Bezzoubenko adds 3 more golds
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CANADA’S Patricia Bezzoubenko was crowned queen of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow yesterday, completing a five-gold medal haul in rhythmic gymnastics while the undisputed king Usain Bolt was arriving for Jamaican relay duty.
Bezzoubenko had already won two golds in the team and all-around events and she added three more yesterday in the clubs, ball and hoop individual disciplines.
The one gold that escaped her grasp was in the ribbon, which went to Francesca Jones, giving Wales its first gold medal of the Games.
The other gold won early in the third day of competition went to Australia’s Daniel Repacholi in the men’s 10m air pistol.
But the toast of the town in that event was third-placed Mick Gault of England. The 60-year-old won a record-equaling 18th Commonwealth Games medal.
New Zealand meanwhile crushed Canada 39-0 to get the Rugby Sevens tournament underway on a day when 27 gold medals were up for grabs notably in swimming, judo, shooting and cycling.
In the morning qualifying session in the swimming pool there was more success for Scotland as Cameron Broady went faster than Olympic champion Chad le Clos in the 100m butterfly after being inspired by fellow Scots Ross Murdoch and Dan Wallace.
Murdoch and Wallace’s success in the 200m breaststroke and 400m individual medley, allied to Hannah Miley’s gold in the women’s 400m individual medley, have given Scotland a great start after just two days in the pool.
And Broady is determined to claim a fourth Scottish gold. “A silver or a bronze is not good enough now,” he said.
Bolt’s arrival in Glasgow, meanwhile, was sure to add a huge scattering of stardust to a event that saw another athletics giant, Mohammad Farah, pull out on the opening day due to illness.
Mike Hooper, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said: “We’ve got quality athletes that want to come here and... it’s great that he’s (Bolt) going to be here.”
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