Commonwealth Games: Scotland's Alex Marshall wins record fifth gold, England's Paxton claims singles bronze
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Alex Marshall became Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete by winning a fifth gold in Australia.
Marshall won the lawn bowls men's fours with Ronald Duncan, Derek Oliver and Paul Foster, to eclipse sprinter Alan Wells and Para-cyclist Neil Fachie.
England's Robert Paxton claimed men's singles bronze, defeating reigning champion Darren Burnett of Scotland.
Scotland's Claire Johnston and Lesley Doig won bronze in the women's pairs with an 18-10 victory over Canada.
The medals take Scotland's tally in the bowls to five, second to Australia's seven.
Marshall's quartet trailed in their final after Australia scored four shots in end two and three more in the next to lead 8-2.
Scotland closed to 12-11 down after 13 ends but Australia picked up another shot in the 14th end to go two clear.
Scotland had three bowls counting when Marshall, 51, sent their last bowl into the head, making it a large target for Aron Sherriff. But the Australian's attempted drive was wayward and Scotland could celebrate a 15-13 victory.
Marshall took double gold in Glasgow in 2014 and also won gold in 2006 in Melbourne and 2002 in Manchester. He won a silver medal in the men's pairs earlier in this Games.
England beat Wales 15-9 to win the bronze-medal match.
Paxton, making his Games singles debut at 39, recovered from 14-10 down after 15 ends against 2014 gold medallist Burnett to win the bronze medal match 21-14.
Australia's Aaron Wilson defeated Canada's Ryan Bester 21-14 in the gold medal match to become Australia's third ever men's singles champion.
In the women's pairs third-place match, the Scots were already 6-1 up after four ends before picking up a superb four in the next to open a 10-1 lead.
Canadian pair Kelly McKerihen and Leanne Chinery scored five unanswered points but Scotland scored a double in end 10 and were 14-7 up after 13 ends.
Scotland, leading by five going into the final end, picked up three more.
Malaysia took gold with a 15-14 win over South Africa.
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To pick up a medal is the pinnacle of the sport for all involved.
Well done Scottish team!
Scotland is proud of you all!
"I guess AM isn’t the “poster athlete” Nicola would be looking for to get youngsters off their backsides and into active pursuits."
Baby steps, gmac, baby steps.
In terms of exercise-related health benefits, even the mildest form of activity is better than turning into a couch potato...
The increasingly informal presentation style in the BBC is a disgrace. Sports presenters should be in sports or blazer jackets as a minimum and present from behind desks. We are here for facts not fun.
And I really don’t think it is necessary to broadcast in colour.
The Scotch wow thats weird I didnt realise Whisky could play sports.
England 29 Gold medals so far...population of England 55 million
Scotland 8 Gold medals so far...population of Scotland 5 million
England has 11 times the population of Scotland and should be winning 11 times the amount of medals than Scotland, but thats not the case, England one gold medal per 2 million people, Scotland one gold medal per 625 thousand people. So shut up daftie
Lets try to leave politics out of it and celebrate a great effort
BTW, where did the modern trend for calling all sportsmen/women "athletes" start?
An athlete is someone who competes in an athletic pursuit (cf. track and field).
People who play bowls are bowlers, people who swim are swimmers, etc.