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Commonwealth Games: Day six medal round-up

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Commonwealth Games: Day six medal round-up

England's Ben Proud successfully defended his men's 50 metres freestyle title with another blisteringly-fast swim at the Commonwealth Games.

Proud, who was disqualified in the 50m butterfly, set Games records in the heat and in the semi-final and clocked 21.35 seconds to take gold ahead of South Africa's Bradley Tandy and Cameron McEvoy of Australia.

There was disappointment for Proud later in the day however as England's 4x100m medley relay men's team were beaten into second place by Australia.

Proud, who was the anchor for England, looked set to clinch gold but Kyle Chalmers overhauled him with the final stroke as Australia won in a Games record three minutes 31.04 seconds.

England's Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy and Proud finished 0.09secs behind and South Africa took bronze, denying fourth-placed Scotland.

England's Andy Pozzi could only finish sixth in the 110m hurdles final.

The reigning world and European indoor 60m hurdles champion ran 13.53 seconds to finish well behind winner Ronald Levy of Jamaica, who won in 13.19s.

Pozzi struck the first two hurdles which checked his momentum and he never recovered as Jamaica made it a one-two with Hansle Parchment coming second in 13.22s and Australian Nicholas Hough taking bronze in 13.38s.

Pozzi said: "It doesn't take a brain surgeon to see I should have been fighting for the medals. I was in good enough shape to win a medal. I just wasn't good enough.

"I hit too many hurdles. Right from the start I hit hurdle one, which is a stupid thing to do. It ruins the momentum early on.

"I tried to build again and felt I did a reasonable job and started to move back through but I was just rushing things - timing and rhythm in hurdles is everything."

Wales' David Phelps won gold in the 50m rifle prone with a Commonwealth Games record score, as England's Kenneth Parr and Scotland's Neil Stirton also finished on the podium.

Phelps, who won gold in the same event at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, finished with a total score of 248.8 to defeat Stirton in the final elimination round.

Parr completed the medals, taking bronze for a second consecutive Games.

England, Wales and Scotland also filled the podium in the Queen's Prize Pairs shooting.

English duo Parag Patel and David Luckman won gold, with Wales' Chris Watson and Gareth Morris taking silver, while Alex Walker and Ian Shaw of Scotland won bronze.

The 79-year-old Robert Pitcairn from Canada, the oldest athlete to make his debut at the Games, finished eighth.

Scotland's Duncan Scott was second in the men's 200m individual medley final to claim his sixth medal of the Commonwealth Games.

The 20-year-old Stirling swimmer finished in one minute 57.86 seconds, 0.21secs behind Australia's Mitch Larkin.

Wales' Georgia Davies earlier took women's 50m backstroke bronze behind Australia's Emily Seebohm.

In the women's time trial, Hayley Simmonds took bronze behind Australia's Katrin Garfoot and Linda Villumsen of New Zealand in second.

Scotland's Katie Archibald, who won gold in the individual pursuit on the track, finished fourth.

England's Harry Tanfield joined his brother Charlie as a medallist at the Games by taking silver in the men's cycling individual time trial.

England's Ali Jawad won bronze in the men's lightweight Para-powerlifting.

Elsewhere, world champion diver , ending his bid for a third straight title.

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