Hoffman is the second-last rider in this final, and will be trying to beat his teammate Tayte Ryan, who remains in the gold medal position and is now guaranteed a medal, with this run.
Hoffman is already a gold medal-winning sprinter in these Games, but in this distance is a bit of an unknown. He’s off and racing.
He has exploded out of the blocks, as expected from this champion sprinter. Can he hold on in this last lap?
Leigh Hoffman has a Commonwealth Games record! He’s in the gold medal position!
Outrageous! It’s a 58.530 from Hoffman, and he has blown this final wide open! With one run to come, his position looks incredibly strong, the gold medal his to lose.
Tayte Ryan drops to silver, Thomas Cornish now out of the medals in fourth. One run left, England’s Joseph Truman. Can the Aussies hold on?
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