England sweeps hurdles medals
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October 9, 2010, Saturday
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ENGLAND swept the medals in the 110-meter hurdles yesterday at the Commonwealth Games, with Andy Turner leading the way for gold.
Turner was near the front of the pack from the start and pulled away over the final hurdles to win in 13.38 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
"I so wanted gold today since it was the last race of the season," said Turner, who also won the European title in Spain. "I've still got Barcelona in my mind."
William Sharman, who picked up a stomach bug on Thursday and spent yesterday afternoon in hospital, finished second in 13.50 and Lawrence Clarke completed the English sweep by taking bronze 13.70.
Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Kiplagat pulled away on the final lap to win the women's 1,500 in 4:05.26, a Commonwealth Games record by one-hundredth of a second. Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand was second in 4:05.97, and Stephanie Twell of Scotland was third in 4:06.15.
In the women's 400, Amantle Montsho of Botswana blew away the field to win the gold medal in a Commonwealth Games record time of 50.10. Folashade Abugan of Nigeria won silver in 51.39, and Allann Tabitha Pompey of Guyana was third in 51.65.
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson led from start to finish to win the decathlon with 8,070 points. The Canadian ran the second-fastest time in 110 hurdles, 14.76 seconds, and had the second best throw in the discus, 45.21.
In the pole vault, Adjetey-Nelson was third best with a height of 4.70. He was also third in the javelin with a toss of 61.32 meters before completing the 10-discipline event in the 1,500.
Brent Newdick of New Zealand, who ran 14.79 in the hurdles, was second with 7,899 points and Martin Brockman of England was third with 7,712.
The first of eight gold medals on yesterday's program went to Diane Roy of Canada, who won the parasport 1,500 in 3:53.95.
Cameron Meyer collected his third gold medal in New Delhi, winning the 20-kilometer scratch race to help Australia wrap up the track cycling event with 12 gold medals from 14 events.
Australia also won the men's team sprint despite the absence of Shane Perkins, who voluntarily withdrew from the race in a self-imposed punishment for making a rude gesture at an official earlier this week.
Australia won seven more gold medals in pool. Comeback king Geoff Huegill, completed his return from a four-year retirement, to win the 100-meter butterfly.
Leisel Jones won the 100m breaststroke by two seconds to become the first swimmer in Commonwealth Games history to win two events at three games in a row.
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