Australia has finished top of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games medal tally with 178. That breaks down to 67 gold, 57 silver and 54 bronze – c’mon Aussie… We pipped out England on 176 medals (57 gold) and Canada with 92 (26 gold). Finishing off a triumphant outing was the Kookaburras – our men’s hockey team won gold against India with a dominant 7-0 performance overnight. That means the team has taken Commonwealth Games gold 7 straight times. The Diamonds were also on the winners’ list yesterday, taking out the netball against Jamaica 55-51. That racked up Australia’s 1,000th gold medal at the Comm Games level. The closing ceremony will feature Melissa Wu as Australia’s flagbearer – she’s 30yo, she’s been to 5 Commonwealth Games, and she won gold in the 10m women’s synchronised dive alongside 14-year-old Charli Petrov in Birmingham. Congrats, one and all…