Chelsea Pitman wants to stay at Thunderbirds after making Adelaide a happy home

ADELAIDE Thunderbirds vice-captain Chelsea Pitman’s days as a journeywoman are behind her and she wants to stay with the club beyond this season.

Pitman is hoping Tania Obst, who will coach the side for the next three years, will offer her a new contract and she believes she has “done enough” to warrant another deal.

But her focus is on the final three rounds, starting with Sunshine Coast Lightning in Mile End on Sunday, and getting that elusive first win for the season.

“I’m a Thunderbird and that is where my heart is, I truly believe that and I want to be in the pink dress,” Pitman said.

“Adelaide is home for me. It has been a tough two years because I like winning, everyone likes winning.

Kershaw scores in World Cup warm-up

TOWNSVILLE Hockeyroo Stephanie Kershaw has warmed up for the upcoming women’s hockey World Cup in style by scoring in Australia’s 3-0 practice match win over India in London yesterday.

The 23-year-old opened the scoring late in the first quarter, before second quarter goals from Grace Stewart and captain Emily Smith secured the victory.

After missing the 2016 Olympics through a serious knee injury, Kershaw has established herself as a key member of the Hockeyroos midfield.

She helped Australia to a silver medal at this year’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, where they lost to New Zealand in the final.

Tamsyn Moana-Veale's triathlon world ranking rises

A CONSISTENT season of racing is paying off for Bathurst’s Tamsyn Moana-Veale as she now ranks in the world’s top 50 female triathletes.

Since turning professional in 2011, Moana-Veale has had her share of injury setbacks, but being fit and healthy this year has led to good results.

Over the weekend in the Tiszaujvarous, Hungry, round of the International Triathlon Union’s World Cup, Moana-Veale made it through to the elite women’s final and placed sixth.

”Another race, another sprint finish – sixth at Tiszy World Cup, my highest World Cup finish this year,” she said. “Happy with that and got some things to work on.”

Clancy/Artacho del Solar Win Espinho Gold

In women’s action, Australians Taliqua Clancy/Mariafe Artacho del Solar claimed gold after wins over Americans Sara Hughes/Summer Ross (15-21, 21-15, 15-8) and Brazilians Maria Antonelli/Carol Solberg Salgado (23-21, 21-17).

The gold was the first for Clancy/Artacho del Solar since winning the Lucerne Three Star on May 13 and marked the pair’s fourth podium finish in 2018, including a bronze at the Xiamen Four Star (April 22) and silver at the Commonwealth Games (April 12).

Hills takes out 10km run at Gold Coast Marathon

Commonwealth Games and Olympian Madeline Hills dominated in the women's Southern Cross University 10km Run this morning as part of the Gold Coast Marathon weekend.

The 31-year-old finished the in 32:35, 18 seconds outside the race record and 14 seconds from her road PB.

Her time has only been bettered by record holder Lisa Jane Weightman (32:17) in 2012.

After the race, Hills said she applied some unusual race tactics.

“Today I didn’t run the 10km a normal way," she said.

"I ran a hard 5km, stopped for a second and then just ran home. Spectators at the 5km probably thought it was a bit strange when I stopped my watch and pulled off to the side for a second.

Hills and Mitchell set to go head to head

Commonwealth Games long distances runners Madeline Hills and Victoria Mitchell head the seeds heading into this weekends Southern Cross University 10km Run.

The 10km run, which is part of the Gold Coast Marathon race weekend, will see Hills and Mitchell compete for the AUD $1,000 prize money.

Hills finished eighth in the 10,000m final at the Commonwealth Games in April before taking a break to recover and recharge her body.

“I took a decent holiday after the Commonwealth Games including a few weeks off running completely," she said.

“Usually this time of year I am competing overseas but, with no major championships now for the remainder of the year, I have the opportunity to do some fun runs and cross country races in Australia," Hills said.

Over the past couple of weeks, Hills has competed in races across Australia including a mile in Perth then the Victorian cross country championships

Kershaw named for World Cup

TOWNSVILLE’s Stephanie Kershaw has been named in the Australian Hockeyroos World Cup squad.

Kershaw was named in a 18-player squad to compete at nezt month’s championships in London.

Kershaw won silver with the Hockeyroos at this year’s Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and was part of the Hockeyroos’ squad which emerged victorious at the recent Tri-Nations series in New Zealand.

Kershaw’s slection further cements her place in the Hockeyroos’ new generation of players who will likely play at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Mariafe Artacho del Solar will be busy concentrating on winning medals in Europe during the FIVB world tour season

PERUVIAN-born Australian beach volleyball star Mariafe Artacho del Solar’s heart will be torn in two when Peru meets the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup in Russia tonight.

Although Artacho del Solar, 24, will be busy competing in the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball world tour, she has kept a keen eye on the World Cup.

It’s little wonder, as her dad Oscar Artacho was a Peruvian soccer international and her grandfather, Argentinian-born Oscar Artacho was one of Peru’s most famous soccer commentators.

Tamsyn Moana-Veale sprints to her maiden Bundesliga win

IT came down to a final sprint to the tape, but Bathurst triathlon star Tamsyn Moana-Veale had the speed when it mattered to pick up the first Bundesliga win of her career on Saturday.

She out-sprinted Hungarian Zsófia Kovács – a woman who competed at the Rio Olympic Games – to take the honours.

“Got it. Sprint finish ... to claim my first Bundesliga win,” Moana-Veale said.

“This year I'm focusing on World Cup racing, with some French Grand Prix and Bundesliga races as well as building towards WTS racing and aiming for Tokyo 2020 under the guidance of Danielle Stefano.”

Edmondson in 3rd

Australia's Annette Edmondson is in third place after the first stage of the AMGEN Tour of California.

Riding for Wiggle High 5, Edmondson finished six seconds behind the pace of American Kendall Ryan after the 124km stage.

Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar win World Gold

AUSTRALIANS Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have followed up their Commonwealth Games silver medal with gold at the beach volleyball World Tour event in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The number one seeds defeated Chinese third seeds Fan Wang and Xinyi Xia 21-12 21-18 in a dominant performance.

“We are really excited. This is the third gold and it is exciting for us how we can keep growing our game as a new team,” Artacho said on Tuesday. The gold medal is the duo’s third world tour gold since teaming up in October.

Reynolds picked for BMX world stage

Dual Olympian Lauren Reynolds has been named in the 17-rider elite squad to represent Australia at the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan next month.

The 26-year-old Bunbury rider said she was excited to be back racing in the green and gold.

“I’ve been racing in the elite classes at the world championships since 2010 and I am very excited to be selected again,” she said.

Kershaw goes for gold

TOWNSVILLE Hockeyroo Stephanie Kershaw is up for gold medal contention along with her Kookaburra boyfriend Tom Craig.

Midfielder Kershaw helped the Hockeyroos progress through to the gold medal final after they beat India in a tight 1-0 “grind” on Thursday night.

“It’s unbelievable, everyone is very excited in camp,” Kershaw said.

“We managed to grind out the game.”

Australia win gold , silver in beach volleyball

Australia have taken out the men's beach volleyball gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and a silver in the women's competition.

Chris McHugh and Damien Schumann beat Canada's Samuel Pedlow and Sam Schachter in a three-set thriller, 21-19 18-21 18-16, while Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar just couldn't handle the class of world No.1 duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Peredis to go down 21-19 22-20.

The matches took place in front of a pumping crowd at Coolangatta Beach on the Gold Coast.

"A bit of Aussie sportsmanship" : Three distance runners wait on track for final 10k finisher

The most memorable moment of the women’s 10,000-meter race at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games on Monday may have arrived not with the first finisher, but with the last.

In a moving display of sportsmanship, the three Australian women who had long preceded Lineo Chaka across the finish line in Carrara, Australia, stopped, turned around and waited — and waited — as Chaka finished her final three laps.

“I just love racing with those two girls — they’re such classy athletes,” Celia Sullohern, who finished sixth in 31:50.75, told Australia’s Herald Sun, speaking of her teammates. “I think that’s the strength of Australian distance running particularly. We’re there for each other and we’re all out there having a go.

“It was lovely to stand there and show what I hope was a bit of Aussie sportsmanship.”

Scotland’s Beth Potter, the next-to-last finisher in the field of 19, had crossed the line more than three minutes before Chaka, who was representing the African nation of Lesotho, entered the home stretch of the final lap. Sullohern, Madeline Hills (eighth in 32:01.04) and Eloise Wellings (16th in 32:51.47) had all crossed the finish line minutes earlier, beaten by Uganda’s Stella Chesang (31:45.30).

Illawarra runner Madeline Hills heartwarming gesture to Commonwealth Games 10,000m race opponent

Australia’s relationship with sportsmanship took an upswing at the Commonwealth Games on Monday night.

Australia’s three 10,000m runners – the Illawarra’s Madeline Hills, Eloise Wellings and Celia Sullohern  – provided one of “the moments” of the games at Cararra Stadium.

With the near-capacity crowd cheering her on, the three Aussies – the only athletes remaining on the track – cheered home Lineo Chaka, representing the southern African nation of Lesotho.

Sharing Commonwealth Games success with family special for Amy Cure

Getting to share her Commonwealth Games success with family and friends made Amy Cure’s achievements on the Gold Coast just that little bit more special.

Speaking to Fairfax Media on Monday, the day after she completed her golden double by crossing the finish line first in Sunday’s 10km scratch race, she admitted those post-race moments with her mother Delwyn and sister Sarah were the ones she would saviour.

“It is all crazy, and I don’t think it has all really sunk in just yet,’’ said West Pine’s Cure, who was also part of Australia’s winning team pursuit line-up on Thursday.

“It is so nice to not only win these golds, but to have my family here as well does mean the world. 

Amy Cure's rolled gold double in Commonwealth Games cycling

UPDATED: Tasmania’s Amy Cure has won Australia’s ninth track cycling Commonwealth gold, the Penguin girl prevailing in a perfectly executed 10km scratch race.

Cure benefited from teammates Ashlee Ankudinoff and Annette Edmondson in the final few laps, edging ahead of Scottish pair Katie Archibald and Neah Evans on the final lap.

It is Cure’s second gold, following her opening night team pursuit title on Thursday.

The win also means Tasmania has exceeded its record gold medal haul at a Commonwealth Games.

Amy Cure wins her second gold of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games

Amy Cure collected her second gold medal of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games after winning the women’s 10km scratch race at the Anna Meares Velodrome on Sunday night.

It was an upgrade of sorts for the West Pine cycling star, who won silver in the event four years ago at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

“It was amazing,’’ Cure told Channel Seven post-race.

Amy Cure collects Commonwealth Games gold as part of Australia's team pursuit line-up

Amy Cure has added the title of Commonwealth Games champion to her impressive cycling CV after being part of Australia’s Women’s Team Pursuit gold medal winning line-up on Thursday.

Cure, along with Alexandra Manly, Annette Edmondson and Ashlee Ankudinoff, clocked a new Games record time of four minutes 15.214 seconds to defeat New Zealand in the final at the Anna Meares Velodrome.