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SMH Commonwealth Games 3C Friday, February 2, 1990 toe Games I The day Ngugi nearly pulled off Viren's Munich miracle A take-off salute that falls short The current price of the drug in Europe and America, where athletes have started using it, is about a dose. On the black market it is fetching up to Whether athletes choose this potentially lethal means of winning in Games competition really depends on what value they place on medals and their health. NOTHING is quite so upsetting as seeing champions competing past their best. I know it's a selfish attitude. They should be able to compete for as long as they wish without the likes of this columnist telling them what to do.

But I think I speak for most people when I say that you build memories of your champions that you'd like to savour forever, and so it was enormously disappointing to see dual Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe struggling as he did in the 800m final yesterday behind the fleeing Kenyans. He had the absolute run of the race, but when he called for more speed, his 33-year-old legs simply turned a deaf ear. Coe has the final tomor row and, who knows, he might still have another great run left in those legs to win what would be his first, last and only Commonwealth Games gold medal. But I suspect the next time we'll hear about this truly great champion will be his election to the House of Commons in the next British WHILE on the subject of age, one of the more uplifting performances of these Games was that of 17-year-old Paul Greene in reaching the men's 200m final, when he said: "I came here to run relays as a reserve. Now I'm the fastest white man in the Commonwealth, I guess." He'll make quite a noise when he gets back on stage with SPG, the Nowra rock band with whom he's lead singer.

THE reddest of red hot favourites goes around today in track and field. Kerry Saxby, that zany character from Ballina with the swivel hips, will have to develop instant arthritis or ingrown toenails not to win the inaugural Games 10km walk today in a walk. JIM WEBSTER blood, producing the same benefits of blood doping but without having to physically remove the athlete's blood and later replace it. Even if EPO is banned, it disappears quickly after being used even though the effect doesn't, which makes any kind of testing virtually useless. Recent tests on eight Swedish athletes showed a 10 per cent rise in their endurance performances after EPO treatment, which is roughly twice what blood doping reportedly does to you.

Worse still, athletes can administer themselves injections of EPO, whereas blood doping needs some medical assistance. Medical experts have warned of the drug's dangers. UCLA's Dr DonCatlin has cautioned: "There is the possibility of acute toxicity with this drug and it increases the chances of a Others suggest that, in unskilled hands, it could kill. While desperate athletes, as we have seen in Auckland, regularly choose to ignore the enormous dangers of drug-taking, at least the cost of EPO might stop them resorting to it. smash in 1985 and suffered shocking injuries in the accident that doctors said might prevent him running again.

So when asked did he feel for Ngugi, I could fully understand when he said: "No, no that's all part of the Games." All part of life. Seldom has the Commonwealth Games seen a race of such drama and excitement. DRUG-TAKING keeps raising its insidious head at these Games. The weightlifters have been amongst it again, with three of them being stripped of their medals after failing drugs tests. When might it end? When might the sporting bodies of the world be able to stop athletes abusing both their bodies and the spirit of fair competition? Maybe never, for I've just read of a dangerous new drug that has come on to the international market and will probably be scooped up as greedily as items at a DJ's Christmas sale.

It's called erythropoietin (EPO), a hormone intended for use on kidney-dialysis patients. The substance increases the oxygen-carrying capacity of the THE WEBSTER FILE fiance, Yobes Ondieki, had also fallen. And we missed seeing it live! Network Nine, let me plead on everyone's behalf and ask you never ever to butt so thoughtlessly into a final like that again! Understand-' ably you need commercial breaks in swimming or track events longer than a quarter of an hour, but surely yon can last 13 or 14 minutes without one! Back at the track, we eventually saw that remarkable finish by our Andrew Lloyd to outsprint Ngugi for the gold medal in the finest run of his life and the Games' greatest upset so far. Lloyd is a fellow who has suffered great personal tragedy, having lost his first wife in a car pair AUCKLAND: If a gold medal were awarded for pre-event effort, it would have to go to Australian high jumper Marc Howard. Howard had the entire Mount Smart Stadium crowd, including the Prime Minister, Mr Hawke, watching him yesterday, particularly when he went into his take-off salute mode.

When it is Howard's turn to jump, the tall 23-year-old teacher thrusts his left leg back in a revving action as if he is desperate to take off, while throwing his right hand up to the salute position as many as 22 times. It is similar to a soldier, anxious to go to the toilet, finding his way blocked by a file of army officers whom he is forced to salute. The West German-born Howard had many in the crowd counting his salutes and he fascinated Canada's Milton Ottey. Ottey turned to a section of the crowd and began surreptitiously simulating Howard's action. Ottey was the Commonwealth Games title holder and perhaps Howard's action unsettled him.

Ottey came third to Bermuda's Clarence Saunders who beat his Commonwealth record with a jump of 2.36m. Australian David Anderson came fifth with a leap of 2.35m. Howard failed when the bar was set at 2.20m. On his third attempt it shivered for a long time, as if mocking his action, and finally fell down. Consider the time code of his bizarre action Begins pacing, wearing black cap with Chicago Bulls motif and Australian tracksuit pants.

30 seconds: Nervous spit. gold. THE men's final at the Commonwealth Games yesterday was among the most amazing races I've ever seen. Emotions ran rampant as first we i saw Kenya's Olympic champion, John Ngugi, fall after the race had been in progress little more than two minutes, regain his feet, rejoin the fieid within a lap and sprint into 'the Images of Lasse Viren came 'rushing back, for the marvellous vFinn also fell in the 1972 Olympic final at Munich, yet went on to win and break Ron Clarke's world record into the bargain in what was very nearly the greatest "single performance in distance running. Could Ngugi do as Viren had done and win after his fall? The excitement and tension was sky-rocketing.

Then "Sydney television viewers -were subjected to the most appallingly-timed commercial break and heard all about Louis The Fly, Manly's Aquarium, Pert shampoo and a Newsbreak from Hendo. When eventually we returned to the final we were to learn that the other favourite, and Lisa Martin's this i AUCKLAND: Australia's first Commonwealth Games gold medal in men's pairs bowling came with more of a whimper than a bang yesterday. Queenslander Trevor Morris -'and partner Ian Schuback," of Sydney's Hills club, both thought their game against Canada's George Box well and Alfred Wal- lace "was pretty Although pleased to have won the gold medal, Morris and 'Schuback both rated their qualifying games against England and j. New Zealand as tougher and of a higher standard than their gold-v. medal contest with Canada.

Morris said afterwards: "We yiwere always pretty confident of i going well with Canada in the ''final. a "We weren't expecting to meet them in the final, so we had played them in a practice game before the tournament started and we beat them then too. "You can never tell in a game of Easy eJiamp ions BOWLS Injured Sullivan suffers cruel fate AUCKLAND: Australia's hopes of adding to its medal tally of two silvers and two bronzes in judo received an unexpected setback last night when Lara Sullivan was forced to withdraw after twisting a knee in training minutes before her bout. Sullivan, who was regarded as a possible bronze medallist in the half middleweight class, could barely -walk after falling heavily while practising with a teammate. She still wanted to play her first round opponent, but was ordered to withdraw by team manager Andrew Richardson after the knee had been examined by doctors.

"Lara was very keen to go on, but I didn't think she should take the risk," Richardson said. "It's not as though this was her last chance to win a medal. She's of Wales had been in the final we might not have won. I think the best bowls of the tournament was when we played England, the heads were very tight and it was always very close. "I don't think you could say we just feH over the line today, but we certainly wouldn't have been very pleased if we just got the silver." Boxwell and Wallace came within three points of Morris and Schuback in the 10th end, but were never really a winning prospect, lacking the consistency and skill of the Australians, who won 23-15.

Today, the Australian women's fours will battle for the gold medal with New Zealand after making it through to the final of their group unbeaten. However, Australia's men's fours were beaten by Northern Ireland 17-14 and will play New Zealand for the bronze medal, with Scotland and New Zealand vying for the gold. Trans-Tasman superiority. It will be the 33rd time the two teams have met, with 16 wins apiece. Defence will play a vital part of the match and the differing styles of the two teams promises to produce explosive action.

"We have a one-on-one tight defence, whereas the New Zealan-ders work in a triangular zone," Corbett said "Ours is a fast, manoeuvreable style, whereas they are more balanced and controlled." Nixon Kiprotich (Kenya) 1:46 00. 3 Matthew Yates (Eng) 1 46 62. 4 Brian Whittle (Scot) 1 46 85. 5 Ikem Billy (Eng) 1:47 16. 6 Sebastian Coe (Eng) 1:47 24.

7 Thomas McKean (Scot) 1 47 27. 8 Simon Doyle (Aust) 1:48.06. 9 Robert Kibet (Kenya) 1 48 57. WOMEN 100m HURDLES World Record 12.21 Games Record 13.07 ROUND 1 HEAT 1: 1 Jane Flemmmg (Aust) 13 04GR. 2 Sally Gunnell (Eng) 13 14.

3 Louise Fraser (Eng) 1 3 54. 4 Judith Robinson (N Irel) 1 3 55. 5 Diana Yankev (Ghana) 13 62. 6 Cassandra Kelly (NZ) 14 21. Karen Nelson (Can) DNF HEAT 2: 1 Lesley-Ann Skeete (Eng) 13 01 GR.

2 Glynis Nunn-Cearns (Aust) 1 3 24 3 Helen Pirovano (NZ) 13 47. 4 Jenny Laurendet (Aust) 13 49. 5 Kay Morley (Wales) 13 51.6 Donna Smellie (Can) 1 3 68. 7 ATHLETICS ROY MASTERS 50s: Lies on running track, knees bent, loosening his legs. Imin 6s: Ties shoe laces; remains on back, hands supporting his head while he watches other jumpers.

2min 32s: Begins stretching exercises. 2min 52s: Begins rapid pacing and acquires an aggressive look. 3min 2s: Removes tracksuit pants, throwing them inside out on the track. 3min 8s: Walks up to bar and examines it. 3min 12s: Paces back to take-off zone; runs hands through his crewcut hair.

3min 18s: Throws cap down on ground. 3min 42s: Moves to launch site where he thrusts each leg alternatively forward, while swaying from side to side. 3min 50s: Begins his curious habit of thrusting his left leg back while saluting with his right hand. 4min 18s: Jumps and then stalks away. 4min 33s: Puts cap back on his head.

4min 53s: Drinks water. 5min 15s: Retrieves tracksuit pants and turns them right side, out. 5min 36s: Resumes his prone position on a towel. Other jumpers complete their ritual in an average of a minute. JUDO JOHN HUXLEY only 20.

If she had been 30 it might have been different. Naturally, she was very upset," England's Diane Belli beat Donna Guy-Halkyard to win the gold medal, with Laura Pace winning Malta's first-ever njeal, a bronze. -biO Later, Sydney's Gavin was beaten by Englishman DSvid Southby in a frustrating 78kg bout, interrupted once by a beetle on the mat and on another occasion when it was noticed the clock had stopped. WOMEN UNDER 61KG ROUND 1: Diane Bell (Eng) Wan Kam-Fan (HK) bv Yuko. Mandv Clayton (Can) Lara Sullivan (Aust) by Fusen-Gacht Donna Guy-Halkyard (NZ) Preeti Sharma (India) by Waza-An-A-waseie-lopon.

Laurie Pace (Malta) Michele McQuarne (Scot) by Yuko SEMI-FINALS: Bell Clayton by looon. Guv-Halkvard Pace by Ippon REPECHARGE: Clayton Kam-Fan by Ippon. Pace Sharma by Ippon FINAL: Bell Guv-Halkvard by Yuko SHOOTING INDIVIDUAL SHOTGUN SKEET 1 Kenneth Harman (Eng) 1 87. 2 Georgios Sakellis (Cyprus) 187. 3 Andrew Austin (Eng) 184.

4 Desmond Davies (Wales) 184 5 Lawrence Woollev (NZ) 183.6 Nigel Kelly (I of M) 182 7 Ian Marsden (Scot) 180. 8 Ian Hale (Aust) 179 9 James Dunlop (Scot) 178. 10 Craig Meuleman (Aust) 177. 11 Timothy Dodds (NZ) 176. 1 1 Wyman Li (HK) 176.

13 Petros Kvntsis (Cyprus) 174. 14 Anthony Lewis (Wales) 172. 15 David Clague (I of M) 170. 15 HJ Mohd Samid HJ ABD Aziz (Brunei) 170. 15 Michael Maskell (Barb) 170.

18 Hannder Bedi (India) 169 19 Fritz Altmann (Can) 165. 20 Peter Lee (Sing) 164. 20 PD Kamaluddin PG HJ Besar (Brunei) 164. 20 Dale Stoodlev (Can) 164. 23 Indenit Singh Rao (India) 162.

24 Anthony Chuang (HK) 158 25 Seng Chng (Sing) 1 49. 26 John Morns (Swazi) 1 22. 27 David Goude (Swazi) 112. WEIGHTLIFTING (Amended results after the disqualification of Wales' Gareth Hives) 100KG SNATCH: 1 Andrew Saxton (Eng) 165 0 2 Peter May (Eng) 1 45 0. 3 Guv Greavette (Can) 140 0.

4 Emit Huch (W Sam) 117 5. Gareth Hives (Wales) DSQ CLEAN JERK: 1 Saxton 197 5. 2 May 1 75 0. 3 Greavette 1 75 0. 4 Huch 1 50 0.

Hives DSQ OVERALL: 1 Saxton 362 5. 2 May 320 0. 3 Greavette 3 1 5.0. 4 Huch 267 5. Hives DSQ Coach plays her defensive demo line-up cards close to her chest bowls, but we thought we knew how they would play today.

We had a game plan ready which we stuck too and it worked." Bowlers have been critical of the round-robin system under operation in this tournament because it has meant only the teams which top either of the two groups get to battle for the gold medal, with the second best qualifiers relegated to a bronze or fourth placing. Schuback said this system had unfairly hindered the stronger English and New Zealand teams because they had been seeded in the same group as the Australians. Schuback said: "We certainly had tougher games against New Zealand and England and if NETBALL JACQUELIN MAGNAY experience and young talent." New to the Australian team are defenders Sharon Finnan, of NSW, Simone McKinnis, of Victoria, centre court player Janet Bothwell and shooter Catriona The expected sell-out clash at Chase Stadium will be an opportunity for the victor to claim 20 33GR. 2 Davidson Ezinwa (Nig) 20 38. 3 Netl Desilva (Trin) 20 66.

4 Cyprian Enweani (Can) 2067. 5 Dale McClunie (NZ) 20 75. 6 Darren Clark (Aust) 20 89. 7 Clive Wright (Jamaica) 21.03. 8 Joseph Gikonyo (Kenya) 21 34 2ND1 SEMI-FINAL: 1 John Regis (Eng) 20 35.

2 Kennedy Ondiek (Kenya) 20 38. 3 Adeoye Mate (Eng) 20 42. 4 Abdutlahi Tetengi (Nig) 20 58. 5 Paul Greene (Aust) 20 60. 6 'Samuel Boateng (Ghana) 2072.

7 Michael Dwver (Can) 2106. 8 Scott Bowden (NZ) 2 1 .35. David Clark (Scot) NTG. FINAL: 1 Adam 20 1 0GR. 2 Regis 20 1 6.

3 Male 20 26. 4 Desilva 20 40. 5 Ezinwa 20 44 6 Enweani 20 54. 7 Greene 20 58. 8 Ondiek 20 60.9Tetengi20 96.

800m World Record 1:41.73 Games Record 1:43.22 FINAL: 1 Samuel TiroD (Kenya) 1 45 98. 2 Adams aims at medal No 15 AUCKLAND: Forbes farmer Phil Adams is in the running for his 15th Commonwealth Games medal and his sixth of these Games after the first stage of the 25-metre centre fire pistol event yesterday. Adams, 44, became Australia's most prolific Commonwealth Games medal winner on Tuesday when he won silver in the air pistol. He scored 288 of a possible 300 in yesterday's first round to tie for second with Hong Kong's Gilbert behind Indian Ashok Pandit on 292. But the second stage tomorrow will be tight, with six shooters in equal fourth place only one shot behind Adams and U.

Adams's medal total includes six gold, seven silver and a bronze. He has won three gold and two silver in Auckland. Pair of champions Bowlers Trevor Morris (left) and after winning the men's pairs yesterday. AUCKLAND: Australian net-I ball coach Margaret Corbett will not name her line-up to meet world champions New Zealand in a Commonwealth Games demonstration Test until just before the match at midday today. Hi- Corbett said she was toying i With her defensive line-up and would decide which five would take the court at the last minute.

"The other positions sort themselves out," she said. "The team will be a blend of ATHLETICS n. MEN 5.00OM FINAL: 1 Andrew Lloyd (Aust) 13mm -24 86s. 2 John Ngugi (Kenya) 13 24 34. 3 Ian f.Hamer (Wales) 13 25 63.

4 Kerry Rodger 13 26 79. 5 Moses Tanui (Kenya) I 132831.6 Paul Williams (Cai) 1333 68 7 Mark Rowland (Eng) 13 35 69. 8 -Patrick Carroll (Aust) 13 4816 9 Yobes Ondieki (Kenya) 13 58 75. 10 Paul McClov (Can) 14 CO 26. 11 Charles Muhnga (Zambia) 'a.

1 4 03 59 1 2 Jack Buckner (Eng) 1 4 1 0 59. 1 3 Malcolm Norwood (Aust) 1 4 1 9 33. 1 4 Roger (Wales) 14 27 06 (protest entered) LONG JUMP World Record 8 90 Games Record 8.1 3 QUALIFYING: 1 Yussuf Alii (Ntg) 7 92 2 CiStewart Faulkner (Eng) 7 92. 3 Festus 0 -Igbinoghene (Nig) 7 89. 4 Glenrov Gilbert -(Can) 7 79.

5 William Hinchchff (NZ) 7 76. 6 OcBarnngton Williams (Eng) 7 75. 7 Jonathon --Movie (NZ) 7 72. 8 Gary Honey (Aust) 7 69. 9 John King (Eng) 7 68.

10 Kareem Streete-ThomDson (Cayman Is) 7 65. 11 Bruny Sunn rtv(Can) 7 63. 12 Dayid Culbert (Aust) 7 61. 13 Mark Mason (Guyana) 7 53. 13 Michael DlMorgan (Aust) 7 53.

15 Ayo Aladefa (Nig) .7 51. 16 Mark Forsythe (N Ire) 7 46. 17 James Sabulei (Kenya) 7.45. 18 Araouzos Demetris (Cyorus) 7 36. 19 Ian Hilton (Can) 7 27.

20 Codioh (Ghana) 7 23. 21 Ikani Taliai (Tonga) 6 60 FINAL: 1 Alii 8 39CR. 2 Culbert 8 20. 3 i Igbinoghene 8 18 4 Faulkner 7 97. 5 Moyle ,.7 97.

6 Hinchchtt 7 97. 7 Sunn 7 85. 8 Gilbert 80. 9 King 7 62. 10 Honey 7 54.

11 I I Streete-Thompson 7 53. Williams NVJ. fr HIGH JUMP r. World Record 2.44 Commonwealth Record 2.34 FINAL: 1 Clarence Nick Saunders (Berm) t-2 36CR. 2 Dalton Grant (Eng) 2 34 3 Milton Ottey (Can) 2 23.

3 Geoffrey Parsons (Scot) "2 23. 5 Alain Metellus (Can) 2 23. David Anderson (Aust) 2 23. 7 John Holman (Eng) 2 20 8 Roger Te Puni (NZ) 2 20 9 Ian Garrett 6- Aust) 2 1 5. 9 Steohen ChaDman (Eng) 2 1 5.

9 (rMarc Howard (Aust) 2.15. 12 Alexander Zaliauskas (Can) 2 15. 13 Raul Griffith (Guyana) 2 05 14 Jeffrey Brown (NZ) 2 00. v1S Steohen Ritchie (Scot) 2 00. 16 Roger orBrehaut(Guern) 1.95.

200M WorM Record 19.72 Games Record 20AS 1ST SEMI-FINAL: 1 Marcus Adam (Eng) The National Leslie Estwick (Can) 1 3 96. 8 Suet Yee Cheung (HK) 1406. 20Om World Record 21.34 Games Record 2230 FINAL: 1 Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) 22 76. 2 Kerry Johnson (Aust) 22 88. 3 Pauline Davis (Bah) 23 15.

4 Jennifer Stoute (Eng) 23 16. 5 Paula Dunn (Eng) 23 33. 6 Sallyanne Short (Wales) 23 35. 7 Kathy Sambell (Aust) 23 56. 8 Linda Keough (Eng) 23 66.

9 Oliver Acu (Uganda) 24.14. 8O0m WorM Record 1:53.28 Games Record 2:00.94 FINAL: 1 Diane Edwards (Eng) 2 00 25GR. 2 Ann Williams (Eng) 2 00 40. 3 Sharon Stewart (Aust) 2 00 87. 4 Wendy Old (Aust) 2 01 70.

5 Lorraine Baker (Eng) 2 01 77. 6 Gail Luke (Aust) 2:02 71. 7 Nicky Knapp jump yesterday. Ian Schuback are all smiles Stephen McGlede (Aust) 19:44 26. 4 Brett Aitken (Aust) 19 44 35.

5 Yannick Coian (Can) 1 9 44 39. 6 Glen Sword (Eng) 1 9 44 45. 7 Richard Hughes (Wales) 19:44 65. 8 Simon Lillistone (Eng) 19:44 82. 9 Glenn McLeay (NZ) 19 51 64 (protest entered) WOMEN 3000m INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT SEMI-FINALS World Record 3:41.640 HEAT 1: Kathryn Watt (Aust) 3 55 850 Donna Gould (Aust) 5 080 HEAT 2: Madonna Harris (NZ) 3 57 040 Kelly-Ann Way (Can) 3 350 FINAL: Harris 3 54 670 Watt 0110 BOWLS PAIRS: FINAL: Australia 23 Canada 1 5.

For bronze: NZ 24 Wales 17 FOURS: Section A Round 8 Zimbabwe 34 Swaziland 18. Ire 18 England 18. Norf Is 24 Samoa 16 Australia 21 Wales 17 Round 9 Wales 36 Swaziland 1 3. Hong Kong 21 Eng 14. Zimb25 Norl Is 13.

Ire 1 7 Australia 14 Section Round 6 India 22 Cook Is 20. Scotland 26 Botswana 16. NZ 29 Canada 9. PNG 25 Zambia 14. Botswana 28 Canada 13.

Cook Is 21 Swaziland 13 Round 7 NZ 20 Bots 14. Zambia 27 India 10. Cook Is 23 PNG 13. Scot 26 Can 1 5 FOURS: Section A Round 6 Zimbabwe 39 Samoa 8. Wales 2 1 England 1 7.

PNG 27 Norfolk Is 20. NZ 29 Scotland 10 Round 7 NZ 1 8 Wales 1 5. Norf Is 22 Samoa 16. PNG 21 Zimb 21. Scot 19 Eng 17 Section Rd 6 Australia 26 Hong Kong 12 Rd 7: Australia 34 Swaziland 9.

Bots 33 Zambia 13. Hong Kong 21 Cook Is 19 BOXING LIGHT FLYWEIGHT FINAL: Justin Juko (Uganda) Abudraha-man Ramadham (Kenya) bv points. FLYWEIGHT FINAL: Wayne McCullough (N Ire) Nokuthula Tshabangu (Zimb) on points FEATHERWEIGHT FINAL: John Irwin (Eng) Han Ally (Tanz) on points LIGHTWEIGHT FINAL: Godlrev Nvakana (Uganda) Justin Rowsell (Aust) on points LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT FINAL: Joseph Akhasamba (Kenya) Dale Brown (Can) retired HEAVYWEIGHT FINAL: George Onyango (Kenya) Patrick Jordan (Can) on points. Australia Bank Limited H3BBSB (Can) 2 03 79. 8 Brit Lind-Peterson (Can) 2 07.40.9Toni Hodgkinson (NZ) 2:09 1 1 JAVELIN World Record 80.00 Games Record: 69.80 FINAL: 1 Tessa Sanderson (Eng) 65 72.

2 Sue Howland (Aust) 61 18. 3 Kate Farrow (Aust) 58 98. 4 Sharon Gibson (Eng) 57.26. 5 Nicola Emblem (Scot) 56 96. 6 Caroline Whire (Wales) 55 1 8.

7 Kaye Nordstrom (NZ) 53 52. 8 Kirsten Smith (NZ) 52 34. 9 Cheryl Coker (Can) 50 10. 10 Matilda Kasava (Tanz) 49 23. 11 lammo Launa (PNG) 4908.

12 Scholer Muiewamana (Uganda) 46 48. 13 Valere Tulloch (Can) 45 76. 14 Lorn LaRowe (Can) 45 16 BADMINTON MS: SEMI-FINALS: Rashid Sidek (Malay) Stephen Baddeley (Eng) 15-6 15-2. Kok Keong Foo (Malay) Darren Hall (Eng) 15-10 15-7. MD: SEMI-FINALS: Jalani Sidek-Razif Sidek (Malay) Bryan Blanshard-Michael Bitten (Can) 1 5-4 1 5-3.

Rashid Sidek-Soon Kit Cheah (Malay) Miles Johnson-Andy Goode (Eng) 15-3 15-5. WS: SEMI-FINALS: Denyse Julien (Can) Helen Troke (Eng) 11-8 11-3. Fiona Smith (Eng) Deepti Thanekar (India) 11-211-2. WD: SEMI-FINALS: Gillian Gowers-Gil-lian Clark (Eng) Johanne Falardeau-Denyse Julien (Can) 15-3 15-0. Fiona Smith-Sara Sankey (Eng) Sui Hoon Tan-Slew Croon Lim (Malay) 15-37-15 15-5.

MIX SEMI-FINALS: Miles Johnson-Sara Sankey (Eng) Andy Goode-Gillian Clark (Eng) 18-16 15-8. Chi Choi Chan-Amy Chan (HK) Stephen Baddeley-Gillian Gowers (Eng) 10-15 15-7 15-7. CYCLING MEN 4.000m TEAM PURSUIT SEMI-FINALS World Record 4:1 6 100 Games Record 4:24.750 HEAT 1: NZ4 26410Eng 0750 HEAT 2: Aust 4 31 580 Can 9360 FINAL: NZ 4:22 760 GR Aust 2.820. TEN MILE SCRATCH Games Record 1 9:40.61 FINAL ROUND: 1 Gary Anderson (NZ) 19 44 20. 2 Shaun Bnen (Aust) 19:44.22.

3 National GYMNASTICS WOMEN RHYTHMIC APPARATUS ROPE: 1 Angela Walker (NZ) 9 300. 2 Madonna Gimotea (Can) 9 275. 3 Mary Fuzesi (Can) 9 250. 4 Viva Seifert (Eng) 9 000. 5 Katie Agnew (NZ) 8 950.

6 Stacey Wild (Aust) 8900. 6 Amanda Douglas (Aust) 8 900. 8 Debbie Southwick (Eng) 8 550. HOOP: 1 Fuzesi 9 400. 2 Gimotea 9 200.

3 Jack 9 100. 3 Sands 9 100. 3 Seifert 9 100. 6 Wild 9000. 7 Obremski 8 700.

8 Walker 8 600 RIBBON: 1 Fuzesi 9 400. 2 Gimotea 9 300. 3 Jack 9 200. 3 Seifert 9 200. 3 Walker 9 200.

6 Sands 9150. 7 Wild 8 800. 8 Obremski 8750 BALL: 1 Gimotea 9 450 2 Fuzesi 9400 3 Walker 9 250 4 Southwick 9 150 4 Seifert 9 ISO 6 Wild 8 950 7 Obremski 8 900 8 Jack 8 700 JUDO (Legend: Ippon outright win: Waza-ari -almost Ippon; Yuko almost Waza-Ari; Koka almost Yuko: Waza-Ari-Awasete-lppon -Ippon x2 Waza-Ari). MEN UNDER 78KG ROUND 1: Roger Cote (Can) Chandrama Yadav (India) by Ippon. Graeme Spinks (NZ) Lap Hing Lam (HK) by Ippon.

Daniel Davies (Wales) Eric Gwynne (N Ire) by Ippon. David Southby (Eng) Iredia Osakwe (Nig) by Chui. QTR-FINALS: Cote Christodulos Katsi-niorides (Cyprus) bv Yuko. Spinks Ian Armstrong (Scot) bv Ippon. Davies Patrick Matangi (Zimbabwe) by Ippon.

Southby Gavin Kelly (Aust) by Yuko. SEMI-FINALS: Spinks Cote by Yusei-Gachi. Southby Davies by Yuko. REPECHARGE: Armstrong Lam by Ippon. Kelly Iredia Osakwe (Ntg) by Yusei-Gachi.

Cote Armstrong bv Ippon. FINAL: Southby Spinks by Ippon. Tenth: Gary Honey in action in the long Australia Bank proudly supports this coverage of the Commonwealth Games. it.