Athletics: Faumuina collects second Commonwealth gold

7.30am

MANCHESTER - Beatrice Faumuina barely raised a sweat in retaining her Commonwealth Games discus title in Manchester Tuesday, scoring New Zealand's second gold medal of the Games.

Faumuina was below her best with a winning throw of 60.83 metres -- more than two metres clear of her nearest challenger, Neelan Jaswant Singh of India.

It was New Zealand's second athletics medal of the day after Craig Barrett's silver medal in the 50km walk this morning.

Womens:

Discus Throw Final:

1 BEATRICE FAUMUINA (NZL) 60.83, 2 Neelam Jaswant Singh (Ind) 58.49, 3 Shelley Newman (Eng) 58.13, 4 Philippa Roles (Wal) 57.65, 5 Alison Lever (Aus) 57.25, 6 Elizna Naude (Rsa) 55.41, 7 Claire Smithson (Eng) 55.03, 8 Monique Nacsa (Aus) 54.46, 9 Vivian Chukwuemeka (Ngr) 53.44, 10 Jacqui Mckernan (Nir) 50.45, 11 Melehifo Uhi (Ton) 49.60, 12 Mellisa Gibbons (Jam) 47.38, 13 Emma Carpenter (Eng)

- NZPA

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