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Goddard lands gold for England in Delhi • 27-year-old wins men's 200m backstroke• Fran Halsall has to settle for bronze in women's 100 freestyleEngland's James Goddard stormed to a gold medal in the 200m backstroke on the third day of the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.But team-mate Fran Halsall was below her best as she had to settle for a bronze medal in the women's 100m freestyle.Goddard took the gold ahead of the New Zealander Gareth Kean with the Australian Ashley Delaney taking the bronze. "I knew I had that swim in me and I still think I can go quicker," he said."I had a shoulder problem for most of last year so I'm so happy with that swim. I knew it was going to be quite a tight race and I like to go out hard and then control the race."It was Goddard's second Commonwealth title of his career eight years after the first. The 27-year-old won the event in 2002, as well as taking third in the 200m individual medley, and since then he has reached Olympic and world finals, finishing fourth at the 2004 Olympics.Halsall, 20, enjoyed a surprise victory last night in the 50m butterfly but could not add the Commonwealth freestyle title to her European gold and world silver. Alicia Coutts of Australia took the gold with team-mate Emily Seebohm claiming the silver.Commonwealth Games 2010Swimmingguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
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Not your typical Germans You know the old gag about the Germans in hotels being up and out before the rest of us and putting their towels on the sunbeds? Well, it’s different at World Cups, where the Germans are usually still in their hotel beds long after the rest of us, because we are on our flight home while they are preparing for the latter stages of the tournament. timesonline.co.uk |