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Four golds among today's medal haul at Games

02:41 am on 10 April 2018

It's been a golden night for New Zealand at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

Joelle King won gold in the women's squah singles and Paul Coll took out silver in the men's singles at the Commonwealth Games. Photo: Photosport

World Champion Tom Walsh won gold in the men's shot put to claim New Zealand's second medal of the track and field competition - beating the next closest by 20cm.

New Zealand weightlifter David Liti won a gold medal with a Commonwealth Games record total of 403kg combined for his snatch and clean and jerk.

Paraswimmer Sophie Pascoe won her second gold at the Commonwealth Games in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:18:09.

Joelle King has won a gold medal in squash, beating England's Sarah-Jane Perry in five games.

The world number four beat the world number eight 16-14, 11-8, 6-11, 11-13, 11-8. The bronze medal went to Wales' Tesni Evans.

It's the first time a New Zealander has won a singles gold medal in squash.

Paul Coll took the silver medal in the men's final, losing out to England's James Willstrop in three games, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6.

Para athlete Holly Robinson won silver in the women's javelin with a personal best throw of 43.32m.

She was beaten by her arch-rival, Paralympic champion Hollie Arnold of Wales, who broke her own world record with a throw of 44.43m.