Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clinched her first Commonwealth Games 100m title as Daryll Neita’s problem did not materialise.
The 30-year-old ran 10.95 seconds whereas England’s Neita might solely handle bronze after a stunning begin.
Jamaica’s Thompson-Herah had not beforehand gained a person Commonwealth Games title earlier than regardless of claiming 5 Olympic golds.
“I feel good, I could have had a better execution, but I am still grateful to win my first Commonwealth title,” she stated.
“I started out as a rookie in 2014. Then I was fourth in 2018 in the 200m. Now I have moved up to a gold, so I am grateful.”
She was the one considered one of Jamaica’s star trio to compete with world 200m champion Shericka Jackson and 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce skipping the Games following final month’s World Championships in Eugene.
Thompson-Herah took 100m bronze behind her team-mates in Oregon and was the star title in Birmingham, with England’s Dina Asher-Smith out with a hamstring harm.
It meant Neita, who reached the Olympic closing final yr, was anticipated to be Thompson-Herah’s essential rival and the British champion smashed her private finest to run 10.90 seconds within the semi-final.
But she might solely run 11.07 seconds within the closing following an terrible begin and in addition completed behind St Lucia’s Julien Alfred.
“I let myself down. I will go back, watch it with my coach, analyse it, get told off, beat myself up,” stated Neita.
“It shows my pick up is phenomenal but I can’t afford to run 10.90 in the semi and then 11.07 in the final. It’s not good enough.
“It’s frustrating because I was capable of winning it and I really let myself down. I’m racing one of the fastest women of all time, the competition was high but I could have done better.
“One thing about me is I’m able to turn every single negative thing into a positive. I’ll use this building up for the next thing.”
In the lads’s race, Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala took the title in 10.02 seconds forward of defending champion Akani Simbine.
Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon claimed bronze whereas England’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake suffered an obvious hamstring harm and completed final.
Omanyala shook off the frustration of final month the place he suffered visa points forward of the World Championships and solely arrived in America hours earlier than his 100m warmth, earlier than being knocked out within the semi-final.
“I came here with the sole aim of winning the gold and in the final it was a case of controlling the race from the start,” he stated.
“Once I got a good start I knew I would win the gold. When I crossed the line I felt like jumping for joy.”
Scotland’s Eilish McColgan took gold within the 10,000m in a Games report of half-hour 48.60 seconds, echoing mum Liz who gained the race in 1986 and 1990.
It was her first main title as she beat Kenya’s Irene Cheptai following a race-long duel.
She stated: “It has been such an up-and-down year. But I knew the fitness was somewhere in me. Having my family here and the crowd here. It was vibrating through my whole body. I just wanted it so bad.
“I knew the Kenyans were super strong and would put in bursts. But you can see in that last 100m I wanted gold. It is an absolute dream. It is so special to have it here in the UK.
“These are my fourth Commonwealths and I have come sixth every time. I was ready to win the medal.”
Earlier within the morning session, Matt Hudson-Smith breezed via the primary spherical of the 400m on the Alexander Stadium.
The Wolverhampton-born athlete claimed bronze on the World Championships in Eugene final month and gained his warmth in 46.26 seconds.
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk