Bolt Sprints Into Glasgow Spotlight Scotland Mine More Gold at CWG
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Pizarro strike lifts Bayern to friendly SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2014 SATURDAY, SportsSports win over Chivas 44 GLASGOW: Kelly Simm of England performs in the women’s vault final of the Artistic Gymnastics event during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. —AFP Bolt sprints into Glasgow spotlight Scotland mine more gold at CWG GLASGOW: Host nation Scotland’s gold medal “I am very satisfied with the performance. Drinkhall and Liam Pitchford.James Willstrop, the men’s 3000m steeplechase where double tally hit double figures yesterday as sprint leg- Our ability, particularly in the second-half, to England’s losing men’s singles finalist, kept Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi is end Usain Bolt and British teenage diving star finish off our chances was excellent,” said alive his hopes of another medal after a closely- chasing a second Commonwealth gold eight Tom Daley prepared to make their eagerly Australia coach Adam Commens. Singapore are fought victory over New Zealanders Lance years on from his success at Melbourne 2006. anticipated Commonwealth Games entrances. guaranteed gold and silver medals in the Beddoes and Paul Coll with partner Daryl Selby. Ugandan Moses Kipsiro is back to try and Scotland claimed their 11th title in Glasgow women’s table tennis after Lay Jian Fang failed The English third seeds needed 68 minutes defend his 10,000m title, having already lost his courtesy of their lawn bowls men’s fours and in her attempt to break their stranglehold. The to win an exciting quarter-final 11-8, 6-11, 11-9 5,000m title earlier in the Games. There are also gymnast Daniel Purvis in the men’s parallel Australian 42-year-old’s old fashioned “pen- to make the last four as the doubles events pro- finals in the women’s high jump and discus, bars. In the pool, Jack Laugher and Chris Mears hold” style could not get the better of second gressed towards the final stages yesterday. The and the men’s pole vault, while boxing enters beat Australia’s Grant Nel and Matthew seed Yu Mengyu who won quite comfortably evening spotlight is split between the pool, the semi-final stages. In other news, Nigerian Mitcham in the men’s synchronized 3m spring- 11-3, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6. where English diver Daley teams up with James teenage weightlifter Chika Amalaha faces a board for England’s 45th gold. Denny in the men’s synchronized 10m plat- hearing before the Commonwealth Games Australia cruised into the gold medal match India in upset win form, and on the track, where Bolt runs in the Federation over her failed drugs test. Amalaha, of the women’s hockey with a 7-1 mauling of But there was an upset in the men’s doubles 4x100m relay heats. whose A sample failed a control after claiming South Africa. The Hockeyroos will face England, semi-finals as Indian pairing Sharath Kamal and The Jamaican superstar opted out of the gold in the women’s 53kg category on July 25, who beat New Zealand on penalties, in today’s Anthony Arputharaj put out second seeds Yang 100m and 200m, won by Jamaican teammates also produced a positive B sample. The tests final. Winners of the gold medal in three of the Zi and Zhan Jian from Singapore to spark wild Kemar Bailey-Cole and Rasheed Dwyer respec- revealed traces of diuretics and masking four competitions since hockey was introduced scenes of celebration. Despite that loss, the tively.Olympic champion Sally Pearson goes for agents. And the sex assault trial of a to the Commonwealth program, Australia have dominant nation in this sport at this Games are the 100m hurdles title while world champion Commonwealth Games weightlifter from now scored 32 goals in winning their five still represented in the final after top seeds Li Eunice Sum will be favourite in the women’s Papua New Guinea was adjourned yesterday games in Glasgow so far. Hun and Gao Ning beat England’s Paul 800m. Kenyan dominance is likely to come in due to the lack of an interpreter. —AFP.