Flash Quotes - Athletics Day 2

Sultana Frizell Hammer - Gold

“I would have liked to throw further but I got the gold and a games record and I am completely thrilled with that. It was a lot of fun with the crowd and a great atmosphere to compete in.”

Tim Nedow Shot Put - Bronze

“It was a great competition, by far the best we have had (at a Commonwealth Games). I mean 2 guys breaking the commonwealth games record just shows how stacked it was. With me coming in I knew I had a chance to potentially get a medal but I also know if I want to win it, it would take 21 metres which would have been a personal best. I wanted a personal best but you know, I had 3 throws over 20 metres. 

Khamica Bingham 100m final - 7^th

“It is kind of mixed emotions, I feel like I didn’t have the greatest start. It is a bit of difficult to run in lane 1 because you can’t see anybody. I just tried to go out hard and then just keep running. I felt that I was tightening up a little bit trying to relax and then I just came out seventh. I was happy to make the final, that was my goal but I really wanted to do more in the final.”

Damian Warner Decathlon - Leading after Day 1

I’m pleased with everything except for High Jump, I would have liked to get around the 2.05 metre range but I guess I will have to settle with 1.96 and make up the points in other places. High Jump wasn’t the greatest but I had to tell myself to come out and run a hard 400-metres race, I did that close to a PB in a dec so that’s a good result.”

“The 100-metre was good, about half way through I thought ‘please say .29 because I wanted to dip under 10.30 (seconds).”