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Some of the perfect quotes from Day 8 of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
A collection of what the athletes have needed to say on the eighth day of motion in Glasgow.
Tarona Taafaki has put Tuvalu on the map by profitable their first ever Commonwealth Games medal, bronze within the Women’s 75kg Boxing. Now most of us simply want to seek out it.
“Probably 95% of the audience don’t know where my country is.”
Judoka Aiden Moffat of Scotland calls it a day after profitable his opening match within the -66kg class however shedding his quarter-final:
“We all want the fairytale ending, but that’s as close as I’m going to get… That is my career down the toilet. I am now a retired athlete… I’m 31 now, I’m no spring chicken, I can’t keep the engine operating. I’m celebrating my retirement so if you see me kicking about Glasgow, come and give me a hug and buy me a pint.”
Canadian boxer Joshua Ofori (pictured, left), had some meals for thought after shedding his 80kg semi-final to Ankush Ankush of India:
“That’s not the colour (medal) I wanted, but we go back into the kitchen, add some recipes together and then cook again for the next competition. Right now it sucks to lose, but we come back even stronger as athletes.”
Ghana’s Farrakhan Shaaban Mohammed was fairly hyped to have accomplished his first aggressive Track Cycling occasion, the Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit – and he even has a particular plea for Scotland:
“I’m really, really impressed because I saw myself on this big telly (in the velodrome), all the British are looking at me and I was like – crazy. My president is at home looking at me and he’s very, very happy about that. They will treat me as a king (back home) because it’s not easy to be here. When Scotland is praising you, it means you are at the top. You are a champion. I really, really wish one day I’ll be under the Scotland team for them to train me so that I can come and compete with their cyclists here on Chris Hoy’s Velodrome to always beat them. So I’m hoping they will see me and take me and groom me to the top.”
Boxer Mervin Clair of Mauritius managed to remain on his toes in shedding his Men’s 70kg semi-final on factors to Orlando Holley-Sotomi – in contrast to the Welshman’s quarter-final opponent who suffered a brutal first-round knockout – however Clair was filled with respect for the facility of Holley-Sotomi’s punching:
“It breaks all your preparation. You come in prepared, then boom, boom – it wrecks your mind.”
Northern Ireland‘s Jon McConnell loved being the pantomime villain in his 70k Men’s Boxing factors victory over house favorite Sonny Kerr (SCO):
“I heard a few boos when my name was read out but I just thought: ‘Let’s go!'”
India’s Track Cyclist Ronaldo Sinth Laitonjam was, in actual fact, named after one other soccer celebrity, Ronaldinho, however later modified it to Ronaldo as a result of it was shorter:
“I didn’t even know how to kick a ball, but if I can qualify for the Olympics, Ronaldo will become a famous name in Indian Track Cycling.”
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