We look back on the history of the women’s high jump event at the Commonwealth Games
The women debuted in 1934 in London and three days before she won hurdles gold the South African Marjorie Clark, who had set a world record as a 17 year-old in 1...
A look ahead to the women’s throws events at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Shot
Valerie Adams is the clearest favourite for gold in any event in Glasgow.
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A look ahead to the men’s throws events at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Shot
Young Kiwi prodigy Jacko Gill may have been stealing all the headlines in recent years, but his team-mate Tom Walsh suddenly came to prominence last winter and st...
A look ahead to the women’s jumps events at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
High jump
Levern Spencer leads the St Lucia team in Glasgow and in this season s Commonwealth rankings she leads the high jump entries too with her 1.96m clearance fr...
A look ahead to the men’s jumps events at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
High jump
Derek Drouin goes into the men s high jump as the clear favourite, the Canadian having set his 2.40m personal best and Commonwealth record in Des Moines, USA,...
Welsh hurdler provisionally suspended and withdrawn from Commonwealth Games team
European 400m hurdles champion Rhys Williams has been provisionally suspended by UK Anti-Doping following a doping violation.
