Royals Revel in Games Gold Rush

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will be hoping the gold rush continues as they return to the Commonwealth Games today to support the home nations. The trio soaked up the action at Glasgow 2014 yesterday as they watched gymnastics, boxing, hockey and swimming. They rounded off their day by enjoying success for the home nations at Tollcross Swimming Centre where they saw Jazz Carlin win gold for Wales in the women's 800m freestyle final. It was another successful day for the host nation as Scotland beat its Commonwealth Games gold medal record when a win by Alex Marshall and Paul Foster in the lawn bowls pairs final at Kelvingrove tipped the balance. There was also success for the host nation on the track when Libby Clegg secured Scotland's first athletics gold of these Commonwealth Games with a T11/12 100 metres victory. The visually-impaired 24-year-old and guide Mikail Huggins was roared over the line by the partisan crowd in a world-leading 12.20 seconds. Scotland now has 13 golds, ahead of the 11 medals it won at Melbourne in 2006 and has now equalled its record of 33 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986. Team England also celebrated after Adam Gemili took silver in the men's 100 metre final. He came in second after Jamaican Kemar Bailey-Cole took advantage of the absence of his training partner Usain Bolt to power to victory at Hampden Park in Glasgow last night. Bailey-Cole won in 10.00 seconds, with Gemili just edging out Nickel Ashmeade to take second in 10.10 seconds. Gemili, who had been hoping to break 10 seconds, said: "As soon as I saw my name, time is irrelevant - it's my first senior medal, there are no words that can describe my feelings. "Hopefully being in and amongst these guys - and I know all of them have gone 9.9 for the 100m - gives me a good sort of confidence boost that I can go and hopefully do something similar soon.'' Gemili's medal comes four years after Mark Lewis-Francis took silver at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010. England's medal haul also included gold for swimmer Ollie Hynd in the men's 200m individual medley SM8, gold for Sophie Taylor in the women's 100 metres breaststroke, silver for Laura Massaro in the women's squash final and a shooting bronze medal for England's Ken Parr at Carnoustie in the 50m rifle prone. Earlier on Monday Dan Greaves landed England's first gold in track and field at Glasgow 2014 with victory in the F42/44 discus at Hampden Park. England now have 74 medals and are in second place behind Australia who have 87. Scotland is placed third with 33. Wales is in 8th place with 22 medals while Northern Ireland is 16th with two medals. Today there are 31 gold medals to be won - in athletics, swimming, cycling mountain bike, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting, shooting and wrestling.