Australia rediscovered its winning sensation on day nine of the Commonwealth Games when Kurtis Marschall successfully defended his gold medal in the men's pole vault to conclude a day in which the nation added nine gold medals to its tally.
Marschall teamed up with the great Steve Hooker, the man who inspired him to take up the sport, to win back-to-back pole vault titles after topping 5.70m to beat the English duo of Adam Hague and Harry Coppell.
Jemima Montag kicked off the Australian push in the 10K walk, attributing her resilience to genetics she inherited from her grandmother Judith, a holocaust survivor. A gold medalist in the 20km walk on the Gold Coast four years ago, she put in a title-winning performance in a confined track and 10km race on Saturday.
Montag wears a gold bracelet in honour of his grandmother, who died shortly before the Tokyo Olympics last year. With an aunt, he went through his old love letters after the Tokyo Olympics and translated them to piece together more of his grandmother's advanced.
In some letters and diary entries, she wrote about just trying to get through the next hour and the next day, and [to] find her dad at the door with a piece of bread
Commonwealth Games, the diving champion added another unique flourish to her resume as she teamed up with 14-year-old Charli Petrov, a 14-year-old half Wu's age, to win gold in the platform event.
10m synchronized Maddison Keeney and Anabelle Smith also performed wonderfully, twisting, turning, and landing their dives perfectly to beat a talented field in the 3m synchronized springboard.
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