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Commonwealth Games: Live coverage of Day 8 from Glasgow

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VideoAustralian cyclists Felicity Wilson-Haffenden and Sophie Edwards were disqualified from the cycling.

Just how many medals can our Australia track-and-field & cycling stars add to the already massive tally in Glasgow?

Nina Kennedy is looking to break the five-metre mark in the pole vault while Lachlan Kennedy will be back on the track for the 200m final.

Stay across all the news and developments below from late afternoon (WA time)!

Torrie Lewis in the women’s 200m final

She’ll be in lane seven and looking to get Australia’s first 200m medal since 2002.

Silver and bronze in the T38 long jump

Layla Sharp got so close to taking gold with her final leap of 5.06m, finishing just behind Wales’ Olivia Breen in 5.09m

Ayla Kowalczyk took bronze with 4.71m on a countback to add to Australia’s growing athletics haul.

Lachie Kennedy takes sixth

He burst out of the blocks but got swallowed up in the final stretch.

Tough draw on the tight inside lane as South Africa’s Dambile claims gold in a canter, having been the fastest qualifier in 19.96

Kennedy crossed the line in 20.41

“I knew if I wanted to win I had to risk it, that bend is brutal, it;s so tight,” he says.

“I’m gassed I just didn’t have enough left in the tank.

“I would have like to have run a bit faster but I’m not the best of lane one.”

Here we go, men’s 200m final

Lachie Kennedy in lane 1.

Kennedy misses out on gold

She has to settle for silver as the blustery conditions proved brutal for all the vaulters, but she couldn’t clear 4.70, which is well below her PB, to show how tough it was.

McCartney will take gold on countback after clearing 4.65m on her first attempt in a brilliant result.

Kennedy still with a smile as she left the mat.

Greentree secures gold medal bout

Emma-Sue becomes the third Australian boxer to secure a gold medal bout in a split decision over England’s Smith.

She takes the scorecards 3-2 in what was a close bout, but no doubt the Australian landed the cleaner strikes across the final round.

Kennedy under pressure

She misses her first jump at 4.65 which McCartney clears in her first attempt to take the lead.

Kennedy clears it on a second attempt.

Billings takes Bronze!

She is pipped on the line for silver by Kenyan World Champion Odira.

She moved up the field after a slow first lap and put on an early charge, which Englishwoman Georgia Hunter Bell was able to kick away from.

She misses out on silver by 0.03 seconds, but she doesn’t seem to mind as she becomes Australia’s first medal winner in this event since 1990.

“I’m speechless. I made a move on the front straight to try and get myself in a good position, and I’m so proud I made that move,” she says.

“I had no legs left at the end, but I held on and to be on the podium is unbelievable.

“I’m so proud of what I’ve been able to do and ignore the pressure and be able to perform.”

Women’s 800m final up

Sarah Billings hoping to get Australia’s first medal in this event in nearly 40 years.

Kennedy secures medal

We’re down to the final three and Kennedy has only jumped once.

She’ll get at least a bronze but will be aiming for the top but New Zealand’s Eliza McCartney is also looking strong.

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