The Paris Olympics bronze medallist adds another Commonwealth gold medal to his Birmingham 2022 triumph, after taking hammer throw silver on his Games debut at Gold Coast 2018. Australia's Matt Denny has successfully defended his Commonwealth crown in the men's discus. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)The last man to successfully defend a Commonwealth discus title was South Africa's Fanie du Plessis, who won in 1954 and 1958. Denny, who sits second on the all-time men's discus list with the throw of 74.25m he achieved in 2025, led another medal-laden session for the Australian team on Saturday. Kennedy's silver was Australia's first Commonwealth men's sprint medal since 1962.