Jamie Adjetey-Nelson of Windsor, Ontario, Diane Roy of Sherbrooke, Quebec and Tabia Charles of Pickering, Ontario all earned medals today at the Commonwealth Games. Adjetey-Nelson and Roy both captured gold while Charles won bronze bringing the track and field total to 6 (5 gold and 1 bronze).
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson captured gold in the gruelling 10 event decathlon with 8070 points. Heading into day 2 of the decathlon he was in first place and secured the victory with strong performances in the 110 metre hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin and finally the 1500 metres. Notably he set a personal best of 4.70 metres in the vault. Adjetey-Nelson is one of only five Canadian athletes to ever break the 8000 point barrier; the others were Michael Smith, David Steen, Michael Nolan, and Massimo Bertocchi.
Diane Roy also had the golden touch today winning the T54 wheelchair classification 1500 metres race in a time of 3:53.95. This is Roy's second Commonwealth Games medal and first gold; she won the bronze in the 800 metres in 2006.
Tabia Charles won her first major international games medal by triple jumping to a mark of 13.84 metres. Charles received additional jumps by qualifying in the 8th position; her 5th jump earned her the bronze.
More from Day 3
Day one of the heptathlon is now in the books with Jessica Zelinka of Calgary, AB on top with 3658 points. Zelinka won her 100 metre hurdles heat in 13.19 seconds, jumped 1.69 metres in the high jump for fifth place, threw 13.30 metres for second in the shot put and ended first in her heat in the 200 metres in 24.08 seconds. The quest for the Canadian multi event gold medal sweep will conclude tomorrow as Zelinka will take to Jawaharlal Nehru stadium to complete the seven event heptathlon.
Carline Muir of Edmonton, AB finished 7th in the women's 400 metres final running in 52.43 seconds.
Winnipeg's Nicole Edwards placed 5th in the 1500 metres final in 4:08.16 while Hilary Stellingwerff of Sarnia, ON was 11th in 4:12.87.
In qualification of the 1500 metres T54 wheelchair classification both Josh Cassidy of Guelph, ON and Jean-Paul Compaore of Sherbrooke, QC qualified for the final which is set for Sunday October 10 at 8:40am (Eastern Time).
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