THIS year has seen the return of the Commonwealth Games which were hosted in Birmingham. 

Lots of amazing athletes gave it everything they had, with some coming out with outstanding triumphs. 

As the games come to an end today, we wanted to highlight some of Cumbria's top athletes who took part this year. 

There are a number of competitors from our county who truly put on a spectacle for us thus year and we wanted to look back on some of the top accomplishments. 

The games have been a major success for the Scotby athlete Nick Miller who came away with a gold medal. 

The sporting star retained his title in the men's hammer with a throw of 76.43m. 

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Mr Miller said: "I threw a little further on the Gold Coast [in 2018] but being at home and winning in front of a home crowd is really special.

"The energy at first was a bit like ‘oh wow, this is a lot’. But after the third round, moving into the top eight, it was nice to feel all the support from everybody."

Maryport athlete Simon Lawson also claimed a medal earlier on in the week. 

Mr Lawson came away with a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games Wheelchair Marathon. 

He said: "It feels so great to get a bronze, to back up what I did on the Gold Coast that’s pretty special and I’m just so relieved and proud."

Cockermouth based star Luke Greenbank made it to the back stroke final this past week. 

Unfortunately, Luke did not come out with a medal as he would have hoped, he instead came away with a highly respectable 5th place position. 

The winner of this particular race was fellow Brit Brodie Williams, Greenbank came 0.58 seconds behind Williams, in a time of 1:56.98.

Mr Greenbank said: "I’m frustrated as I know I’m better than that, I just died on the last length.

"I’m so pleased for Brodie. It’s great to see the likes of Brodie coming through and multiple swimmers in finals like this."