CYCLING

England’s Laura Trott won gold in the women’s points race, with Wales’ Elinor Barker taking silver and Scotland’s Katie Archibald claiming bronze.

Trott and Barker were tied on 37 points but double Olympic champion Trott was awarded the gold as she placed higher than Barker in the final sprint.

Earlier, England’s Jess Varnish won her second medal of the Commonwealth Games with bronze in the women’s sprint.

Varnish comfortably beat Malaysia’s Fatehah Mustapa in a deciding second race, having been awarded the first when commissaires relegated Mustapa for unfairly holding her line on the final
straight.

New Zealand’s Shane Archbold won gold in the men’s 20km scratch race, with Glenn O’Shea of Australia in second and Canada’s Remi Pelletier in third.

The Isle of Man had two riders in the top five, with Mark Christian fourth and Joseph Kelly fifth.

Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott won their second Commonwealth gold in the Para-sport 1,000m tandem time-trial for blind and visually impaired athletes.

The English pair beat Scotland’s Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston into silver for the second time following their earlier victory in the tandem sprint event, while Australia’s Brandie O’Connor and Breanna Hargrave won bronze.

Meanwhile, in the men’s keirin, three-time Olympic gold medallist Jason Kenny was eliminated in the repechage by fellow Englishman Matthew Crampton.

That event was later won by Australia’s Matthew Glaetzer, who finished ahead of New Zealand’s Sam Webster and Malaysia’s Azizulhasni Awang.

ATHELETICS

England’s Adam Gemili recorded the fastest time in the men’s 100m heats to qualify for Monday’s semi-finals.

The 20-year-old won his race by a distance in 10.15 seconds, 0.10secs slower than his personal best.

He is joined in the semis by compatriots Richard Kilty, who had a dead heat for second in his race, and fastest loser Harry Aikines-Aryeetey.

In the women’s 100m heats, England’s Bianca Williams produced a superb run to qualify fifth fastest.

Her time of 11.37 secured her a place in the semi-finals along with fellow English sprinters Asha Philip and Sophie Papps.

Northern Ireland’s Amy Foster also
qualified, although 16-year-old Hannah Brier and her fellow Welsh sprinter Rachel Johncock failed to qualify.

In the women’s 400m heats, English trio Kelly Massey, Shana Cox and Margaret Adeoye all qualified for the semi-finals.
And there will be a healthy home nations contingent in Monday’s women’s hammer final after Scottish trio Susan McKelvie, Rachel Hunter and Myra Perkins, England’s Sophie Hitchon, Sarah Holt and Shaunagh Brown and Wales’ Carys Parry all finished in the top 12 of qualifying.

JUDO

Gold medallist Chris Sherrington says judo helped him conquer stress and alcohol problems after spending £8,500 on drink in just three months.

The Royal Marine from Ormskirk told BBC Scotland he had gone “off the rails” after serving in Iraq nine years ago.

After winning the +100kg final at the
Commonwealth Games, the Scot, 30, thanked those who helped him recover.
“They fixed me six times. How many times can you break yourself? I broke myself rather crazily,” he said.
“None of this would have been possible without the backing and help of the Royal Marines, Judo Scotland
and Sport Scotland.”

In a candid interview, he revealed that he:
*Returned from Iraq with stress issues in 2005 Spent £8,500 on alcohol in just three months
* Got into judo again as a way of combating problems
*Sees himself as a sportsman rather than a member of the forces
*Wants to go into schools to tell his story
Soon after his gold medal success, Sherrington continued: “Nine years ago, I started a campaign,
without knowing.
“I came back from Iraq and I had a bit of stress and I tried to vent it through sport. At first, it didn’t work.
“Then I remembered that I did judo as a kid. I didn’t particularly like it and wasn’t very good at it, but I remembered how tough it was.
“So I threw myself into it and put all my frustration into it. Within 12 months, I was third in Britain and 12 months after that I was number one.”
Asked whether he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, he said: “I don’t know. I did go a little bit off the rails. My mum and dad were very worried about me.
“At the time, I just thought I was normal, but I was very open to suggestion and a little bit volatile as well.
“We got through it – and that’s the magic of judo.

There are people all over the world with problems and issues and this cures them.”

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