BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sport editor Friday, August 01, 2014
GLASGOW, Scotland — Jamaicans won six more medals on day five of the XX Commonwealth Games at Hampden Park last night, bringing their tally to 18.
With 12 in the bag coming into last night, they added two gold, one silver and three bronze.
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As usual, they turned on the styles and put on the frills.
In a sweep of the medals, the men's 200m won gold, silver and bronze. The destroyers — Rasheed Dwyer, Warren Weir and Jason Livermore, in that order.
Kaliese Spencer breathed a sigh of relief as she won her first major gold medal in the women's 400m hurdles in 52.79 seconds. Her teammate Janieve Russell trailed for the bronze in 54.75. Scotland's Eilidh Child copped silver in 54.22.
Also on the medal podium last night was Jason Morgan, who won gold in the men's discus, hurling 62.34 metres — Jamaica's third medal in the field.
The Diamond League winner, Spencer, expressed relief at coming first at last in a major senior championship.
"I just went out there and focused on what I trained for, my technique, and I went out there just to run. It was not a perfect race, but I won and I am very happy with that.
"I just feel relieved right now. I don't know if when I go back to the hotel and relax it will hit me then that I am the gold medal winner," she told Jamaican reporters.
She has been thirsting for this success for a long time. But her moment of glory has finally come.
"It's been eight years since I won at the 2006 World Juniors, so I am going to be on the podium in the middle, so I am very happy with that... I wanted to ensure that I got the gold medal. World Indoors was great and that was the breakthrough for me and I knew coming here I would be victorious," said the World Indoor Championship silver medallist. more
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