Vijender
Singh of India lost in the final of men’s middleweight boxing competition. It
was heartbreak for Indian fans as they were assured of a medal at least form
the champion but he failed to deliver and lost pretty badly. Antony Fowler
flowered England with a total of four gold medals and making them proud. He is
the England’s team captain and belongs to Liverpool by winning his final bout.
Kudos to the champion!
Wednesday, 6 August 2014
4X400m final
It was a Gold medal for England as they win 4X400m
race keeping their spirits high. Matthew Hudson-Smith put up a very bold show
as he literally snatched victory from the jaws of Bahamas Chris Brown. Brown
was confident when only 30m were left in the race but Hudsen-Smith dug deep
making the anticipation of Brown in limit. Another medal was added to the tally
as England continued its domination in the games.
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Langridge and Mills win Men’s Badminton Doubles
It
was just another medal for England as Langridge and Mills won a bronze medal by
beating the number one seeds who already lost the semi final match. It came as
a big surprise as they beat the number one seeds in straight sets defeating
them by 2-0 tagline. They took the second game 21-17 to beat Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis in style. Crowd was stunned as the
match went underway seeing their favorite team to lose in such a way.
Langridge and Mills win Men’s Badminton Doubles
It
was just another medal for England as Langridge and Mills won a bronze medal by
beating the number one seeds who already lost the semi final match. It came as
a big surprise as they beat the number one seeds in straight sets defeating
them by 2-0 tagline. They took the second game 21-17 to beat Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis in style. Crowd was stunned as the
match went underway seeing their favorite team to lose in such a way.
10 medals in diving competition for England
England
won a scintillating tally of 10 gold medals in four days of Glasgow’14 games.
Tom Daley got the crowd going with a great performance in which he pulled off a
total score of 516.55 and snatched an incredible victory with 82.85 points. His
lead was so big that he clinched bronze medal even before his final dive. Wow!
That’s what we call dictatorship on the field. Hot favorite, the poster boy for
England did it in style.
Disappointment turned into Gold
One
wouldn’t have expected Julius Yego of Kenya to win a gold medal in the final of
Men’s Javelin throw after a disappointing show in the last edition of
Commonwealth Games but he not only put up a much better show; instead he
snatched a gold medal to his name. He credited his success to dedication, hard
work and…..hours of watching youtube videos. He figured out that his technique
was a disaster and rectified it to a great extent.
Not a chance-It’s Jamaica
Seeing the performance of English player in this
year’s edition of Commonwealth Games, they would have thought of pushing
Jamaicans till the end but no chance; Jamaicans pulled it off once more t
clinch a gold medal in Women’s 400m relay final. They beat their previous best
which lasted only for 24 hours to set a new games record at 41.83 seconds.
Nigeria stood second while the much anticipated England third.
Alana Boyd wins Women’s pole vault final
It was Alana Boyd of Australia who won the final of
Women’s pole vault final to take gold medal with her. Interestingly, Alana Boyd
was the defending champion this year and she truly justified to the title. Sally
Peake of Wales won a Silver medal as she failed in her final attempt scoring a
score of 4.40m. Meanwhile, two players had to settle for a Bronze medal as
England and Canada shared it to give a thrilling competition to each other.
Australia strike double gold in Hockey
After Men’s Hockey final, it was the mighty Women’s
final that proved to be a thriller. They beat England in a close encounter in a
game that was decided in the basis of a penalty shootout. It was penalty
heartbreak for England, feeling sorry for them. They were clinching towards a
gold medal but in the last 11 seconds, Australia struck a goal to take match
down to a penalty shootout, feeling pity for the Englishwomen.
War of attrition
Mighty
England took on the Malaysians in the bronze medal match of women’s double and
winning the bronze medal in a war of attrition. Gabby Adcock and Lauren
Smith took the game to the dust when they beat Lim Yin Loo and Lai Pei Jing
easily in two straight sets with a score line of 21-15 21-16. It will be great
for Adcock as she is set to play another final next morning with her husband in
the mixed double category.
England tops the table
Finally,
it’s decided! England is the one who will top the charts in this edition of
Commonwealth Games, 14. Not only have they surpassed their previous edition’s
medal tally but they have managed to put up an impressive show with 56 gold
medals so far sitting profoundly on the top with 11 medals ahead of their
nearest rivals Australia who can at maximum add six gold medals to their tally.
Well done England!
Sunday, 3 August 2014
The bowling machines
It didn’t
turn out to be a great day for England in the bowling circuit as they lost to
Scotland in the team event after losing in the women’s pair match earlier in
the day. For Scotland, the fantastic four put up a marvelous show to clinch the
gold by a score of 16-5. Paul Foster, Alex Marshall, David
Peacock and Neil Speirs were the performers for Scotland. It was second gold
for Marshall and Foster after they won the men’s double match earlier in the
tournament.
Beaming gold for Canada
Great outing for Elsabeth Black of Canada as she put up a thriller performance to bag a
gold medal on her name by pulling up the game in the last with a massive score
of 14.900 to steal the show in the end. It must have been a real heartbreak for
the Australian Mary-Anne Monckton who had to take Silver even after performing
well in the entire game. Georgina Hockenhull of Wales must be very relieved by
winning a bronze medal.
Daneil Purvis wins gold
Daneil Purvis of Scotland does it for his homeland
as he won a gold medal in Men’s Parallel bars. He came up with a final routine
to literally steal the gold from Nile Wilson and register a victory on his
name. 15.533 was his score to challenge the Englishman and it paid off well for
him as the score looked monumental keeping in mind the type of form Nile was
in. Max Whitlock picked up another bronze medal for himself.
Horizontal bars final
It was a great day for English bar players as they
booked the first and second position on their names while Kevin, the Canadian
stood third just uprooting the Scottish Frank Baines down to fourth position.
Nile Wilson, the Leeds gymnast celebrated his victory in style. The 18 year old
took the gold medal just in front of his teammate Kristian Thomas. A real
heartbreak for Scotland’s Frank Baines, as he was nudged out of the bronze
medal.
Gold for Jennifer Abel
It turned out to be a great outing for Jennifer Abel
as she succeeded to win two bag to bag gold medals this year as the defending
champion put up a great show in Women’s 1m Springboard Diving. The 18 year old Grace
Reid had a tough outing but she will be proud of what she has achieved. She
finished fifth overall. It was a bad day for English players as they finished
very low in the rankings. Great day for Jennifer!
Singapore continued domination
On Day 9 of ongoing Commonwealth Games, Tianwei Feng
of Singapore continued the domination s he extended his reach to win another
old medal for his country by putting up a great fight against his competitor.
He beat Mengyu Yu by a score of 11-7 11-8 11-9 10-12 11-2 and sparked in joy to
celebrate her famous win. The emotional outrage certainly depicted the
importance of this medal for Feng.
Golden Platform for Australians
Domonic Bedggood and Matthew Mitcham of Australia
won the final of Men’s 10m Synchronized Platform to pip the English pair of Tom
Daley and James Denny of gold. The Silver medalist just missed out on gold
medal by a small margin of .18. They tried hard, the Daniel and Denny and
produced a magical score in their last dive but it was not enough to beat the
Australians as they took the gold in style.
Gold for Australia in Women’s Discus
Hot favorite, Dani Samuels won a gold medal in
women’s discus throw event to register her domination in the sport in style.
The 26 years old, world champion obliged her title by registering an emphatic
win in the finale. It was all okay for the mistress but the surprise came off
in the third position where Jade Lally of
England grabbed the bronze to produce a season’s best when it mattered the
most.
Singapore wins gold in Table Tennis
Singapore
had failed to win a gold medal in Men’s table tennis double final but it was a
day which went in their way and they filled their bag with the remaining medal
as well. Gao Ning and Li Hu beat India defending pair of Sharath Kamal Achanta
and new partner Amalraj Anthony Arputharaj to make it an easy affair for
them. Interestingly, Indian pair was spotted as the top seed but failed to
justify the title.
Sally Pearson justified herself
It
was a wonderful race for the beauty queen keeping all the pre race
controversies behind her and justifying her act by winning the gold medal in
women’s 100m Hurdles race in 12.67 seconds and beating England’s Tiffany Porter
by a paper width margin. Tiffany clocked 12.80 to take the Silver medal with
her. It was not all well for Pearson until Porter lapsed on the sixth barricade
and Pearson took the lead.
Its England Vs Australia in Women’s Hockey Final
It
will a great final to see as the mighty Australians will see English in the
final of Women’s Hockey. Last time Australia beat England with a score of 7-1.
England beat New Zealand in the semi final match as they beat them in the
penalty shootout by a score of 3-1 as the English goalkeeper made some
wonderful stops. Meanwhile, India is on the fifth spot and New Zealand on 4th
after the loss.
Indian boxers assure 5 more medals
Indian
boxers assured at least 5 more medals for India on Day 9 of the Glasgow’14
Games. Led by Olympic Bronze medalist Virender Singh who won his bout with a
score of 3-0, several other Indian boxers assured Silver medal for India. It
was not all for India as Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalra bagged a
scintillating Silver medal in Padding. Discus thrower Seema Puni bagged Silver
for India.
Last dive produced Silver
Last
dive produced a Silver medal for English duo Tom Daley and James Denny as they
finished 2nd overall even after starting from the bottom. They won
in their final dive in the four nation’s competition. They scored 95.46 in the
final dive accounting to a total score of 399.36. Meanwhile, the Australian duo
put up an impressive show to take the gold by a small margin of .18 as Domonic
Bedggood and Matthew Mitcham led the event.
Bolt unbolted the Gold
It
was not looking good for Jamaica at all when Kimmari Roach ran the first run in
the final of men’s 4x400m hurdle race. But it was just a routine work for
Jamaicans as they had to sweat a little more. Nickel Ashmead saved the gold
medal as he ran a phenomenal final run with some huge steps. Usain Bolt also
joined the party with his quick run. In a time of 38.99, Jamaica beat Australia
and Nigeria convincingly.
Historic Gold medal
For
England, this year’s Commonwealth Games is proving to be another milestone as Claudia Fragapane became the first women
athlete after 1930 to strike four gold medals in a single edition of the games.
She was declared as the undoubted champion in the floor event as she won a gold
medal for herself on Saturday. She looked confident as she stated that she was
the most decorated woman at the Games.
Sharp got better of her sharpness
Lynsey
Sharp was a huge surprise on Day 9 of Glasgow’14 Commonwealth Games and she
took the crowd by a surprise. In the final of Women’s 800m race, she raced hard
to win a Silver medal to her name. She got better of her fellow countryman to
carry a sensational run and she literally became the darling of England. She
looked very calm and mature when she was trapped by the opponents. The 24 years
old certainly flaunted the track with her run.
Smash! Another record broken
Smash it was and another record was broken
by the might Kenyans. Jonathan Ndiku
was not the favorite even among the Kenyan camp but he took the better of other
two countrymen as he led his country to another gold medal. Even the great
Ezekiel Kemboi and Birech couldn’t do anything when he started talking on the
track with his moves. James Wilkinson of England finished fifth disappointing
the crowd who wanted him to perform better.
Team gold for team Australia
Hit with some controversy and a series of
unfortunate events, Matthew Mitcham and Domonic Bedggood reigned as the
ultimate warriors in Men’s 10 Synchronized Platform final. They were a little
better than the English pair who had to content with a Silver medal even after
showing a good performance. Denny and Daley missed by just .18 of a mark after
the last drive. They certainly raised some elbows in the crowd.
Blacks are all over the gold mine
Uganda
must be feeling very proud of his runner Moses Kipsiro as he gave them a chance
to celebrate. He walked with the flag high after the race, why? Because he had
won the race in style after surpassing Josphat Bett. It took a step for him to
win the race in front of Scottish crowd. Kenyan and Ugandan voices roared high
as the gold medalist overtook Josphat Bett of Kenya.
Moses succeeded to save his crown.
Gold medalist almost collided with the runners
Winning
the race is another thing and celebrating it by running on the track especially
when the finale of 10,000 meters is on is other. Steve Lewis was out of his
mind after winning the men’s pole vault event. By doing this he became the
first Englishman to win a gold medal in pole vault event. He was off to the sky
and hugged his friends ‘n’ family members after the race and looked the most
relieved man on Earth.
Friday, 1 August 2014
Another Silver medal for Child
It
seemed that history repeated for Eilidh Child as she grabbed another silver
medal on Day 8. It was the same medal which she won in the Delhi Games, four
years ago and this time around she has repeated her fate. The crowd roared for
the famous athlete but it couldn’t stop the 27 year old to leave a mark in the
games. She ran very well in the women’s 400m hurdle race in style with a quick
run to the finishing line.
Silver for the 20 year old
England’s
Jazmin Sawyers jumped her season’s best to clinch off a silver medal in the
women’s long jump with a bang. The 20 year must be very excited for the kind of
start her career has got at such a tender age. It was 6.54m which did it for
the youngster who had been delivering some promising performances. Christabel
Nettey of Canada failed to catch her in the final jump. This year has seen a
lot of youngster coming into the games and getting acknowledged by the crowd.
Blessing gets blessed
Blessing
Okagbare of Nigeria is the double sprint champion in the ongoing Commonwealth
Games. Certainly, whole Nigeria will be very proud with this achievement. All
it took was 22.25 seconds to tank her ahead of the white line with an electric
start. She passed the track with an adrenaline rush that was too hard for other
athletes to handle. She pawed her way to the finishing line in style keeping
the mighty runners behind.
A platform for gold medal for Meeghan Benfeito
Meeghan
Benfeito did pretty well to seal her berth in Games village with a gold medal
but England Victoria Vincent, who finished 12th seemed to be in a
better mood as she thoroughly enjoyed her maiden international experience’
though she stood 10th overall. Meeghan Benfeito outpaced Malaysian Pandelala
Pamg in the final moments of the match to clinch a gold medal for herself. The
other 11 swimmers seemed to be in despair as Meeghan sealed the victory with an
ease.
Clean sweep by Jamaicans
Jamaica,
who is very well known for its forte of producing some best athletes in the
history of mankind came down hard in men’s 200m final with a clean sweep of
medals. Rasheed Dwyer had a little more energy than his counterparts and seemed
enthusiastic in front of the camera. The other two runners Warren Weir and Jason Livermore did try their level best to
compete against each other but it seemed that Dwyer had a little extra in him.
Sharath-Amalraj in medal hunt
Indian
pair of Sharath and Amalraj remains in the medal hunt after a poor team show in
the championship event by Indian table tennis players. They marched into the
men’s double semifinal with a convincing victory over the English pair of Sam
Walker and Danny Reed with a score of 12-10 11-6 7-11 11-8. The match took
between Scotstoun Sports Campus which was filled with spectators to uplift the
morale of both the sides.
Pakistan lost to India
It
was another amazing thriller between India and Pakistan but just like the first
one, India won leaving Pakistan in despair. It was just another final and
another loose effort by the Pakistani wrestler. Pawan Kumar uprooted Inam to
win a Commonwealth bronze for India. It was 86 kg freestyle wrestling but Pawan
got the best of it as he was adjudged the winner of the match after a tie of
6-6 as he scored the last point.
History for India in artistic gymnasts
Dipa
Karmakar creates history for India as she won a bronze medal for India to
become the first women and second Indian to win a medal in gymnasts. Ashish
Kumar was the first Indian to win a medal in the same category. This will be a
big moral boost for Indian gymnasts as they will believe in themselves as
potential winners after this victory. Claudia of England clinched the gold
medal and became the champion overall.
Cycling gold for New Zealand
Linda
Villumsen won a gold medal for New Zealand in women’s individual cycling time
trial in the ongoing Commonwealth Games on Day 8. She took 42 minutes 25.46
seconds to finish the race ahead of all other cyclers as the 29 years old must
have looked to cure her heartache which she got in Delhi four years ago.
English cycler had to settle for a silver medal as she will be retiring after
this event.
Big blow for India
It was a big blow for team India in the Hockey arena
as Indian captain Sardar Singh was reprimanded with “inappropriate physical
conduct”. This could cause him a place in the semifinal stage as India will
next head to face the South Africa in their next encounter. The incident
happened in a match against mighty Australians which India lost 4-2 but losing
Sardar Singh will cost India more.
Gold for Scotland
Daniel Keatings, the champion has struck a gold
medal for Scotland in Men’s pommel horse with an impressive show while the
other Scotlander took the fifth position. The silver medal was grabbed by Max
Withlock of England and bronze medal by Louis Smith. It was a tuff competition
to win overall but Daniel did it for Scotland with his impressive moves to
score a stunning score of 16.058 in front of the crowd.
Double strike for the hosts
England has won three gold medals so far with two
coming off on Day 8 of Glasgow’14 Commonwealth Games. Claudia Fragapane and Max
Whitlock won gold medals in their respective matches to square off one each for
the host team. Interestingly Fragapane is just 16 years old and she took a gold
medal in vault while Whitlock is 21 years old. Great going for England in the
Games with three gold medals so far.
Hampden Park got emotional
Eilidh Child got emotional like a child as she won a
medal on Day 8 of the ongoing Commonwealth Games. She won a silver medal in the
400m hurdles race to cross all the hurdles to register a medal on her name with
an emotional crowd packed stadium. She clocked 55.02 seconds justifying her
title of being a poster girl but unfortunately didn’t finish first as she raced
behind Kaliese Spence. She is 27 years old.
Yogeshwar moves to gold
Yogeshwar
Dutt struck gold today in men’s freestyle 65kg category with a power pact
performance as the total gold medals for India in wrestling rose to five. He
was the bronze medalist in London Olympic Games. The champ took a 10-0 lead and
was declared the winner in terms of technical superiority within just 1.53
minutes of first period. Fortunately, it was the second gold for India after
Babita Kumari also struck gold earlier in the day.
Vikas Gowda creates history
Vikas
Gowda of India created history by winning first medal for India in athletics.
The 6ft 6in threw a sky high disc up to a range of 63.64m to take Silver for
India. The 31 year old from the capital of India looked cloud troubling during
the event. Brett Morse of Wales finished fifth with a score of 60.48 while Carl
Myerscough of England was down to seventh. Carl took the bronze medal in the
same event in 2010.
Women’s Para-sport result
Australian
Angie Ballard won the gold medal in women’s Para-sport event as she cruised
through 1500m quite comfortably. She beat Diane Roy of Canada to end up with a
gold medal in a rain struck encounter in which an 18 year old Jade Jones won
her first major medal for England with a gold medal. This will certainly give
boost to the youngster who will look forward to uplift her career with some
more medals to her name.
A new games record
In men’s + 105kg weightlifting event, George
Kobaladze of Canada took the gold medal as he pumped his muscles to a great
extent to break Commonwealth Games record. He took gold from the hands of Itte
Detenamo of Nauru and Damon Kelly of Australia to give spectators a time of
their life. Wales’s lifter Darius Jokarzadeh finished on the fourth position.
The poster sparkled through his hands as he posed for the pictures during his
lift.
Six time champ did it again
David Weir of England did it again with his seventh
strike to win another gold medal in the ongoing Commonwealth Games’14 to clinch
an epic end to the race in men’s T54 1500m race in the Men’s Para sport event.
The Englishmen was so enthusiastic during the race that he did his first pump
before the finishing line when he realized that he is on the verge of winning
another major medal for himself. He was in complete control of the race.
Botswana gets a Gold medal
It was Nijel Amos of Botswana who won the gold medal
in men’s 800m final race to run off like a wizard on the track. Before the
match David Rudisha was hoping to open his stride to win a gold medal in the
race but he was taken by a surprise run by Nijel Amos of Botswana who kicked
off a perfect end to the race with just 70m to go. Wow, what can be a better
end to a race with a thrilling contest that ended with a long bursting sprint
by the winner.
Gold to Cornel Fredricks
Jehue Gordon, the world champion was focused more
towards his university studies rather than his track events and it was
questioned as whether he will be able to pull off a gold medal or not. Cornel
Fredericks of South Africa and Jehue Gordon pierced through the air with their
blistering form as they paved their way to the finishing line. Men’s 400m
hurdles final race was a treat to watch as the champion was paid off for his
effort.
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Boxers advance
Indian boxers advanced onto the
quarterfinals with Vijender Singh and L Devendro Singh winning their respective
matches in 75 kg and 49 kg categories respectively. Vijender continued his
sublime form to beat down his opponent Mujandjae Kasuto 3-0 in a one sided
affair to seal off yet another win. The 28-year-old who had to settle for
Bronze will certainly look to take away gold this year. It wasn’t a good day
for the Asian champion Shiva Thapa who made a shocking exit.
Matthew smacked the Squash
Nick Matthew from England won the gold
medal in Men’s single squash event on Day 5. He produced wonders inside the
fenced squash court which was blue in color with some outline done to it. In
pursuit of a perfectly weighted job done by Nick Matthew; James Willstrop
slinged the racquet in the back corner in desperation. Nick took the support from the side walls as
he celebrated his victory over James to win a gold medal in the squash event.
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