Discuss of the Games, Day 10: ‘I’ll most likely have much more beers and eat a fried hen burger’

Meanwhile, gold medallist in the identical occasion, Australia’s Leigh Hoffman, additionally has meals on the thoughts – however not in a great way:

“It’s one kilometre of all-out sprint, 58 seconds of pure pain. I had eaten about four hours before so my stomach was pretty empty, so I’m proud I didn’t spew (throw up), which is great.”

“I remember watching that famous gold medal match in Delhi in 2010. I was back in high school, actually in the hostel. We snuck out to the TV room to watch the game, and we had to write lines all night because the matrons weren’t happy that we’d sneaked out. I remember going to bed so excited about that win. I’ll have to send them a message now and a photo of the gold medal and say it was worth it.” 

There was a heartbreaking finish to a stellar profession for Scottish Judo nice Sarah Adlington, who misplaced to Marie Loanne Durhone of Mauritius of their Women’s +78kg elimination spherical contest. Adlington, who turns 40 on Wednesday, gained her first Games gold at Glasgow 2014 and hoped to change into the primary judoka to win three Commonwealth Games gold medals:

“To finish like that is not what I came for, but that is sport, that is judo … You win some, you lose some. The result hasn’t always gone my way throughout my career but that is what makes me the person I am … I didn’t have any female role models growing up so if I can inspire one young girl to take up sport, knowing that people of all shapes and sizes can succeed, I’ll be happy.”