Having smashed Tasmania’s record for Commonwealth Games quantity, the state’s class of 2018 is now charged with doing the same for its quality.
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The 15 Tasmanian-born athletes set to compete at the Gold Coast is a massive 66.6 per cent (recurring) increase on the state's previous record representation, achieved at the last home Games in 2006.
The nine that made the trip across Bass Strait 12 years ago returned with enough medals to cause all sorts of problems at airport security.
Gold medals to hockey players Matthew Wells and Kim Walker and basketballer Hollie Grima, plus silvers to track cycling teammates Matthew Goss and Mark Jamieson and bronzes to boxer Luke Jackson and steeplechaser Donna MacFarlane
Keep up-to-date with our talented athletes as they go for gold at this year’s Commonwealth Games.