Gold Coast — SA claimed another sprint double as visually impaired stars Jonathan Ntutu and Hilton Langenhoven claimed the 100m gold and silver at the Carrara stadium on Thursday. The pair‚ inspired by the one-two achievements of Akani Simbine and Henricho Bruintjies a few days ago‚ capped another lucrative day of six Commonwealth Games medals for Team SA‚ who ended the day in fourth spot with 11 golds. Wrestler Hanru Botha and mountain-biker Alan Hatherly put their codes on the scoreboard by winning silver and bronze respectively. The disabled lawn bowls triple claimed a bronze‚ the fourth medal for their sport‚ and 400m hurdler Wenda Nel finished third to deliver the 12th medal by track and field. But hopes that SA could dominate the 200m as they had the 100m were dashed. First the appeal to overturn Anaso Jobodwana’s disqualification came to nought‚ and then Clarence Munyai was unable to break into the top three‚ finishing fourth despite struggling with a hamstring niggle he suff...
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