Saturday 26 July 2014
Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow, Scotland
GLASGOW: A total of 22 Gold Medals were up for grabs on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games 2014. It was Australia who rose to the occasion, scoring big and grabbing 4 of them. However, England continued their stay at the top of the table.
Thomas Fraser-Holmes of Australia won 2 medals for his country. Apart from winning the 200 meter freestyle swimming, he won the Silver for 400 meter Individual Mens category too. The event was won by Daniel Wallace from the host nation Scotland.
Scotland continues to perform well at the event already securing 7 Gold Medals till now. England and Scotland won big on Judo and bagged 4 Gold Medals. Abhinav Bindra, former Olympic Gold Medallist from India, won his 4th Commonwealth Games Gold Medal on 10 Meter Air Rifle Event. This is going to be his last CWG & he bowed out on a high.
However, the world was shocked even before the event started. The 400 meter hurdle champion Rhys Williams of Wales failed the Drug Test on Day 2 & was sent off from the competition. He is the 2nd athlete from Wales to fail the test after Gareth Warburton was barred from the event last week. But this was not the end of misery for Wales on Day 2.
In Hockey, Wales missed out as Men team suffered a 1-3 loss to India & Women's team were handed a drubbing of 0-9 from Australia.
Medals Tally After Day 2:
