Jamaica's Maurice Wignall (right) powers his way to a gold medal during the men's 110m hurdles final at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday. Also seen are Scotland's silver medallist Chris Baillie (left) and England's bronze medallist Andrew Turner. Wignall clocked 13.26 seconds. - REUTERS
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REIGNING WORLD CHAMPION Trecia Smith and Maurice Wignall pushed Jamaica's gold medal tally to four with solid victories at the 18th Commonwealth Games at the MCG Stadium yesterday evening.
Sprint hurdler Wignall and triple jumper Smith, both Common-wealth Games bronze medallists four years ago in England, became the first Caribbean winners of their events and ensured Jamaica won two gold medals for the second day in a row.
SECOND IN TRACK
On Monday, Asafa Powell and Sheri-Ann Brooks copped the 100-metre sprints for men and women, respectively, and the Jamaicans are now second in the track and field medal table with four gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, trailing hosts Australia, who have five gold, five silver, and six bronze medals.
South Africa (3-2-0) are third, followed by England (3-2-0) and Kenya (2-3-1).
Wignall authoritatively won the 110-metre hurdles in 13.26 seconds. The definite class of the field, Wignall won by five metres, defeating Scotland's Chris Baillie (13.61) and England's Andrew Turner (13.62).
Wignall had posted the fastest qualifying time from the semi-final earlier in the day when he cruised to 13.34. His Jamaican teammate Chris Pinnock finished fifth in 13.67 seconds.
Meanwhile, unchallenged Smith won the women's triple jump final at 14.39 metres, the only athlete in the field to leap beyond 14 metres.
Nigeria's Otonye Iworima took the silver with 13.53 and England's Nadia Williams snatched a surprise bronze 13.42 metres.
Bahamian World and Olympic 400-metre champion Tonique Williams-Darling took silver in the women's 400 metres, behind England's Christine Ohuruogu.
The 21-year-old Ohuruogu needed to run a personal best time of 50.28 seconds to win ahead of the Bahamian, but - as the fastest qualifier into the final - felt confident she would win.
CONFIDENT OHURUOGU
"I knew I could beat her," Ohuruogu said. "I beat her yesterday and I have always said that, if I beat someone once, I can beat them again. I just focused on what I had to do," she said.
Jamaican Novlene Williams placed third in 51.12.
The Caribbean secured another medal on Day 6 when Jamaican Maurice Smith (8,074 points) placed second in the men's decathlon behind English gold medal winner Dean Macey (8,143).
Smith becomes the second Caribbean medallist ever in the decathlon at the Commonwealth Games, after his Jamaican colleague Claston Bernard, who landed gold last time in Manchester, England.
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