Glasgow 2014: University of Bath graduates Danny Talbot and Zoe Shipperley win silver on Day 10 of Commonwealth Games
There were silver medals for University of Bath graduates Danny Talbot and Zoe Shipperley on the penultimate day of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games today (Saturday).
Sports Performance graduate Talbot helped England to silver in the 4x100m relay in the final event of the Games on the Hampden Park track.
Running the anchor leg, he collected the baton alongside Usain Bolt, and while Bolt sprinted clear to take gold for Jamaica in a Commonwealth Games record of 37.58 seconds, Talbot was able to hold off Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago to make sure of silver in 38.02.
A brace of bronzes
Andy Robertson collected a silver for running in the heats, while Emily Diamond won a bronze for running in the 4x400m heats after the England quartet came third in tonight’s final.
Sports Performance graduate Shipperley came within seconds of winning a gold with the England team at the women’s hockey final.
England were 1-0 up through Lily Owsley’s goal on 48 minutes, but Jodie Kenny equalised for Australia with 11 seconds remaining to send the contest to a penalty shootout. And it was heartbreak for England, as the Aussies took gold 3-1 in the shootout.
Another University of Bath graduate, badminton player Heather Olver, is guaranteed at least a silver medal tomorrow (Sunday) on the final day of the Games.
Olver made it a bright start to day 10 by booking a place in Sunday’s mixed doubles final with partner Chris Langridge.
The Coach Education and Sports Development graduate and her partner produced a battling semi-final performance to overcome the Malaysian pair of Peng Soon Chan and Lai Pei Jing 21-15 20-22 21-13.
They will face the husband and wife pairing of Chris and Gabby Adcock in tomorrow’s all-England final at 10am.
There was heartbreak for England’s netballers, who came within seconds of reaching a Commonwealth Games final for the first time.
England went down 35-34 to defending champions New Zealand, who scored the winner with just two seconds left on the clock. They now face Jamaica in the bronze medal match at 10am tomorrow (Sunday).
England and Team Bath player Stacey Francis, a Sports Performance graduate, said: “It was edge of the seat stuff, but we weren’t at our most clinical today. We know what we’re capable of and we’re so capable of bronze. It’s not what we wanted, but we’re going to go out as hard as we can tomorrow.”
