An Australian gold medallist refuses to be intimidated by his Kenyan rival, while an English weightlifter makes a stunning revelation ahead of her Celebrity MasterChef debut.

Here are the quick hits from day eight of the Commonwealth Games.

1. 'In your dreams champ'

Isaac Beacroft was not going to be told what to do in the men's 10,000m walk final.

The 19-year-old Australian stuck to his guns while exchanging words with Kenyan Stephen Kihu, whom he beat home for the gold.

"I knew he'd be there waiting for me to kick because he was taunting me the entire race, telling me to go around and lead it," Beacroft said.

"I was just saying, 'In your dreams champ, this is not happening today.'

"I knew he'd come back around me and then as soon as he did I thought I'd really drop the hammer and see if I could break him, and I did."

Beacroft added: "We were moving pretty quick at some stage and he was just telling me, 'Go around, go around.'

"I wasn't going to go around. I wanted it to be slow.

"You saw the kick that I had at the end, so I guess he backed himself at the end and so did I.

"If someone's going to give it to you, I'm going to give it back."

Beacroft was a member of Greater Western Sydney's junior academy until he was 16.

"I probably wasn't going anywhere in AFL, but I like to claim it," he said.

"I like to think I've made the right choice, especially when I'm about four-foot tall.

"I was usually just a step-ladder playing AFL."

2. Weightlifter's MasterChef reveal

As an Olympic and World Championships medallist, English weightlifter Emily Campbell knows a thing or two about dealing with pressure.

So it was no surprise when she won gold as favourite in the women's +86kg classification in Glasgow, setting a Games record (278kg) in the process.

But there is one stage Campbell admits she finds daunting: the Celebrity MasterChef set.

Campbell shifted from the weights room to the kitchen as a contestant in an upcoming series of the program in the UK.

"MasterChef was definitely more nerve-racking than this [Commonwealth Games], absolutely," Campbell told reporters.

"MasterChef was very tough. It was a very tough competition, but I enjoyed it thoroughly."

And what can viewers expect Campbell to cook up on Celebrity MasterChef?

"My signature dish is Caribbean, and that's all I'm going to give you because I want you to watch it," Campbell said.

3. Aussie pursuit women disqualified

One moment, 21-year-old Tasmanian Felicity Wilson-Haffenden was celebrating breaking the Australian 4,000m individual pursuit record and preparing to race again in the bronze medal race.

The next, she was staring, heartbroken, at the three letters no athlete wants to see on the official results next to her name: DSQ.

Both she and teammate Sophie Edwards were sensationally disqualified from the women's individual pursuit.

The official report stated that Edwards used "a helmet that has been altered or had any element added or removed in terms of design or form", while Wilson-Haffenden fell foul of a rule that prohibits riders from wearing clothing or any other accessory that could modify her morphology.

AusCycling executive general manager of performance, Jesse Korf, said Edwards had additional safety padding in her helmet and that she's "not upset".

He was not impressed about Wilson-Haffenden's disqualification, though.

"She's been seen by the medical team early this morning because of genuine shoulder discomfort and mobility issues," Korf said.

"Her shoulder got taped up to the middle of her [upper] arm

"On inspection after the race, the UCI concluded that the taping of the shoulder constituted a morphological change, but they weren't able to articulate what that exactly was because it's a grey area; you cannot measure what a morphological change is.

"Unfortunately, that conclusion is final, which we're most certainly not happy with. Felicity is upset, who is now our main concern."

4. Aussie's bronze at teammate's expense

Someone was always going to be unhappy with the re-run of the women's 1,500 T54 race.

And it seems that Australian Mikaela Dingley copped the worst of it.

In the original race on Wednesday, Australian Eliza Ault-Connell and Mauritian world champion Noemi Alphonse were both taken out by Canadian Nandini Sharma.

She had gone on to finish second across the line, but was disqualified for causing the crash, which had promoted Australia's Dingley into the bronze medal position.

But because Australia and Mauritius protested the decision, authorities decided to re-run the race on Friday morning.

That proved a fateful decision, with the hampered athletes Alphonse and Ault-Connell going on to claim silver and bronze medals respectively.

"It's been an absolutely massive few days," the 44-year-old veteran told AAP.

"To have the opportunity to have this race re-run and for everyone to be able to go out there and put on their best in great conditions is really the outcome that all the athletes want."

Perhaps not all the athletes.

The re-run meant that Dingley, who finished sixth in the re-run, was only bronze medallist for around 36 hours.

The silver medallist in the original race, England's Ellis Kottas, finished fourth in the re-run having told media she was "low-key traumatised" when she heard the race would be re-run.

"It's rough, but it is racing," Ault-Connell said.

"If she loves what she does and she continues to show up, it will happen.

"It's almost like 'cruel to be kind ', but we all go through that, and those opportunities are going to help you grow as an athlete."

Easy for her to say.

Somewhat pleasingly, Scottish athlete Melanie Woods won gold again, proving her result on Wednesday was no fluke.

5. Lawn bowler's 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'

Does Botswana's lawn bowler Charles Diteko have an ulterior motive for competing in Glasgow?

"I used to be a soccer player, and I'm a big fan of Celtic," Diteko said.

"So if there is a match on and I have time, I will try to get to it. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Of course, we're kidding.

We know his sole focus in Glasgow is competing for his country.

But Diteko may be in luck if he sticks around a day or so after Sunday's closing ceremony.

Celtic play Dundee in the Scottish Premiership on Monday night.

In the meantime, Diteko and Kaizer Geche are representing Botswana in the men's pairs competition.