Commonwealth Games quick hits: Prince George looks bored, Australian sprinter gets a shock
Day nine of the Commonwealth Games featured a surprise family visit for sprinter Chloe Mannix-Power and a netball upset by Jamaica. Meanwhile, the British royal family attended several events, with Prince George appearing disinterested during cycling.
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Prince George at the cycling, Jamaica celebrates, and sprinter Chloe Mannix-Power gets a surprise. ( Getty Images/ABC Sport )
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Here are the quick hits from day nine of the Commonwealth Games.
Chloe Mannix-Power (right) had some fans she was not expecting to see in the stands. ( Reuters: Phil Noble )
Chloe Mannix-Power somewhat controversially missed out on an individual 100-metre berth at these Games, but hit the track for the first time in the women's 4x100m heats.
In the moments after she and teammates Ebony Lane, Monique Hanlon and Georgia Harris made it through to the women's 4x100m final, Mannix-Power looked up into the stands and received quite a shock.
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