<p>"I'm a bit disappointed because I've been feeling good, I've been running good and I just didn't put the start together," Blake <a href="http://www.espn.com/commonwealth-games/story/_/id/23089339/akani-simbine-south-africa-commonwealth-games-men-100m-champion" target="_blank">said after the race</a>, expressing his disappointment. "I was all over the place."</p><div class="rm-embed embed-media">Simbine and Bruintjies' performance was a spectacular finish to an impressive day for South Africa, which won nine medals, bringing its total to 18. There was a gold rush at the pool in particular, as <strong>Chad Le Clos</strong>, <strong>Cameron van der Burgh</strong> and <strong>Tatjana Schoenmaker</strong> swam their way to victory.</div><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><br></div><div class="rm-embed embed-media">This year's Games, called the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018), are the <a href="https://www.gc2018.com/about" target="_blank">largest sporting event to be staged in Australia this decade</a>. Over ten days, athletes from 71 nations and territories will compete in 18 sports and seven para-sports.</div><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><span></span><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"></blockquote></div><p>The conclusion of day five brings us to the halfway point of the Games, with South Africa as the only African nation in the<a href="https://results.gc2018.com/en/all-sports/medal-standings.htm" target="_blank"> top ten medal standings</a>. Australia currently leads with 106 medals, with England's 63 medals in second, and India in third with 19 medals.</p><p><div class="dfp_atf-slot" data-not-loaded="true"></div><script type="text/javascript">
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