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CWG PHOTOS: Glamorous athlete of the Day!

Last updated on: August 04, 2014 08:09 IST

Image: Genevieve Lacaze, left, with her friends
Photographs: Courtesy: Genevieve Lacaze/Instagram

Yet another stunner from Australia is Genevieve Lacaze.

Genevieve who hails from Benowa wrote on her Facebook account after her event, “A bitter-sweet moment for me tonight. I went in ready to fight. A tough, messy but exciting race out there and gave it my all. Not quite a personal best but second fastest time I've run.

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CWG PHOTOS: Glamorous athlete of the Day!

Image: Genevieve Lacaze
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The 3000m Steeplechase turned out to be popular, all thanks to this 24 year old.

After falling at a hurdle and breaking her ankle in the 2013 Diamond League race in Birmingham, this beauty was almost at her best in Glasgow.

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Image: Genevieve Lacaze
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This London Olympian added, “Still a lot to learn from these big races and I know I'll get those talented Kenyans in time. It was a great race from Aussie Mad Heiner, big personal best and fourth place.

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CWG PHOTOS: Glamorous athlete of the Day!

Image: Genevieve Lacaze
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Having started running from the age of nine, she will only get stronger in experience. She also did not forget to thank her Australian fans who set the alarm and watched her race.

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England's Jessica Tappin set the temperatures soaring at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow.

The 24 year old is relatively a new name in heptathlon but her good looks have made her the most popular in the athletics arena.

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Jessica Tappin was selected to take the place of injured heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

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Image: Jessica Taylor and Jessica Tappin of England look on after the Women's Heptathlon 200 metres at Hampden Park during day six of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
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Loughborough College graduate Tappin recorded a personal best score of 5695 points to finish in sixth place while Jessica Taylor of England won a bronze medal.

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Australia’s Melissa Breen is busy turning heads away from the sporting arena at Glasgow.

The 24 year old is not only the fastest woman Down Under but also seems to bag top honours in the Oomph factor!

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Breen is a 100 metre and 200 metre athletics specialist and will be keen to rewrite record books in the Commonwealth games in Glasgow.

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CWG PHOTOS: Glamorous athlete of the Day!

Image: Melissa Breen
Photographs: Courtesy: Melissa Breen/Instagram

The sprinter from Canberra rewrote the record books with 11.11 seconds timings in women's 100 metres at the ACT championships this year.

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Image: Melissa Breen
Photographs: Courtesy: Melissa Breen/Instagram

Breen also represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in 100 metre event.

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Image: Michelle Jenneke stretches
Photographs: Courtesy: Michelle Jenneke/Instagram

Michelle Jenneke is an Australian hurdler and can easily pass as a model.

This beauty won a silver medal for the 100 m hurdles at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

But in July 2012 a video of Jenneke dancing during her pre-race warmup upped her fame. It was before the 100m hurdles race at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona went viral.

It received 19 million views and was featured on the American late night talk show, The Tonight Show.

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Recently, Jenneke was featured in a video-heavy mobile computing app on stretching techniques called ‘Stretch with Michelle Jenneke’.

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Image: Australia's Michelle Jenneke
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In January 2013 Jenneke was ranked tenth on AskMen.com's 99 Most Desirable Women 2013. She was one of the athletes featured in the 2013 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

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There would be interest in the glamorous female athletes of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

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They are talented and gorgeous and it’s no wonder these women are in the news.

Anna Flanagan was named Hockey's World Young Player of the Year in 2013. This sexy star is expected to create headlines at this tournament.

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The 22 year-old beauty also donned Scotland’s native kilt to promote the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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Image: Prabhjot Bajwa of India competes
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On Day 1 of the Games, we put India's Prabhjot Bajwa in spotlight.

This beauty from Punjab competed in the ribbon section of the Women’s Team Final and Individual qualification at SECC Precinct during Day one of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games on Thursday.