Birmingham, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s medal tally at the Commonwealth Games jumped to three, with Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai recovering from a fall to secure bronze in the Steeplechase final Friday.
For 2,500 metres it was an impressive two-horse race between Kenya and Uganda for the gold medal, with both gapping the field within the first lap and running very fast splits. But a big fall from Ugandan Chemutai took her out of the race for gold, leaving Kenyan Jackline Chepkoech the runaway victor in a new games record of 9:15.68.
The highlight for the hosts was a staggering performance from Lizzie Bird to break her PB by around 2 seconds to run 9:17.79. She took full advantage of the slowing Ugandan post-fall and passed her with 200m to go.
POS
|
TEAM
|
G
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S
|
B
|
TOTAL
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1
|
Australia | 50 | 44 | 46 | 140 |
2
|
England | 47 | 46 | 38 | 131 |
3
|
Canada | 19 | 24 | 24 | 67 |
4
|
New Zealand | 17 | 11 | 13 | 41 |
5
|
India | 9 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
6
|
Scotland | 8 | 8 | 19 | 35 |
7
|
South Africa | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 |
8
|
Nigeria | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
9
|
Wales | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 |
10
|
Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
11
|
Jamaica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
12
|
Kenya | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
13
|
Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
14
|
Uganda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
15
|
Northern Ireland | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
16
|
Singapore | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
17
|
Samoa | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |