Doping Shocker As Aussies Target More Gold
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Navardauskas grabs historic win 47 SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2014 JULY SATURDAY, SportsSports GLASGOW: Scotland’s Lewis Benson (left) fights New Zeland’s Bowyn Morgan (right) in their men’s boxing Welter (69kg), round of 32 bout at the SECC Precinct during the 2014 CommonwealthGames in Glasgow. — AFP Doping shocker as Aussies target more gold GLASGOW: Australia’s swimmers were back on 59:51sec. And Australia’s Maddison Elliott pipped breaststroke as he broke the Commonwealth bronze medal match against Australia’s Amy the gold medal trail early on the second day of Stephanie Slater of England to qualify fastest for Games record in a time of 59:47sec. Cure. the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow yester- the women’s para-sport freestyle 100m S8 final. Australia ended the opening day of the New Zealand’s men brought a 12-year gold day, while Wales were hit by a second doping England’s Fran Halsall, however, set a new Games atop the medals table with six golds medal drought on the Commonwealth Games shock. Welsh 400m hurdler Rhys Williams, son of Commonwealth Games record of 24:31sec in ahead of England on five and hosts Scotland with track to an end with victory in the team sprint 1970s Wales and British Lion rugby icon ‘JJ’, was qualifying fastest for the semi-finals of the four. In cycling, where four golds were up for and could add more in the 4,000m individual pur- withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games after women’s 50m freestyle ahead of Australian sisters grabs on the track, English Olympic champion suit. Veteran Marc Ryan remains a quality per- failing a doping test. Cate and Bronte Campbell yesterday. Jason Kenny, who claimed silver in the team former shown by his bronze in the World It was the second failed doping test to hit the The Campbell sisters had been part of the sprint event on Thursday, had a fine 2-0 win over Championships in Colombia in February and he is Wales team following that of 800m runner Gareth Aussie 4x100m freestyle relay team that broke tough Australian Matthew Glaetzer in the sprint likely to be joined by youngsters Patrick Bevin Warburton last week. The 30-year-old Williams, the world record in claiming gold on Thursday quarter-finals. and Dylan Kennett, who are tipped as ones to who had been named co-captain of his country’s and Bronte was first to break the Commonwealth The win set up a semi-final against another watch. team and had been due to have run in the 400m record in the third heat of the day. Australian in the shape of Peter Lewis. The other Friday sees two more weightlifting medals up hurdles, said he had been left “devastated” by the “It’s pretty good, it’s my fastest time of the semi-final is an all New Zealand clash between for grabs in the Clyde Auditorium, in the women’s news of his positive test. “I am utterly devastated year so it was a nice way to start the Games,” said Edward Dawkins and Sam Webster 53kg and men’s 62kg. The shooting competition about the news of this anti-doping rule violation, Halsall ahead of the semi-finals later on Friday. But there was bitter disappointment for gets under way with three golds to be decided at which has come as a great shock to me,” he said. “Hopefully I can go faster tonight.” Scotland’s Kenny’s girlfriend Laura Trott who could only the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre. Other high- In competition, the Australian men’s 4x100m Ross Murdoch also built on his dream opening place sixth in qualifying for the women’s individ- lights will see India open their men’s hockey cam- freestyle relay team solidified their status as day as just over 12 hours after claiming 200m ual pursuit after setting a new Commonwealth paign against Wales. Despite being eight-time heavy favourites to retain the title as they quali- breaststroke gold, he qualified second fastest for Games record in qualifying. Fastest time went to Olympic champions, India have never won fied fastest ahead of England and Scotland for the the 100m breaststroke semi-finals. English world champion Joanna Rowsell, who Commonwealth Games gold. New Zealand start final late yesterday. There was also a comfortable “I took me a little bit of time to get over what I overtook New Zealand’s Lauren Ellis in the last their campaign for a third successive netball gold passage into the semi-finals of the women’s did last night and finally get some rest but I even- pair as she clocked three minutes 29.038 seconds. while men’s boxing also starts with bouts in the 100m backstroke for another Aussie as Emily tually got to sleep,” said Murdoch. She will face Annette Edmondson in the head- bantamweight, welterweight, super heavy- Seebholm broke her own Commonwealth Games However, it was England’s Adam Peaty who to-head final later on Friday, with Scotland’s Katie weight, flyweight and light heavyweight divi- record from Delhi four years ago in a time of comfortably led the world class field in the 100m Archibald qualifying fourth for a spot in the sions. — AFP.