James, Rutherford give Glasgow Olympic touch

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GLASGOW: Olympic champions Kirani James and Greg Rutherford brought world-class performances to the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.

James won the men’s 400m to give Grenada its first Commonwealth Games gold and became the first man to win gold in the discipline at both Olympic and Commonwealth level.

The 21-year-old took the gold ahead of Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa and Trinidad’s Lalonde Gordon.

England’s Rutherford, 27, backed up his Olympic long jump gold in 2012 with the Commonwealth title.

His leap of 8.20 metres was enough to defeat South Africa’s Zarck Visser by eight centimetres with Rushwahl Samaai, also of South Africa, taking bronze.

New Zealand’s Valerie Adams once again showcased her unbeatable shot put talent, adding a third Commonwealth crown to two Olympic and four world gold medals, easily beating the field with her second effort of 19.88m. — AFP