Commonwealth Games: Coll and King win gold, NZ falls short of volleyball bronze

Follow all the action as it happened as cyclist Aaron Gate picked up his fourth gold medal and Paul Coll and Joelle King secured New Zealand’s 19th gold of the Games.

Joelle King and Paul Coll of New Zealand celebrate winning the mixed squash doubles gold medal match at the University of Birmingham Hockey and Squash Centre on 8 August 2022.
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In the final day of action at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, New Zealand’s team of athletes took the chance to better a medal haul record already broken in this year’s competition.

This morning, New Zealand cyclist Aaron Gate picked up his fourth gold medal of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, winning the 160km road race in a sprint finish.

Gate won New Zealand’s 18th gold medal of the games, beating the previous record haul of 17 at the 1990 Auckland Games.

Following that, Paul Coll and Joelle King secured New Zealand’s 19th gold medal of the Games after closing out a controlled performance against England’s in the mixed squash doubles.

This morning, Nathan Brown and Luke Sipkes competed in the men’s 10m diving final medal event, finishing in 9th and 12th place respectively.

Later on, New Zealand’s women’s beach volleyball team of Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann fell short in the third and final set of the bronze medal final against Vanuatu.

Meanwhile, the Black Sticks beat Wales 2-1 in their fifth-and-sixth classification match to secure a fifth place standing in the men’s field hockey event.

Follow all the action as it happened: