Cyclists triumph after teammates disqualified


Georgia Baker with her gold medal in the Women's 10Km Scratch Race Final. Photo: AAP
Cyclists Georgia Baker and Ollie Bleddyn have claimed two more gold medals for Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after teammates Felicity Wilson-Haffenden and Sophie Edwards were disqualified from the 4000m individual pursuit for equipment issues.
Baker won her second gold of the Games in the women’s 10km scratch race.
She joins Anna Meares as the only Australian cyclists to win five Commonwealth Games golds.
Australia also swept the podium in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit with Oliver Bleddyn winning gold in a Games record time of 4:03.898 ahead of Conor Leahy who took silver and James Moriarty who claimed bronze.

Conor Leahy (silver), Oliver Bleddyn (gold) and James Moriarty (bronze) after a clean sweep of the podium in the Men’s 4000M Individual Pursuit Finals. Photo: AAP
Wilson-Haffenden was set to race for bronze after qualifying fourth fastest against Scotland’s Erin Boothman.
However she was disqualified for breaching cycling’s strict rules around clothing.
Her shoulder strapping was judged as giving her an unfair advantage through “morphological change”.
Edwards didn’t make the final but was judged to have excessive padding in her helmet.
Former Australian cyclist Kate Bates told 7News, “I am livid, I’m heartbroken for Sophie and for Felicity. Felicity in particular racing for a medal in her first Commonwealth Games.”

Felicity Wilson-Haffenden was disqualified for breaching clothing rules. Photo: AAP
The Australian judoka Josh Katz cried on the shoulder of his coach and older brother Nathan after his campaign in Glasgow ended just shy of gold.
The 28-year-old lost the men’s -60kg final on Saturday morning after India’s Harsh Singh nailed a waza-ari throw in the final minute of their bout.
Katz took silver ahead of teammate Pedro Antun Neto, who beat Botswana’s Tumiso Phuthego via ippon for bronze.

India’s Harsh Singh, left, and Australia’s Joshua Katz compete in the men’s 60kg judo gold medal match. Photo: AAP
Katz wasn’t the only Australian to suffer heartbreak in Glasgow, with defending 2022 champion Tinka Easton and Games debutant Vas Middleton falling short of the podium.
Paris Olympian Katz was out to win gold with his brother after both siblings claimed bronze medals in 2022.
Josh Katz took men’s -60kg bronze at the Birmingham Games, where older brother Nathan, now aged 31, finished third in the -66kg event.
“A bit gutted,” an emotional Josh Katz said after the final, having recorded three earlier wins in Glasgow.
“I felt really good today and super confident that I could win gold.
“Coming off straight away after losing a final that I felt like I could win, it hurts, for sure.
“You know you got to wait a really long time (to fight for gold again), maybe never.
“I don’t know how many more opportunities I’m going to have.”
-with AAP
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