Royals Catch Up With Bolt at Games

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry caught up with the world's fastest man Usain Bolt as they met athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games. The Royal trio and the Jamaican sprint star chatted and posed for photographs in the athletes' village in Glasgow as hundreds of people gathered to catch a glimpse of the visitors. They were joined on their tour of the site by the country's most successful Olympian Sir Chris Hoy, who is also chieftain of the village. The visit came as the host nation celebrated surpassing its medal record today. Team Scotland smashed the previous record when the men's gymnastics team won silver, while England took gold in the men's and women's team events at the Hydro. Scotland's success took their medal haul to 34, surpassing the 33 won at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986. The five-man English team of Sam Oldham, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Max Whitlock and Nile Wilson secured their win with one man down after Oldham suffered what was understood to be a dislocated ankle on the first piece of apparatus on day two. It is the first time since the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester that England have won team gold. Scotland's five comprised Frank Baines, Adam Cox, Liam Davie, Dan Keatings and Dan Purvis, while England's women's team was made up of Becky Downie, Hannah Whelan, Ruby Harrold, Claudia Fragapane and Kelly Simm. During the royal visit at the athletes' village Bolt, who will run in the 4x100 metres relay at the Games, chatted with Harry first as he arrived at the green where the young royals posed for photographs with the children from nine local schools. Harry then posed for a photo with the athlete as Bolt said he would be posting the image on his Twitter page. The three royals and the Olympic champion chatted and laughed together before a group photo was taken in which they were joined by cycling hero Sir Chris. After seeing the accommodation, they met Team Scotland's Royal Marine Sherrington, who won gold in judo earlier this week. Also in the line-up was Scotland's Ross Murdoch, who has won gold and bronze in the pool, and 13-year-old swimmer Erraid Davies, who made history this week by becoming the youngest winner of a Commonwealth Games medal when she won bronze. Murdoch, who won gold in the 200m breaststroke and bronze in the 100m breaststroke, said: ''I feel quite honoured to have the princes there and especially to have Chris Hoy come up and have a word with me." ''It's one of those things I didn't think would happen and I enjoyed that. ''They said they had watched me on the TV and said 'well done'. They said they'd enjoyed the race and seeing the shock and surprise when I won.'' Davies, who won bronze in the women's para-sport 100 metres breaststroke SB9 said: ''They said 'congratulations', they were really nice and Kate said she'd watched the race.'' The royals were then shown around the recreation facilities provided for the athletes where William stopped off to talk to staff working at the cafe. The visit came after the royals enjoyed watching the gymnastics, boxing, hockey and swimming yesterday. Earlier today William and Harry showed off their football skills as they visited a coaching project which offers young people a chance to gain work experience and training in community sports coaching. Across the city, Kate attended a reception hosted by SportsAid. Later the host nation's Jen McIntosh took silver in the women's 50 metres rifle shooting at the Barry Buddon Shootin Centre in Carnoustie, Angus. England shooter David Luckman, competing at his first Commonwealth Games at the age of 38, claimed his second gold of Glasgow 2014 in the full-bore rifle Queen's Prize individual event. England's Aaron Heading blasted his way to shotgun silver in the men's trap and Kristian Callaghan added another medal to England's shooting tally with bronze in the 25m rapid fire pistol. As the 11-day competition entered its second half today, Games organisers said that competitors from across the nations have already set more than 100 new Commonwealth Games records.