
Godwin is the reigning Commonwealth champion in this event, but could not quite nail her vault in the individual all-around yesterday, performing half a turn less than she had intended. If she can pull it off today, she should have the chance to add to the nine Commonwealth Games medals she already has.
