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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 30, 2014 23:53:41 GMT 1
On Tuesday, I spent the day watching the mountain biking. A fabulous location with great views across Glasgow. Here's Cath Pendrel of Canada, who won the gold medal easily. And here are the first 4 finishers in the very exciting men's race, battling it out with one lap to go. In the evening, I was at Hampden Park for the athletics. The 110m hurdles finalists clear the second set. And Laura Weightman kicks for home in the 1500m.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 31, 2014 6:18:58 GMT 1
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Post by o on Jul 31, 2014 10:18:39 GMT 1
Doubles squash, seriously! It's a lot faster than badminton!
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Post by rewardman on Jul 31, 2014 17:54:46 GMT 1
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 31, 2014 23:48:43 GMT 1
Day 4 (for me). Took advantage of one of the free events, and watched the cycling time trials. Here's Emma Pooley heading for silver, and Alex Dowsett going for gold. I then squeezed in a few wrestling bouts. Babita Kumari (in blue) took the first of two Indian gold medals this afternoon.
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Post by Panda on Jul 31, 2014 23:48:49 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda DAY 5 Mozambique DAY 6 Barbados Fiji Grenada Trinidad & Tobago DAY 7 Kiribati DAY 8 Botswana Nauru
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Post by Shireblogger on Jul 31, 2014 23:53:20 GMT 1
A top notch evening at Hampden for some very exciting athletics. David Weir wins gold, giving me the opportunity to sing Jerusalem during the medal ceremony. Eilidh Child's sensational silver created pandemonium. A delighted Jazmin Sawyers takes a lap of honour for her long jump silver. A Jamaican 1-2-3 in the men's 200m.
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Post by Panda on Aug 1, 2014 23:02:48 GMT 1
Teams that have won a medal so far, day-by-day: DAY 1 Australia Canada Cyprus England Ghana India Malaysia New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Scotland South Africa Wales DAY 2 Bangladesh Cameroon Jamaica Papua New Guinea Samoa Singapore Sri Lanka Zambia DAY 3 Isle of Man Mauritius Pakistan DAY 4 Bahamas Kenya Namibia Uganda DAY 5 Mozambique DAY 6 Barbados Fiji Grenada Trinidad & Tobago DAY 7 Kiribati DAY 8 Botswana Nauru DAY 9 St. Lucia
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Post by Panda on Aug 1, 2014 23:34:11 GMT 1
The number of teams with at least one medal has now exceeded that from Delhi in 2010. The all-time record is 39 in 2002 and 2006.
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Post by rewardman on Aug 2, 2014 5:45:17 GMT 1
England on top with 48 golds to Australia's 40. Scotland in 4th place.
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Post by Shireblogger on Aug 2, 2014 8:34:19 GMT 1
My final day in Glasgow was spent watching the women's hockey semi-finals. In the first match, a superb Australia thrashed South Africa 7-1. The second game was a lot more tense. England took an early lead, and then soaked up New Zealand's pressure. With 8 minutes left, NZ had two players sin-binned for 5 minutes, but England failed to exploit the 2 player advantage. And, just as the two Kiwis came back on, England had a player sin binned. NZ equalised with just 2 minutes left. This sent the match to a penalty shoot-out. Which England won, thanks to the heroics of goalkeeper Maddie Hinch, who saved 3 of the 4 NZ penalties she faced. England come close to going 2-0 up... England's Alex Danson round's the New Zealand 'keeper, to tuck away the first penalty This is what England winning a semi-final penalty shoot-out looks like England's hero, Maddy Hinch
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Post by Shireblogger on Aug 2, 2014 8:46:56 GMT 1
So, I had a great week. Some very exciting, excellent value-for-money, sport.
Glasgow was lively and welcoming. The volunteers were exceptionally friendly and helpful. The police and armed forces doing security were efficient, chatty and smiling. Only the miserable and over-officious employees of ScotRail spoil the fun, but they did keep the trains running.
In descending order, my favourite spectator sports from the Games:
1. Athletics - timetabled to provide drama every 20 minutes or so, big crowds, lots of Scottish & English success
2. Hockey - for me, more exciting than rugby, and comes close to football at times
3. Squash - even faster than you would expect, with good rallies and sharp reflexes on show
4. Mountain Biking - in nice weather, a great outdoor walk as well as exciting sport, and you are within touching distance of the athletes
5. Weightlifting - combines feats of strength with t.v. game show jeopardy
6. Lawn Bowls - so skilful
7. Netball - had its moments
8. Road Cycling - need to be an officianado of cycling to enjoy this
9. Gymnastics - too much going on at the same time, and too subtle for the unitiated
10. Table Tennis - a bit boring really
11. Wrestling - really needed someone to explain to me what was going on
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Post by rewardman on Aug 2, 2014 16:20:23 GMT 1
Glad you had such a terrific time Shireblogger. Especially pleased to read that Glasgow have done a great job.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Aug 3, 2014 16:54:26 GMT 1
its been quite good don't think had omphhhhhhhhhhhhh world cup be awsommmmmm if England win table yoooooooooooo hollaaaaaaaaa don't forget augest 7th go meeeeeeeeee wuzupppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 18:16:22 GMT 1
Agree with Shireblogger: "Only the miserable and over-officious employees of ScotRail spoil the fun, but they did keep the trains running."
I saw the swimming, diving and athletics and the atmosphere at all 3 was superb. I'm a massive athletics fan and it was clear most people were at Hampden for the experience rather than the sport so I actually preferred normal athletics meets, but still a lot of fun (despite the rain).
London 2012 Olympics was the experience of my life (which I plan to repeat in Tokyo), but it was great to have a multisport event on my doorstep - positive for the local/regional community and roll on the next one!
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Post by rewardman on Aug 3, 2014 20:21:14 GMT 1
GLASGOW: England triumphed in the Commonwealth Games medals table for the first time in 28 years on Sunday (August 3), but there were final day consolations for former top dog Australia with wins in men's hockey, netball and a squash double.
England started the day already assured of top spot in the medals table for the first time since 1986, dethroning Australia. By the end of Sunday's action, with just 11 more titles to be decided, England had captured 174 medals of which 58 were gold. Australia, who will host the next Games in 2018, finished on a total of 137 with 49 gold.
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Post by rewardman on Aug 3, 2014 23:41:10 GMT 1
Kylie performs in closing ceremony
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Post by rewardman on Aug 4, 2014 15:06:30 GMT 1
Thought some would appreciate this sentiment.
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