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The Games has drawn to a close as Birmingham ended its 12-day sporting extravaganza with a line-up of performances, including Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula and UB40 .
The Games has drawn to a close as Birmingham ended its 12-day sporting extravaganza with a line-up of performances, including Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula and UB40 .
Australia finished top of the medal standings at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games with 67 gold medals and 178 in total.
15 golds on the final day of athletics. eight have already been decided, including in the men's 4x100 metre relay. england were the defending champions and the team delivered, taking the gold ahead of nigeris and trinidad and tobago, anchored home by ojie edoburun. the women's team took silver with daryll neita not able to chase down a strong nigerian quartet in the home straight. elsewhere, england's matthew hudson smith won silver in the 400 metres, cindy sember bronze in the 100 hurdles. victoria 0huroghu and jodie williams came second and third in the women's 400. there was a dramatic fini...
Georgia Baker has capped off a brilliant games with victory in the 112km road race but a rival was none too impressed with the Australian team.