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Van Kirk, Vilijoen, Rudisha and Okagbare headline Day 7 in Scotland

7/31/2014

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In the 400 meters men finals today in Hampden Park a little know star was born as South African Wayde Van Kirk surprised a stellar field of quarter-milers to take the Silver medal behind Kirani James with a time of 44.68 seconds.

In the inset of the stadium it was Silver Medal celebration as well for fellow South African Sunnete Viljoen who came in second in the women’s Javelin throw after launching the missile 63.19 meters

Meanwhile Dongmo Mekemnang of Cameroon was eighth in the shot put with a distance of 16.50 meters setting a new national record for Cameroon in the womens Shot Put final which Valerie Adams of New Zealand won handily. Nigeria’s Nwanneka Okwelogu was 9th behind Mekemnang in the Shot put with a distance of 15.13 meters setting a personal best in the process.




On the Track it was the return of Blessing Okagbare the golden Girl of the Commonwealth Games in the 200 meters who easily qualified with a time of 22.99 seconds for the Semi-Finals tomorrow; Thursday July 31st 2014.

In the men’s 800 meters it is going to be a reckoning between David Rudisha and Nigel Amos of Botswana who both qualified for the finals by winning their respective heats with the time of 1:46.61 for Rudisha and 1:45.65 for Amos who have been going head to head since Rudisha returned from his injury a few months ago.

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