NEW DELHI // England performed a clean sweep of the medals in the 110 metre hurdles, with Andy Turner leading the way for gold.
Turner was near the front of the pack from the start and pulled away over the final hurdles to win in 13.38 secs at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. William Sharman was second in 13.50 and Lawrence Clarke completed the English sweep by taking bronze in13.70. In the decathlon, Jamie Adjetey-Nelson ran the second-fastest time in 110 hurdles and had the second best throw in the discus to stay in the lead after eight events.
The Canadian finished the hurdles in 14.76 seconds and threw the discus 45.21 metres. In the pole vault, Adjetey-Nelson was third best with a height of 4.70, giving him 6,707 points. Brent Newdick of New Zealand, who ran 14.79 in the first of the final five events, was second with 6,535 points and Martin Brockman of England moved back into third with 6,325. The first of eight gold medals on yesterday's programme went to Canada's Diane Roy, who won the parasport 1,500m in 3 mins, 53.95 secs. Nigeria's Chineme Bibian Obeta was second in 4:09.29 and Ghana's Anita Fordjour took bronze.
Other finals include the men's hammer throw and the women's 1,500m and 10,000m. The heptathlon started yesterday, but it was without world champion Jessica Ennis. The Englishwoman pulled out of the competition because it clashed with her schedule. Peaches Roach of Jamaica led after two of the seven events with 2,082 points. Roach was third in the 100m hurdles but then had the highest mark in the high jump. Margret Simpson of Ghana is in second place with 1,999 points.
In the first heat of the men's 800m, the sparse crowd at the main stadium cheered loudly as Francis Sagayaraj Pathi of India moved into second place on the final turn and stayed there through the finish line to advance.
