“That was the highlight of the night for me, watching Elise Thorner go from bronze medal position into silver.” On the latest episode of our Game On podcast, we look back on last nights athletics action at the Commonwealth Games - including Thorner’s impressive 3000m steeplechase performance ⚡️ 🎙️ @euancrumley & @jasminecollett_ Watch the full episode 👉 youtu.be/BSpX-Hvt_p0?si=z4SL…

“When I crossed the line I was honestly in shock. I didn’t really know what happened!” Elise Thorner reflects on her silver medal winning race in the 3000m steeplechase in Glasgow ⚡️ Thorner ran a new personal best of 9:05.45 - just shy of Lizzie Bird’s British record of 9:04.35 🎙️ @jasminecollett_

Victory and a big PB for Elise Thorner in the 3000m steeplechase at the Sound Running Track Festival in Los Angeles as she clocks 9:07.39. Thorner won by 14 seconds and going into the rest of the summer she now has Lizzie Bird's UK record of 9:04.25 in her sights. Thorner and Bird are the only two Brits to break the 9:10 barrier in the women's 'chase.

We are sad to report that Mary Rand, one of Great Britain's greatest athletes, has sadly passed away at the age of 86. With long jump gold at the 1964 Olympics, Rand became the first British woman to top the podium in track and field at the Games. She held the long jump world record of 6.76m – set at the Olympics – for four years (between 1964 and 1968). Rand also claimed three medals (4x100m & pentathlon being the others) at Tokyo 1964.