Joelle King

Paul Coll can get his party started but mixed doubles partner Joelle King's celebrations are on ice for another day.

Kinge said she and Coll “hadn’t had much opportunity to even practise doubles together’’ since the Gold Coast campaign, but felt their success was “testament to our New Zealand squash team and us as a partnership. A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. I told Joelle to look up there and it was just so sensational to see so many Kiwi supporters out here supporting us and celebrating like that for us. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. “It was a tough week for me last week,’’ she told Sky. “I’m proud to bounce back the way that I have. “The body’s a bit bruised and banged up, but I’ve got a rest now. You guys are the best.’’ “Twelve o’clock tomorrow, I’m back on that court with Amanda to try and win another one… If successful, King will join athletics’ Valerie Young as the only New Zealanders to win five Commonwealth golds. It was a real special moment for both of us in our careers.’’ “I was fist pumping and turned around and they were pumping it out.

Paul Coll and Joelle King have settled some scores with victory in the mixed doubles, some longer standing than others.

The pair eased into the women's gold medal match with a dominant display against Malaysia's Yiwen Chen and Ainaa Ampandi.

Newly-crowned men's singles champion Coll won his second gold of Birmingham 2022 as he and King, who clinched mixed doubles bronze at Gold Coast 2018, saw off ...

“So close to that gold is disappointing but there were a lot of good teams in there and we played well to get to that final.” So close to that gold is disappointing but there were a lot of good teams in there “So it’s not disappointing in that sense, but it is an opportunity missed.”

New Zealand's Joelle King and Paul Coll took gold in the mixed doubles squash here with an impressive straight games victory against English home favourites ...

There will be an all-English final in the men's doubles consisting of the Gold Coast 2018 silver and bronze medallists. King is ranked fifth in the Professional Squash Association women's world rankings and Coll second in the men's, and the pair underlined their dominance in the mixed doubles event, triumphing without dropping a game throughout the tournament. New Zealand's Joelle King and Paul Coll took gold in the mixed doubles squash here with an impressive straight games victory against English home favourites Alison Waters and Adrian Waller.

The pair took down England 2-0 to add another gold to New Zealand's historic medal tally in Birmingham.

"She's done this for years and [her rebounding after finishing fourth in the women's singles] is a true testament to her character and who she is as a person and how she prepares for playing for New Zealand." "Oohs" and "aahs" on English points along with chants of "come on England" didn't help the hometown team either although that wasn't to say New Zealand wasn't well represented in the stands with athletes, friends and family all in attendance for King's first final in Birmingham. King and Coll came into the final in dominating form, having not dropped a single game en route to the showpiece match against England's Alison Waters and Adrian Waller.

Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy have triumphed in straight games over England's Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters, winning New Zealand's 20th gold medal ...

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Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy have won the women's doubles squash final giving New Zealand its 20th gold medal of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in ...

"That's a hard one to answer but I guess a combination of both we'll say. "I think it's almost more satisfying than the first time around, there's so much more going on in my life now and it was a really hard road to get here but I had Joelle there the whole time so it was all worth it." "Especially when I stepped back on court the first time, it was a bit of a shock to the system so to get back out there and play to that level was great," Landers-Murphy said. "But when you're strong in the mind anything is possible and that's what I had to do this week because my body was not able but my mind was and the fighting spirit is what really got me through." "I've been through a lot in the last week to be here, people have no idea and it's my partners and all the rest of the squash team that have got me through." "It's been a very very tough week, like I said there's been a lot going on behind the scenes that people have no idea about.

Squash star Joelle King helped carry the New Zealand flag in the opening ceremony and she's helped win the country's final medal, a gold at the Commonwealth ...

"That's a hard one to answer but I guess a combination of both we'll say. "I think it's almost more satisfying than the first time around, there's so much more going on in my life now and it was a really hard road to get here but I had Joelle there the whole time so it was all worth it." "Especially when I stepped back on court the first time, it was a bit of a shock to the system so to get back out there and play to that level was great," Landers-Murphy said. "But when you're strong in the mind anything is possible and that's what I had to do this week because my body was not able but my mind was and the fighting spirit is what really got me through." "I've been through a lot in the last week to be here, people have no idea and it's my partners and all the rest of the squash team that have got me through." "It's been a very very tough week, like I said there's been a lot going on behind the scenes that people have no idea about.

Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy gave New Zealand a 20th and final gold medal in Birmingham after a tense battle with England.

England continued to claw their way back into the game, winning the next two points - including a monster rally that lasted over a minute - before New Zealand moved to gold medal ball at 10-7. The tense back-and-forth nature continued to start the second game with New Zealand jumping out to a 2-0 lead which England clawed back before the two nations traded points to 4-4. That saw the first game locked at 6-6 before England took their first lead of the match with an impressive power shot from Waters.