Chemutai secures bronze despite fall

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	S	B	TOTAL
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