1/15Always humble and just as happy for their sibling's success as their own, Cate Campbell and sister Bronte won hearts and gold medals – six of them, in fact. Photo: Getty
2/15Thirteen Paralympic medals (including three gold), seven world titles and 35 marathon victories – what more can be said about the determination and inspiration of Kurt Fearnley? Fearnley won one gold and two silver at these Games, his last international competition. Photo: Getty
3/15Arguably THE moment of the 2018 Games: Celia Sullohern, Madeline Hills and Eloise Wellings, of Australia, waited for final place-getter Lineo Chaka, of Lesotho, to cross the line in the women's 10,000m. Photo: Getty
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4/15Seven weeks ago Steele Von Hoff broke six vertebrae in his neck and back. Last Saturday he won the gold medal in the men's road race in cycling. Photo: Getty
5/15Imagine being just 16 and competing on the world stage. It didn't faze the ever-smiling Isis Holt, of Canberra, who took gold in the women's T35 100m sprint. Photo: Getty
6/15Shotput silver medalist Dame Valerie Adams, of New Zealand, greets daughter Kimoana after winning her medal. A two-time Olympic and three-time Commonwealth champion, Adams was competing only six months after giving birth. Photo: Getty
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7/15Five gold medals from five events – four of them individuals – made Queensland's Mitch Larkin Australia's most successful athlete at these Games. Photo: Getty
8/15If the Gold Coast Games had a cult figure, it may have been Daniel Repacholi. Living on a diet of pizzas and chicken parmas during the Games, Repacholi declared his shooting gold medal was 'f-----g awesome!' Photo: Getty
9/15Full of promise, but seemingly unable to fulfil it at big international events, Nina Kennedy banished a few of her demons in claiming bronze in the pole vault. And her reaction to her achievement was priceless. Photo: Getty
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10/15The backstory of the Games: 22-year-old Skye Nicolson who won gold in the 57kg women's boxing. Skye said she was inspired by the death of her medal-winning brother Jamie, also a boxer, who was killed in a car accident with younger brother Gavin in 1994. Photo: Getty
11/15If you've not seen the footage of Steven Kari, of Papua New Guinea, winning gold in the 94kg men's weightlifting, you missed a treat. Kari's medal was just the fifth Commonwealth gold in PNG's history. Photo: Getty
12/15With an infectious energy, gold medal-winning pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall may be about to become the poster boy for Australian athletics. Photo: Getty
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13/15Just 17 years old, swimmer Ariarne Titmus – aka 'Arnie' or 'The Terminator' – won three golds and a silver at the Games. One to watch out for at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Photo: Getty
14/15Aaron Wilson created more headlines for his 'tops-off' celebration than he did for winning the gold medal in the men's singles lawn bowls. Wilson says he was inspired by Australian official Kelvin Kerkow who did the same after winning gold at the 2006 Games in Melbourne. Photo: Getty
15/15The look when you've just won your country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal. Kyron McMcMaster, of the British Virgin Islands, wins the 400m hurdles. Photo: Getty
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