World Document Lifts Aussies To High Of Commonwealth Games Para Medal Desk

Tara Neyland has smashed the world report within the girls’s 1000 metres time trial C4-5 to win one in all Australia’s ultimate gold medals of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. 

Neyland’s win catapulted Australia to the highest of the Para sport part of the Games medal tally with 12 gold medals, forward of England, which completed with 11. 

Neyland was monitoring marginally behind England’s Kadeena Cox for the primary half of the kilometre-long race, however stormed residence within the ultimate lap to register the unprecedented time of 1.09.667.

Fellow Aussie Erin Normoyle took residence the bronze medal. Neyland earlier gained gold within the 4000 metres particular person pursuit C4-5.  

Neyland gained three gold medals on the Track World Championships in Brazil final 12 months, however she is but to characterize Australia on the Paralympic Games.  

Two-time Paralympian Gordon Allan got here fourth within the males’s 3000 metres particular person pursuit C1-C3. 

Dual gold medals within the non-Paralympic Para bowls girls’s and males’s pairs B6-8, respectively, lifted Australia’s Para sport haul, which additionally included 10 silver and 14 bronze. England completed with 11 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze. Scotland got here third with eight gold, three silver and three bronze. Ten international locations gained Para sport gold medals on the Games.  

Overall, Australia claimed 70 gold and 171 medals in complete to complete comfortably forward of England on 29 gold and 110 medals.