Day 7 Commonwealth Games Sportsday

Hello and welcome to Commonwealth Games Sportsday.

This is your last stop of the evening for all of the best action

from today and I promise we'll get everything in before midnight.

Rutherford proves his pedigree adding gold in Glasgow

Surprising even themselves with synchronised springboard gold

as England take a trio of diving medals.

Newspaper nonsense - Bolt strikes back after claims he

was less than complimentary about the Commonwealth Games.

's! The sultry conditions that accompanied the start of these games

have given way to a rather cooler day. So this was a slightly

different environment for the athletes at Hampden Park.

Greg Rutherford adds Commonwealth gold to his Olympic title.

Two years ago in east London, Greg Rutherford won the Olympic title for

Great Britain. And now, in South Glasgow, competing for England this

time, he seemed focused on going for gold again.

Look at that! And that job of eight metres 20 was too good for anyone,

unless South Africa could pass on with this job. He could not, and

another major title is Greg Rutherford's. I am over the moon,

and a lot of people had written me off. I am trying to prove that I can

still do it. The day was not so successful for Dai Greene. The

former world champion in the 400 hurdles failed to defend his

Commonwealth crown, going out in the semifinals and from one hurdle to

another, the 3000 metres steeplechase final ended quite

unsurprisingly with Kenya one, two and three. Further back was Ailish

McColgan, daughter of Liz McColgan. But another button, Jessica Taylor,

you'd better with bronze in the heptathlon so no one could get near

the gold medallist. And another Canadian was head and shoulders

above everyone else in the Commonwealth. Chemicals had success

in the javelin and Valerie Adams had victory in the shop that. In this

discipline, she is rarely beaten. -- Kim Nichols. Before today, grenade

had never won a single Commonwealth title but in the 400 is they have

Karani James, and he got gold. The crowd is fantastic. I love the crowd

reaction and they really cancel out the weather! It is good just being

out here, competing for a crowd like this. He might not like the weather

that he can add this title to his Olympic title from London. Perhaps

the standard performance on the track during those 2012 games was

David Rudisha. The world record and with gold in the 800 metres, in the

semifinals here, he looked in control and in ominous form.

Tension and the odd tumble are standard procedures

in gymnastics but this time it was Great Britain team-mates that were

Their competitive spirit pushed England's Max Whitlock to gold

in the individual all round event but Scotland's Dan Keatings

and Nile Wilson had their own tussle for silver.

Tonight it has been at the Hydro with six medals of grounds and the

Home Nations gymnasts took everyone them. It started with Max Whitlock,

leading from start to finish to claim the gold in the individual

all-around event. It was a masterful performance, Dan Keatings and Nile

Wilson tussled all the way for the silver and bronze medals but Dan

Keatings produced the performance he needed at the end on the high bar to

hold off Nile Wilson. But what a debut in the competition for him. He

exudes confidence and proved why he is such an exciting prospect for

British gymnastics, which is in a very strong position with the World

Championships around the corner. That was an amazing feeling, to go

out there, I had goose bumps from the competition and to compete aside

these great athletes, and to be on the podium is amazing. The seasoning

it was the women with the individual all-around competition and English

gymnasts charged to the top of the standings. In the end, an explosive

final floor routine from Claudia Fragapane clinched the gold medal

over Ruby Harrold and Hannah Whelan to complete the English one, two,

three. Tears on the podium. You can see how much that meant to hurt. And

could be more gold medals for the Home Nations on the way when the

individual apparatus finals get going. Exciting times for British

gymnasts. The old and new generations were on show at the

Royal Commonwealth will on the diving's they want. Jack Law proved

to be one to watch. Rebecca Gallantree could not believe her

final dive and was elation and frustration for Tonia Couch and

Sarah Barrow. There is another name in diving to remember now, Jack

Laugher, and we will hear more about him. He was in the springboard

competition. He usually specialises in the three-metre competition, but

it turned into a very serious Gold medal. He was sublime throughout and

he secured victory with a stunning routine. His team-mate Chris Mears

finished fourth. Lost for words. This morning was great. I scored 435

and that was great and to score 450 is amazing. In the women's final,

Olivia Black and her team-mate made a slow start but they climbed to

second with one dive to go. And they delivered the routine of their

lives, landing England's second Gold of the day. It took them a moment to

realise what they had achieved. Tonia Couch and Sarah Barrow

surprise themselves with a silver in the platform event. They had led

going into the event but were pleased to secure a medal.

Tom Daley has confirmed he will compete in the ten-metre

synchronised event on Friday. He has been without a regular partner since

the retirement of Peter Waterfield who he competed with London 2012.

You will be joined by fellow 20-year-old James Denny.

The diving continues in Edinburgh tomorrow and there is no rest for

the medallists. Jack Laugher will be back and Tonia Couch and Sarah

Barrow are back for the ten-metre individual platform event.

Looking forward to that. More on the paper review to come, but Usain Bolt

has denied making the comments. This report contains flash photography.

Usain Bolt was supporting Jamaica's netball team this morning but the

world's fastest man is involved in a controversy. What do you think of

the Commonwealth Games? Or some was his reply. Very

different to what he was supposed to have given yesterday -- awesome.

After meeting the Royal family, it is claimed he spoke to a reporter

and described the so-called friendly Games in less than friendly terms.

He denied the claims on Twitter. Usain Bolt is used to being the

centre of attention but not quite like this. Focus in Glasgow is not

on how he might run but on what he might have said. By the afternoon,

he was back in the village and his press team say he is frustrated

because he needs security everywhere and he cannot walk about. The

newspaper is standing by its quotes and fans bemused.

Just in a bad mood, it is unlike him.

It is fantastic. We have done really well, the city is showing its

friendly side and everybody is going out to make it a great Games.

Organisers who welcomed Usain Bolt is to Glasgow at the weekend have

defended their start traction. -- retraction. We are pleased with

how he has responded. These are a fantastic Games. You heard him

during his first press conference. He is very positive, very focused on

delivering for his country in the Relay event. I am sure it will be a

great event. As he trains tonight, Usain Bolt

will be hoping his feet will now do the talking.

Some of the other stories now from day seven.

And it's been a good day for the Home Nations boxers.

They are guaranteed at least a bronze after making it

Including Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes

He knocked out Charles Keama, from Papua New Guinea,

Michaela Walsh is guaranteed at least a bronze medal in the women's

boxing, which will be the first for Northern Ireland in the competition.

She booked her place in the last four with victory over

Walsh could meet England's Nicola Adams in the final after the Olympic

champion won her fight over Erandi de Silva of Sri Lanka.

Walsh's team-mate Alanna Audley-Murphy is through to

England's women's hockey team booked their place in the semi finals with

England will now face New Zealand on Friday for a place in the final.

But Wales finished bottom of their group,

The island nation of Grenada has won its first Games. Their weightlifter

one eight gold-medal -- Kiribati. In and's Ben Watson took bronze in the

same category. -- England's. It will be a happy Rattigan

household this evening, after Leon took bronze for England

in the 97-kilogram freestyle There was a bronze too for Viorel

Etko of Scotland in the 61-kilogram division, but the top honours went

to the international athletes. Patrick Gearey rounds up

the day's wrestling action, plus takes a look at some other

moments you might have missed. Is old of wrestling is thousands of

years old but very few in history have approached the ring like this

Nigerian -- the sport. She sings a hymn of thanks and gets on with it.

She won Gold in the under 53 kilo category and she finished off

dancing. Look at that for a celebration!

New Zealand's Sam Belkin is a security guard by trade and is used

to long periods of waiting. Useful in his match, nobody could find his

opponent. The result was a walkover and uneasy morning's work. He

finished with runs in the 97 kilo division. The gold-medal match was

an entertaining encounter between Canada and India. It finished level

so they had to wait before the Canadian was declared the winner as

he scored the last point. The battle for the women's Gold in the over 75

kilo was between Nigeria, second four years ago, and the reigning

champion of Samoa. This failure at 161 kilos gave the Gold and the

revenge to her opponent. The weather made the warm bowls and injurious

events today. -- lawn all is a difficult events today. Australia

looked about as pleased as you can in an anorak.

England and Northern Ireland were halfway through a hard-fought first

game when the computer declared it over. A quick call was required,

everybody tried to remember the score and England went on to win

2-0. The Adcocks have already added to

England's medal tally and are hoping to do so again

in the badminton mixed doubles. Today, England leap-frogged

Australia to the top of the table. England are top of that table.

Scotland stay fourth with 13. We've been taking a look

behind the scenes of the Commonwealth Games on this show

with our reporter Chris Mclaughlin. What -- one of the images of the day

has to be the shock of the divers winning. They could not believe it.

Black and Rebecca gallantry. We have had plenty of pictures of athletes

with their medals but none with faces like this. Look at the shock!

Staying with Aquatics, Hannah Miley is a cool customer, won Gold and one

bronze for Team Scotland. This is with cult hero 23 match -- Bert le

Clos. He is more famous than his Gold medallist son, he says. And

English domination in Hydro. This is Louis Smith. Reminding duvet on

number one. In the Hydro and the medal table -- reminding you they

are number one. I did mention the papers and the story about Usain

Bolt is in the times. The Telegraph has an image of Gold medallist Greg

Rutherford reaping to first place after a couple of years of injury

problems -- leaping. And he is on the front of the

Express with his Gold to go alongside that Gold from the London

Olympics. We have had plenty of competition

but we have got four days left, what the big events tomorrow?

It is heating up at Hampden. We have had David Rudisha, this 800m has

been a long time coming. The world and Olympic champion from Kenya. And

it is up to Scotland's poster girl Tamara, a wee child in the hurdles.

Imagine the atmosphere in Hampden -- Eilidh Child. And look out for

Lizzie Armitstead for England and David Millar for Scotland.

Thank you. That's all from

Commonwealth Games Sportsday. The day when the two divers were

stunned by their success. I'll be back with

you tomorrow night. When wild animals get sick,

it takes radical thinking, extraordinary medical skills

and great bravery This is routine for me. The problem

is to do it on a rhinoceros. This is real bionic stuff,

it's amazing. This is the trickiest ultrasound

I've ever seen. I've never seen the scale of

this sort of operation before.