England tops Glasgow charts as Australia dethroned at Games
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ENGLAND triumphed in the Commonwealth Games medals table for the first time in 28 years yesterday, but there were final-day consolations for former top dog Australia with wins in men’s hockey and netball.
England started the day already assured of top spot in the medals table for the first time since 1986, dethroning Australia.
It had 165 total medals, 56 of them gold, while Australia had 132, with 46 gold, and just 11 events to be decided on a rain-hit final day, not all of which had Australians competing.
Lizzie Armitstead then struck further gold for England in the women’s cycling road race going one better than four years ago in New Delhi.
Fellow English rider Emma Pooley finished 25 seconds behind to finish second and add to the silver she won in the time trial.
“I can call myself a champion finally. It’s special and something I’ve always dreamed about,” Armitstead said.
“I just feel like I deserve this. I’ve trained so hard and I’m always on the podium but I don’t win too many races.
Australia then won gold in men’s hockey with a 4-0 thumping of India for a fifth consecutive Commonwealth title, and in netball with a 58-40 revenge win over New Zealand, which beat it at the same stage four years ago.
There was disappointment early on for Scotland, hoping for a 20th gold medal, when Kirsty Gilmour lost 14-21, 7-21 to Canada’s Michelle Li in the badminton women’s singles final.
In men’s road cycling David Millar of Scotland was looking to sign off his career with gold in the streets of central Glasgow where his career began.
But it was Welsh rider Geraint Thomas, a bronze winner in the individual time trial last Thursday, who emerged victorious. Jack Bauer of New Zealand finished second for silver, ahead of England’s Scott Thwaites.
Millar, who won road race bronze at Delhi but finished eighth in the individual time trial here, ended up winless.
In squash, Australia’s David Palmer and Cameron Pilley take on defending champions Nick Matthew and Adrian Grant of England in the final of the men’s doubles. Palmer, however, won the mixed doubles final alongside Rachael Grinham by beating England’s Peter Barker and Alison Waters.
Following Li’s gold medal win in women’s singles, there were badminton golds for second-seeded Kashyap Parupalli of India who edged Derek Wong of Singapore in three games in the men’s singles and for the husband and wife team of Chris and Gabby Adcock, who beat compatriots Chris Langridge and Heather Olver 21-9, 21-2 in mixed doubles.
The women’s doubles title went to Malaysia’s Hoo Kah Mun and Woon Khe Wei who defeated Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa of India with Tan Wee Kiong and Goh Wei Shem of Malaysia taking the men’s doubles gold medal by getting the better of Singapore’s Danny Chrisnanta and Chayut Triyachart.
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