Day 10 Commonwealth Games Sportsday

Hello and welcome to Commonwealth Games Sportsday from Glasgow.

I'm Karthi Gnanasegaram. This is your final stop of the

evening for all of the best action from today and we'll get everything

in before midnight, I promise. Coming up on the programme.

Bolt produces a breathtaking performance

and a Games record for Jamaica as they take relay gold. Making history

in the Hydro - Nicola Adams wins the first gold awarded to a female

boxer at the Commonwealth Games. Daley retains his 10m platform

title as England reach double medal figures in diving.

Good evening from Glasgow. This is Commonwealth Games Sportsday. 250

handmade gold medals have been awarded to athletes so far and there

are more to come tomorrow but it has been a very soggy Saturday at

Hampden Park. Usain Bolt sealed his superstar status with Commonwealth

gold, the only medal missing from his collection. There were

impressive performances on the track and field from English and Welsh

athletes but Jamaica certainly enjoyed tonight's party. Patrick

Gearey has our final round up of athletics action from these Games.

Here he goes, Usain Bolt has it in his hand. Jamaica go clear. The

Usain Bolt show starts. Jamaica qualified. How do you beat the

world's fastest nation? Covering the track with raid might be a start.

That had stopped by the time the relay team entered the arena. Usain

Bolt danced to The Proclaimers song. And then prepared for an iconic 100

metres. Usain Bolt has the baton in his hand. Usain Bolt takes the

title. It is Glasgow gold for Usain Bolt and Jamaica. England's Danny

Talbot battled to live with the legend. The English came away with a

silver. The attention was where it always is, with Jamaica and Usain

Bolt. Makers of a lasting game 's memory. The female sprinters were

Jamaica had broken their games record before the final and it

became clear they would do it again. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will storm

to gold. An astonishing statement of Jamaica's sprinting class. There was

a significant bronze medal for an English quartet, also. England had

been competitive through the men's 4 x 400 metres. It came down to

Matthew Hudson-Smith and the Bahamas' Chris Brown. He leads the

gold. Hardly the weather for sunglasses, but they will go well

with the gold medal. The England women's team were some way behind

the Jamaicans are Nigerians, but finished well clear of Australia to

take the bronze. This was no night to be in the field. The weather

delayed non-track events. Wales' Sally Peake held on tight and got a

silver medal. For all the superstars of the show, perhaps the achievement

of the evening was Jo Pavey's, the 40-year-old mother of two, who

battled with the Kenyan runners and going into the straight they passed

her, but the English runner came back one last time. On a golden

night, the bravest of bronze medals. The Hydro can certainly rival

Hampden Park for history tonight. Just behind me is the venue for the

boxing finals and it has been emotional in there. Nicola Adams

became the first female ever to win Commonwealth boxing Gold. England's

Savannah Marshall also won this evening. While the hosts Scotland

secured two more podium topping finishes. Northern Ireland have also

had an historic night with their best tally of 9 boxing medals -

two of them gold. Tim Hague reports.

Here she is on the cusp of claiming the first women's Olympic boxing

gold medal. Nicola Adams of Great Britain has just made history. She

has done it once and did it again by becoming the first female to win a

Commonwealth Games gold medal. But she had to get past 21-year-old from

Northern Ireland first. Michaela Walsh. 11 years younger and full of

fire and desire. It seems the Olympic champion done enough, but

only just. It was a split decision. I am over the moon and overwhelmed.

I cannot believe the support I have had through the tournament and I

would like to thank everybody who turned up to date and supported me

at home. I feel like I have been cheated from a medal. It is not her

fault. She is the Olympic champion, they will give it to her. Nicola

Adams wasn't the only woman to win gold. Savannah Marshall made it two

from two. In men's finals, the home nations dominated with Paddy Barnes

of Northern Ireland proving himself once again. He becomes the first

British boxer to defend a Commonwealth title ever. His day got

better when his friend and roommate Michael Conlan did as well. What of

the Scottish finalist? Charlie Flynn had everyone on their feet with his

performance. He got the gold medal and talked a good game. Sometimes

you need to beat awkwardness. That was the case. It was a hard fight. I

am well winded. It looked like his countrymen Josh Taylor was feeling

it, but a dog or display of Scottish grit saw him through. The host

nation's most successful Commonwealth Games ever got better

and better. The old enemy England cannot complain. Top of the medals

table and two further gold medals thanks to Scott which Gerald and

Anthony Fowler. Both were totally dominant. Before it was left to Joe

Joyce in the superheavyweight final to close the show and he did so in

perfect styles. Another historic day for the home nations.

Quite a medal tally being notched up by home nations boxers while at the

Royal Commonwealth Pool it was England leading the way with double

medal figures in diving. Tom Daley retained his 10m platform title and

alongside Hannah Starling's springboard bronze this has been

England's most successful Commonwealth Games for the sport.

Nick Hope reports. Since claiming the Olympic bronze at

2012 Olympics Tom Daley has been plagued by the Demon dive, the back

to an a half somersault to the heart with routine has seen him miss out

on medals over the past two years. He claimed to have dealt with it

before the competition but in the preliminary he was struggling. His

other dive saw him through to the final. There he would deliver a

better return on his least favourite routine. It is better than this

morning. The Australian 2008 champion struggled from the early

round and there was no one to push Tom Daley as Tom Daley successfully

defended his title he won in Delhi. Hannah Starling is not fazed by the

big occasion. Each dive was greeted with a wave to her parents before

delivering a solid routine. Others had more difficult dives, but Hannah

Starling was consistent. England finish with an incredible total of

ten medals, a confidence boost to the team ahead of the European

Championships in less than two weeks.

Let's have a look at some of the penultimate day's other news.

England's women's hockey team were just 11 seconds away from winning

the gold medal - but instead lost on a penalty shootout. Lily Owsley had

given England a 1-0 lead but a late Australian equaliser took the game

to penalties. Australia won the shoot out 3-1. Disappointment for

England's men as well, they lost their semi final against Australia

4-1 and will play a bronze medal match against New Zealand tomorrow.

It was gold, silver and bronze for England in the table tennis mixed

doubles. Husband and wife team, Paul and Joanna Drinkhall top the podium

after a net cord at the end of their final against 15-year-old Tin-Tin Ho

and Liam Pitchford. Kelly Sibley and Danny Reed took bronze. Pitchford

also claimed bronze in the men's singles.

Silver and bronze for England too in the women's squash doubles. Laura

Massaro and Jenny Duncalf lost to the fifth seeds, Indian pair Dipika

Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa to take silver, as they did four years

ago. While Emma Beddoes and Alison Waters claimed bronze.

Amantle Montsho of Botswana, who finished fourth in the women's 400

metre final earlier this week, has been provisionally suspended from

the Games after testing positive for a banned stimulant. Testing of a

second sample will take place on Monday.

There was a silver medal in the para-sport powerlifting lightweight

competition for England's Natalie Blake. While her compatriot Ali

Jawad took bronze in the men's event. The top honours though were

taken by international athletes. With news of those and some of the

more surprising moments you might have missed here's the eagle eyed

Drew Savage. Singapore signed off with five gold

medals in table tennis. Success guaranteed in the singles.

Singapore's women were unstoppable. They contested the singles final

yesterday and in the doubles were too good for Australia. The last

night of boxing provided blood, sweat and tears. This 18-year-old

was overwhelmed after taking the light heavyweight title in New

Zealand. And a sweet night for the man known as sweet Sammy. He struck

Commonwealth gold for Canada at the age of 33. Not a bad night for the

Australians with Shelley what's winning the first lightweight gold

medal. -- Watts. Two gold medals for Nigeria in the para-sport

powerlifting. Loveline Obiji was successful in the heavyweight class.

Relieved to finally get the better of England in the deciding game in

the semifinals, the Indian needed five match points to clinch it. That

was not his lucky racket! He will hope for a better souvenir in

tomorrow's final. Drew Savage.

Badminton still has five gold medals to be won tomorrow but the table

on this penultimate day of action has England top with 56 golds.

England can't be surpassed by Australia who are on 45 gold

medals Canada are in third place above the Hosts, Scotland,

who have smashed their previous best of 33 medals - Scotland now with 52

in total, 19 of them gold. Wales are in 12th with 4 golds

Northern Ireland's boxing medals today means

We have been taking a look behind the scenes of the Commonwealth

Games. The medals are beautiful, but some athletes have not been too

careful with them. It is the nightmare sub -- scenario. That

moment when you cannot remember where your medal in -- medal is. And

Nicola Adams creating history, she said, I did it. This is her with

Clyde. Apparently he is sold out. A lot of athletes say they are happy

with the games. The pictures of Usain Bolt this evening,

unbelievable. The action has been incredible. I looked back at some of

the more memorable moments. It gives me the greatest pleasure to

declare the 20th Commonwealth Games open. It started with a bang. Could

the sport live up to the billing? Some of the big stars were missing,

but those who signed up were ready to create their own Commonwealth

dreams. Alistair Brownlee is now the Commonwealth champion. The big guns

came out blazing and most hit the target. I am dying, but I am not

losing the race! Some weathered under the dish Mac withered under

the weight of expectation. It was an emotional end of the road for some

of them, but others had an unbelievable start to their journey.

Under the spotlight, those who dared to dream delivered. The people of

Scotland have embraced it. A teenager's twists and turns lead to

gold medals galore. Claudia Fragapane. There were flips and

flops. And roofs were raised by huge crowds as records fell and new

champions were crowned. The king of the track caused controversy. What

do you think of the games? They are awesome. When he got down to

business, he was like lightning. The rain fell, but mostly the sun shone.

The fans flocked. They witnessed emotional moments. This meant

everything and there was no way I would go through everything I have

been through and not get a medal today. Those who did not come missed

a fantastic party. We thank Glasgow for it. Tomorrow night, the sun will

set on the 20th Commonwealth Games and the baton will be passed to the

gold coast of Australia. I think you were trying to make me cry with that

piece. What was your favourite memory?

Probably the side of a 13-year-old girl of the Shetland Islands,

realising she had taken a bronze medal. And, Usain Bolt, dancing to

the Proclaimers. I hear he is DJ in town, I wonder if he has 500 Miles

on the wheels of steel. Thank you for giving us a behind-the-scenes

glimpse. That is it for Commonwealth Games

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