Hobbs 100m gold, Clareburt gold, NZ medals
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A double gold day for New Zealand at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with success on the track and in the pool.
Kiwi sprinter Zoe Hobbs took gold in the 100m sprint in horrid conditions, the 28-year-old led from start to finish in a national record time of 10.93s. Her previous best was 10.94s.
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Englishwoman Amy Hunt (10.98s) took silver, and Australian Torrie Lewis (10.99s) the bronze. The wind was listed as +1.0 - the legal limit is +2.0.
Hobbs was fifth in the 100m final at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Speaking after the race, held on a wet track in pouring rain, Hobbs told Sky: "Wild. I don't even know, I can't even put it into words, it's just crazy.
"I just think about the time I was told I shouldn't do the 100m because it's too hard to do, that I should consider doing other events because I'll never make it as a sprinter in the 100m.
"I actually had a bit of a stumble and had to recover myself, and I wasn't sure if that would be enough to keep me in it. But I don't know, the rest is a bit of a blur and I managed to hold them off and I had to dip, it's not my strength to dip, but I think I dipped."
Hobbs is the first Kiwi to win gold in the event - at the 1962 Empire Games Doreen Porter claimed silver over 100 yards.
Earlier swimmer Lewis Clareburt won gold again - this time in the 400m individual medley.
The 27-year-old finished with a time of 4m 08.72s, more than two seconds clear of Australian Will Petric.
It's Clareburt's second gold in Glasgow, and now the second time he's sucessfully defended a title from Birmingham.
The previous day Clareburt stunned his rivals in the 200m butterfly.
He told Sky after the race the win was a "pretty good feeling".
"I love racing, and being part of that race, it was pretty fun."
Clareburt was just short of the games record he set four years ago, but wasn't dwelling too much on that.
"Pretty gutting to finish that race and look up and see just over the time but I'm where I want to be," he said.
Also taking a medal was Lauren Bruce in the hammer in difficult conditions to help New Zealand's medal tally to three gold, seven silver and three bronze.
Erika Fairweather added another silver with second in the 800m freestyle for three silver and two bronze in total. Caitline Deans was fourth and Eve Thomas seventh in the 800m freestyle. .