It was magical to hear 35,000 and more sing the National Anthem with pride after discus thrower Krishna Poonia led an unprecedented India 1-2-3 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. A 52-year wait for an athletics gold medal in the Commonwealth Games ended on Monday night – and what’s more Harwant Kaur and Seema Antil added to the joy. Read more »
Valerie Adams towered head and shoulders above everyone else, literally and figuratively. The Olympic shot put champion from New Zealand is 1.96m tall and none of her opposition has ever recorded a throw close to 20m. Yet, on Saturday evening, she knew that the biggest competition came from within herself rather than her opposition. Read more »
Take a bow, Alison Williamson. For your refusal to be drawn into blaming the home crowd for England’s one-point defeat by India in the final of the women’s team recurve archery competition at Delhi 2010. Take a bow, Alison. For the grace with you handled questions about the cheering and whistling when Amy Oliver and you took aim with your final arrows. Read more »
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