Aussie decathlete has worst start ever

All the highlights from day four of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Australia's Jake Stein is disqualified after a second false start in the decathlon 100m. Source: Getty Images

WELCOME to our live coverage of Day 5 of the Commonwealth Games.

Stay with us for updates throughout the day's action. Latest updates are on top and all times are AEST.

Laetisha Scanlan has defended her Commonwealth gold. Picture: Michael Klein Source: News Corp Australia

1am - SCANLAN MAKES IT DOUBLE GOLD AT THE RANGE

AUSTRALIA has already eclipsed its Delhi shooting haul after Victorian shooter Laetisha Scanlan defended her 2010 Commonwealth gold.

The single trap shooter has been the dominant shooter in her discipline but only survived in the semi-final with a sudden-death shoot-off.

The sales rep and journalism graduate, 24, is the fourth gold medallist in Carnoustie after only three in Delhi and seven total medals.

Australian champions Michael Diamond and Adam Vella are still to shoot tomorrow in the trap event.

Australia's Jodie Kenny in action against England. Source: AP

12.30am - HOCKEYROOS BEAT POMS WITH ANOTHER SHUTOUT

WITH Prince Edward watching from the stands, Australian super-swiper Jodie Kenny has handed in another royal performance for the Hockeyroos.

Kenny has bagged nine goals in four games including two as Australia beat England 3-0 in a spirited women's hockey match.

Kenny has spent years refining the subtle skill of drag-flicking and suddenly all the effort is worthwhile.

Australia took its for-and-against to 25-0 from four games and it seems no-one can crack the green and gold defensive wall that scrambled well under pressure yesterday.

Zoe Buckman leads the field during the heat of the 1500m in which she eventually finished sixth. Source: Getty Images

11.40pm - BUCKMAN BOMBS OUT AFTER APPEAL FAILS

ZOE Buckman is out of the Commonwealth Games after an appeal to get reinstated into the 1500m final failed, Scott Gullan writes.

Australia's leading medal hope spectacularly bombed in the heat, finishing sixth, but lodged a protest after being hampered at the bell by another runner.

Buckman stumbled and almost fell when she was grabbed on the arm by Kenyan Selah Busienei but after a 30-minute deliberation the IAAF race jury threw out her appeal.

While it brought Buckman undone, the fast opening heat carried her two Australian teammates, Melissa Duncan and Kaila McKnight, into the final as fastest qualfiers.

ATHS WRAP: BUCKMAN OUT, SOLOMON THROUGH

NSW shooter Warren Potent has won his first Commonwealth Games gold. . Source: News Limited

11.20pm — POTENT FIRES TO FIRST GAMES GOLD

FOUR-time Olympian Warren Potent last night snatched his first Commonwealth Games gold in the 50m prone rifle competition, Jon Ralph writes.

The 52-year-old three-time Australian shooter of the year had won Beijing bronze but Commonwealth gold had eluded him despite three attempts.

But the NSW shooter held off India's eight-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Gagan Narang in a nail-biting gold medal shoot-off.

Potent had a 1.6 point lead with two of 20 shots left but Narang's 10.8 point shot to Potent's 9.8 set up a thrilling finish.

The Australian nailed his final shot with a 10.3 to Narang's 10.2, adding to his two bronze and one silver from Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne and Delhi.

Earlier, NSW truck driver Daniel Repacholi added to his gold medal in the 10m air pistol with bronze in the 50m pistol.

Australia's Zoe Buckman (right) needs an appeal to get up after bombing out in the 1500m heats. Source: Getty Images

10.30pm — BUCKMAN APPEAL PENDING AFTER 1500m EXIT

THE fate of one of Australia's best medal hopes Zoe Buckman rests in the hands of an appeal after she spectacularly bombed in the heats of the 1500m, Scott Gullan writes.

The 25-year-old Victorian compounded after almost falling with a lap to go and Australian team management are praying for a miracle from the judges.

She admitted after the race that she'd been spooked by the first 1500m heat which had been run in a fast time and had let that dictate the way she ran her own race.

Buckman went to the lead, desperate to keep a spot at the front given the first four were automatic qualifiers, but spent too much gas with the incident on the bell effectively ending her chances.

She faded badly over the final 200m, finishing sixth in 4min11.56sec — more than six seconds outside the personal best which she'd improved again in May in Eugene, Oregon.

10.10pm — WEIGHTLIFTER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT

A PAPUA New Guinean competing at the Games is due to appear in court charged with sexually assaulting a man, the BBC reports.

Weightlifter Toua Udia, 22, who finished ninth in the men's 77kg category, was arrested by police in the east end of Glasgow on 21 July.

He denied a sex attack charge over an incident involving another man in a toilet at a Tesco supermarket on Dalmarnock Road, near the Athletes' Village.

10pm — TINKERING DIAMONDS GET JOB DONE

AUSTRALIA'S intriguing Tegan Caldwell experiment continues, as the Diamonds again tinkered with their attacking set-up while mowing down another rival, Jon Ralph writes.

The Diamonds effortlessly beat Trinidad and Tobago 69-34 but with one more pool game before the semi-finals they are no closer to choosing a finals goal attack.

Veteran Nat Medhurst, a controversial Glasgow selection given a quiet ANZ Championship this year, was the saviour against England when Caldwell was subbed off early.

But Caldwell has started in three of four games as coach Lisa Alexander deliberately tries to find "unpredictability" leading into a likely semi-final against Jamaica.

She shot 17 of 20 goals in another impressive display as 188cm goal shooter Caitlin Thwaites was also handed a start until half-time.

Australia's Jake Stein holds his head in his hands after being disqualified from the decathlon 100m after two false starts. Source: Getty Images

8pm — AUSSIE DECATHLETE FAILS TO GET OUT OF BLOCKS

AUSSIE medal hope Jake Stein has described his embarrassing double false-start in the opening event of the decathlon as a "schoolboy error", Scott Gullan writes.

In a farcical turn of events, the 20-year-old from Sydney blew any chance of getting on the podium just a couple of minutes into the first of 10 events.

While the 100m sprinters are kicked out after one false start, the decathletes are given another chance but even with that Stein still blew it.

"It's schoolboy errors really, you learnt to start when you are seven or eight and I forgot how to do it today," he said.

MORE: DECATHLETE'S DISMAY AT 'SCHOOLBOY ERROR'

Australia's Trent Mitton scores his team's second goal against South Africa. Source: AFP

7.40pm — KOOKABURRA SCORES GOAL FOR THE AGES

A THIRD-generation Kookaburra provided a goal for the ages as Australia beat South Africa 6-0 in the men's hockey, Robert Craddock writes.

Perth 23-year-old Trent Mitton scored a breathtaking first half goal when he passed the ball through his legs on the run with a South African defender on his tail, regathered, reserved his stick and slammed the ball wide right into the goal.

It was the second of two goals he scored in the first half and about the closest hockey can get to those mesmerical soccer moments where player's feet somehow morph into magic wands.

South Africa are the only team to beat the Australian men since the Commonwealth Games introduced hockey to its program in Malaysia in 1998 but this time there wasn't the slightest sniff of an upset.

MORE: HOCKEY BLOKES THRASH SOUTH AFRICANS

James Magnussen after his 50m free heat. Source: Getty Images

SWIMMING HEATS WRAP

JAMES Magnussen survived his 50m freestyle heats and a mixed zone gatecrasher from Jamaica as the 100m champion spoke with Australian media, Todd Balym writes.

Magnussen was discussing his 22.33s heat swim to place fourth through to the semi-finals when Jevon Atkinson (20th, 23.55s) called out the Australian from across the room and then stood at his side making jokes to the press.

It was a lighthearted moment that Magnussen handled with a smile considering he'd never met his comedic friend.

Cameron McEvoy set the early pace to top the morning time sheets in 22.04 seconds while

fellow Australian Matt Abood was second in 22.09s.

Emily Seebohm qualified second fastest for the 50m backstroke semi-finals with a time of 28.03s, with Madi Wilson fifth in 28.60s and 200m champion Belinda Hocking eighth in 29.01s.

Commonwealth 100m backstroke champion Mitch Larkin set himself up to make it a golden double by qualifying fastest for the 200m final in 1:57.44.

It could be another sweep for Australia tonight with Matson Lawson second quickest in 1:57.79 and Josh Beaver fourth fastest in 1:58.34.

Swim team rookie Maddie Groves set the pace in the 200m butterfly heats, qualifying fastest in 2:08.51 with teammate Ellen Gandy fifth in 2:09.96.

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