Australian high jumpers Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers (née McDermott) have both advanced to the final with ease. Both stars cleared 1. 81m on their first attempt and will contest the final from 7. 17pm on Saturday (AEST). Patterson won the world title in Eugene last month, and Olyslagers claimed silver in last year's Tokyo Olympics. Sri Lankan athletes and officials have been forced to hand in their passports after two members of the country's Commonwealth Games team went missing. A judo athlete and team manager have not been seen since Monday and officials are concerned they do not want to return to Sri Lanka, which is being crippled by an economic crisis. While team officials have not confirmed the identity of the judo athlete, multiple publications have reported the competitor is Chamila Dilani Marappulige, who lost her event in the 48kg category on Monday. Sri Lanka's National Olympic Committee has contacted Birmingham police. Australian Matthew Ramsden finishes sixth in his 1500m heat and won't join compatriot Oliver Hoare in the decider. One of the top dogs in the event, Scotland's Jake Wightman, takes victory in the slow time of 3:48. 34. It follows Wightman's shock 1500m triumph at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene last month. Australia's Oliver Hoare wins heat one of the men's 1500m to book his ticket to the decider. Sat in second at the bell and led home a lead pack of six, five of whom secured automatic qualifier spots. Hoare clocked 3:37. 57, which is a cruise by his standards. Compatriot Matthew Ramsden is about to race. Australian Stewart McSweyn pulled out in the last 24 hours before the heats due to the flu. Australian Grace Brown has dominated the women's road time trial to secure her first Commonwealth Games gold medal. The race favourite clocked 40 minutes and 5. 2 seconds in Wolverhampton to become Australia's third female gold medallist in history, joining Anna Wilson (1998) and Oenone Wood (2006). Anna Henderson of England finished second and New Zealand's Georgia Williams third. Brown's Australian teammates, Georgia Baker and Sarah Roy, collected fourth and ninth respectively. Australia's netball team has slumped to a shock defeat in a mega blow to its Commonwealth Games campaign, falling to Jamaica in a heart-stopping pool match. Jamaica trailed by six goals at one point in the match, before fighting back in the final quarter to snare a 57-55 win. Never before had Jamaica beaten Australia in netball at the Commonwealth Games. The victory secured the top of pool A for Jamaica ahead of the Diamonds, who will meet either England or New Zealand in the semi-finals. The Commonwealth Games are renowned for tossing up quirky stories — and one regarding the premier of Niue is a cracker. Home to about 1800 people, Niue is a tiny island in the South Pacific Ocean located between Tonga, Samoa and the Cook Islands. The country's leader, Dalton Tagelagi, is at the Commonwealth Games to contest the lawn bowls. "Some of my close mates in bowls here know who I am. I try and hide," Tagelagi told Tom Decent of The Sydney Morning Herald . "I say to my friend 'you're the best man in this sport but I'm the top man in my country in politics'. We have a few jokes like that. " Tagelagi, who's been in government since 2008 and served as Nieu's premier since June 2020, grew up in Sydney. He's also a mad South Sydney Rabbitohs and New South Wales Blues supporter. As the cyclists prepare to hit the road, the Australian Diamonds are squaring off with Jamaica. The winner of this clash will advance to the semi-finals, before the bronze-medal showdown and gold-medal match await. Australia thumped Wales 79-33 in their last outing. .