{"id":80348,"date":"2022-08-07T14:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T14:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=80348"},"modified":"2022-08-07T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T14:15:38","slug":"thompson-herah-kiplimo-celebrate-golden-commonwealth-doubles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=80348","title":{"rendered":"Thompson-Herah, Kiplimo celebrate golden Commonwealth doubles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sports Desk: J<\/strong>amaican sprint great Elaine Thompson-Herah and distance runner Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda sealed Commonwealth Games doubles by winning the 200 metres and 5,000m on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Thompson-Herah has made sprint doubles her speciality — she is a two-time dual Olympic champion — and she did it in style in Birmingham by setting a new Games record of 22.02sec.<\/p>\n

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“I was going for a Games record in the 100 and it didn't work so I said, ‘I must get it in the 200',” said the Jamaican star.<\/p>\n

“I must say I'm just grateful to claim that gold today, the day we celebrate Independence Day in Jamaica.”<\/p>\n

Kiplimo emulated compatriot Joshua Cheptegei in 2018 in achieving the distance double, timing 13min 08.08sec.<\/p>\n

As he danced over to his team in the stands and did a lap of honour, the loudest roars were heard for Solomon Islands athlete Rosefelo Siosi as he completed his race more than four minutes after Kiplimo had finished.<\/p>\n

“It was a wonderful performance for me,” said Kiplimo. “I have two (gold medals) and I'm so happy about it.”<\/p>\n

Oliver Hoare earlier became the first Australian to win the 1500m title, timing 3min 30.12sec to break Filbert Bayi's Games record, which had stood since 1974.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old produced a perfectly timed run down the finishing straight to breeze past first world champion Jake Wightman and Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot, the world champion in 2019.<\/p>\n

Trinidad and Tobago's Jereem Richards lit up the evening session as he successfully defended his 200m title, timing 19.80sec to eclipse the great Frankie Fredericks' 1994 mark of 19.97.<\/p>\n

Hoare's win was one of three Australian golds.<\/p>\n

Kurtis Marschall retained his pole vault title after the event eventually got under way after some of the competitors' poles were late being delivered to the track.<\/p>\n

Jemima Montag added the women's 10,000m walk to her 20km title in 2018 wiping tears from her eyes as she revealed her late grandmother Judith, a Holocaust survivor who died last year, was her inspiration.<\/p>\n

“She teaches me to take one step at a time and it also puts things into perspective,” she said.<\/p>\n

– ‘Everybody went past me' –<\/p>\n

The Kenyans may have come off second best to Kiplimo but they still won two golds — Abraham Kibiwot in the men's 3,000m steeplechase and Mary Moraa in the women's 800m.<\/p>\n

Moraa thought she had blown her chances by running far faster than she planned in the first lap.<\/p>\n

She dropped back at the bell but incredibly found a second wind to come again, winning in a time of 1:57.07 and inflict more silver misery on England's Olympic and world runner-up Keely Hodgkinson.<\/p>\n

“I am so happy with this win,” said the 22-year-old. “When I reached the 500m, I think everybody went past me.<\/p>\n

“But with 200 to go, I closed the gap and then I knew I had to push myself right until the end.”<\/p>\n

Scotland's Laura Muir took bronze on the line — clapping her hands together after a photo finish confirmed first Commonwealth Games medal.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to come here and get a medal and I've done that,” said Muir, who could still win gold in her marquee event, the 1500m, on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It was deja vu in both the women's and men's 400m hurdles — Jamaica's Janieve Russell and Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands retaining their titles.<\/p>\n

For both it was a bright moment in a season blighted by injury.<\/p>\n

“It sounds amazing, it sounds very good,” said McMaster of being a two-time Games champion.<\/p>\n

“As an athlete you always want to repeat what you started off with.”<\/p>\n

It was difficult to tell who wore the biggest smile between McMaster and Alastair Chalmers, the 22-year-old taking bronze and giving Guernsey their first-ever athletics medal at the Games.<\/p>\n

Canada's Camryn Rogers showed real championship mentality. The world silver medallist in the hammer was in danger of bowing out having fouled her first two throws — only to throw a title-winning 74.08m.<\/p>\n

“To come back and get (the winning distance) in the third round was great,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sports Desk: Jamaican sprint great Elaine Thompson-Herah and distance runner Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda sealed Commonwealth Games doubles by winning the 200 metres and 5,000m on Saturday. Thompson-Herah has made sprint doubles her speciality — she is a two-time dual Olympic champion — and she did it in style in Birmingham by setting a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":80349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n