https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/sport/cam-mcevoy-stars-on-golden-night-for-australia-at-glasgow/news-story/f8c678a8c22f3135f70947c545400ec9KidsNewsen2026-07-29T08:50:00+10:00Silver bullet: Lachie Kennedy’s ARrunner-up.Flynn Southam,’s 10,high jump final,the balance beam,the 28th gold medal,the parallel bars,his country,’s silver medal,13.933,his first defeat,’s swim team,the gold medal,his nerve,’s 100 metres,score,’s AR,AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena Flynn Southam,Picture,AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena WATCH THE VIDEO Lachie Kennedy,Lani Pallister,just 0.02 seconds,the fastest man,out-touching South African Aimee Canny,wins,09.62.The mixed medley relay team,the tone,the national record,000m,'round competition,the apparatus,this time,bronze,Southam,the first medal,the pouring rain,2,AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena Kennedy,half a body length,a day,Quinn Rooney/Getty Images Australia,total.Ky Robinson,21,the pike position,their half century,Erika Fairweather,a score,the swimmers,Mattia Ozbot/Getty 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state,greater powers,English,other people,supplied Minister Hoenig,Reading levels,cat containment* measureshttps://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/256c2e3a6230eb33d9104708a6910432https://origin.kidsnews.com.au/history/australias-last-surviving-kokoda-veteran-passes-away-aged-102/news-story/358d36c584fddb423f96b7bbc67c5b28KidsNewsen2026-07-27T18:30:00+10:00Last Kokoda veteran rememberedPapua New Guinea,the “fuzzy wuzzy angels,the Pacific,the day,Reginald Chard,their time,a series,his knowledge,Picture,Last Kokoda veteran,malaria*,our mainland,a life,18,WWII,Kokoda,Craig Wilson “Reg Chard,Mr Chard,'Dick” Whittington,their home,all night,our deepest condolences,the freedom,Sydney,all the guys,his brother-in-law,the Pacific.His eldest son,the young men,the experiences,Chard,the 55th/53rd Battalion,her tour,their two children.Yet,’s mountains,My father,Reginald “Reg” Chard OAM –,his wife Betty,Port Moresby,Villawood, Sydney,Their story,The pouring,his beloved Betty,people,Reg,a lot,his 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