Records fly at Commonwealth Games

MELBOURNE – Samson Ramadhani Nyonyi of Tanzania won an action-packed men’s marathon in a time of 2 hours, 11 minutes and 29 seconds yesterday.

The Tanzanian took advantage of a mid-race mishap to take gold from Kenyan Fred Mogaka Tumbo. Bronze went to England’s Daniel Robinson, who was three minutes behind Ramadhani Nyonyi.In the Men’s 77 kg weightlifting event, Majeti Fetrie from Ghana won gold with India’s Mohammed Zakir Asdullah winning silver and Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan Irfan winning bronze.Fetrie’s combined winning weight was 309 kg, which included a lift of 138 kg in the snatch and 171 kg in the clean-and-jerk after failing the 175 kg weight.The Isle of Man has nabbed its first gold medal for 40 years thanks to an energetic performance by Mark Cavendish in the men’s cycling scratch race.Cavendish’s performance saw Australia’s Ashley Hutchinson take silver and James MacCallum from Scotland won bronze.The 20-year-old World Madison Champion received the first gold medal for Isle of Man since the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.Cavendish described his win as a “massive deal” Records continued to fall throughout the competition – nine Commonwealth Games records were smashed and a huge number of excited fans attended last night’s rugby sevens matches.New Zealand took out the rugby sevens crown, defeating England 29-21 in the final last night.Fiji won bronze, overcoming a gallant Australia 24-17.The bronze medal match was marred by an injury to Australian Western Force Super 14 player Scott Fava who sustained severe concussion, and had to be taken from the field of play.The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre is continuing to cement its reputation as a ‘fast’ pool – a total of four Commonwealth Games records were broken in yesterday’s events.Australia’s Danni Miatke smashed the existing Games record set in Manchester to claim the gold medal in the final of the women’s 50 m butterfly with a time of 26.43 seconds.In semi-final swims, South Africa’s Roland Schoeman set a new Games record in the men’s 50 m butterfly and England’s Christopher Cook set a new record in the men’s 100 m backstroke.Scotland’s David Carry has won gold and set a new Games record in the men’s 400 m individual medley (IM) with a time of 4:15.98 with his team mate Euan Dale in second in 4:17.15 and Australia’s Travis Nederpelt in third in 4:17.24.Carry has a busy schedule for the Games with his events including the 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.Earlier in the evening, Simon Burnett of England won the men’s 100 m freestyle final in a time of 48.57.South African Ryk Neethling swam a time of 49.2, picking up the silver, and his compatriot Roland Schoeman came in third to claim bronze in 49.24.The Games record of the women’s 100 m freestyle was broken twice – first by Australia’s Alice Mills in heat four, only to be broken again by Jodie Henry in the following heat.South Africa’s Natalie Du Toit broke her own world record in winning gold in the women’s 50 m elite athletes with a disability (EAD) freestyle.In shooting for gold, India’s men’s 10 m air-rifle pairs team broke the record they set in the same event at Manchester.In the weightlifting, the Commonwealth Games record in the women’s 58 kg class was broken five times.Taking out the silver medal, Papua New Guinea’s Dika Loa Toua set a new Games record with a lift of 103 kg in the clean-and-jerk.This was then broken twice by Canada’s Maryse Turcotte, who finished the day with a lift of 108 kg.Maryse Turcotte set a new Games record with a total score of 188 kg – earning her the gold medal.Record crowds flocked to the various Festival Melbourne 2006 sites.Last night at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the crowd showed their support of the performance of South Africa diva Miriam Makeba with thunderous applause and a standing ovation.-AFPBronze went to England’s Daniel Robinson, who was three minutes behind Ramadhani Nyonyi.In the Men’s 77 kg weightlifting event, Majeti Fetrie from Ghana won gold with India’s Mohammed Zakir Asdullah winning silver and Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan Irfan winning bronze.Fetrie’s combined winning weight was 309 kg, which included a lift of 138 kg in the snatch and 171 kg in the clean-and-jerk after failing the 175 kg weight.The Isle of Man has nabbed its first gold medal for 40 years thanks to an energetic performance by Mark Cavendish in the men’s cycling scratch race.Cavendish’s performance saw Australia’s Ashley Hutchinson take silver and James MacCallum from Scotland won bronze.The 20-year-old World Madison Champion received the first gold medal for Isle of Man since the 1966 Commonwealth Games held in Kingston, Jamaica.Cavendish described his win as a “massive deal” Records continued to fall throughout the competition – nine Commonwealth Games records were smashed and a huge number of excited fans attended last night’s rugby sevens matches.New Zealand took out the rugby sevens crown, defeating England 29-21 in the final last night.Fiji won bronze, overcoming a gallant Australia 24-17.The bronze medal match was marred by an injury to Australian Western Force Super 14 player Scott Fava who sustained severe concussion, and had to be taken from the field of play.The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre is continuing to cement its reputation as a ‘fast’ pool – a total of four Commonwealth Games records were broken in yesterday’s events.Australia’s Danni Miatke smashed the existing Games record set in Manchester to claim the gold medal in the final of the women’s 50 m butterfly with a time of 26.43 seconds.In semi-final swims, South Africa’s Roland Schoeman set a new Games record in the men’s 50 m butterfly and England’s Christopher Cook set a new record in the men’s 100 m backstroke.Scotland’s David Carry has won gold and set a new Games record in the men’s 400 m individual medley (IM) with a time of 4:15.98 with his team mate Euan Dale in second in 4:17.15 and Australia’s Travis Nederpelt in third in 4:17.24.Carry has a busy schedule for the Games with his events including the 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.Earlier in the evening, Simon Burnett of England won the men’s 100 m freestyle final in a time of 48.57.South African Ryk Neethling swam a time of 49.2, picking up the silver, and his compatriot Roland Schoeman came in third to claim bronze in 49.24.The Games record of the women’s 100 m freestyle was broken twice – first by Australia’s Alice Mills in heat four, only to be broken again by Jodie Henry in the following heat.South Africa’s Natalie Du Toit broke her own world record in winning gold in the women’s 50 m elite athletes with a disability (EAD) freestyle.In shooting for gold, India’s men’s 10 m air-rifle pairs team broke the record they set in the same event at Manchester.In the weightlifting, the Commonwealth Games record in the women’s 58 kg class was broken five times.Taking out the silver medal, Papua New Guinea’s Dika Loa Toua set a new Games record with a lift of 103 kg in the clean-and-jerk.This was then broken twice by Canada’s Maryse Turcotte, who finished the day with a lift of 108 kg.Maryse Turcotte set a new Games record with a total score of 188 kg – earning her the gold medal.Record crowds flocked to the various Festival Melbourne 2006 sites.Last night at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the crowd showed their support of the performance of South Africa diva Miriam Makeba with thunderous applause and a standing ovation. -AFP