Melanie Woods, a Scottish athlete, won the Commonwealth Games women's 1500m T54 event for the second time in under 40 hours by setting a new Games record in Glasgow on Thursday morning. This comes after the race was restaged following appeals surrounding a first-lap crash on Wednesday evening. England's Ellis Kottas finished fourth, having been initially awarded silver but unable to replicate her medal in the replayed final. Woods led from the start and held off Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius to win in a time almost a second quicker than her initial victory.
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Scotland's Melanie Woods has won the Commonwealth Games women's 1500m T54 for the second time in under 40 hours, after restaging the final due to an initial first-lap crash. Woods set a new Games record in her home city of Glasgow on Thursday, breaking her own previous record from Wednesday and reclaiming the gold medal. This is her second win in this event, with England's Ellis Kottas finishing fourth after initially winning silver, but later being overtaken by Woods in the restaged race. The Scot led from the start and held off competition from Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius to finish nearly a second quicker than her initial time.
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Scotland's Melanie Woods has won the Commonwealth Games women's 1500m T54 for the second time in under 40 hours after streaking to victory in the restaged final - however England's Ellis Kottas could not replicate her silver medal.
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Kottas → win → medal
Woods set a new Games record to triumph in Glasgow on Wednesday evening, but it emerged on Thursday morning that Para-athletics authorities had decided the race should be held again following appeals surrounding a first-lap crash.
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race → set → crash
However, the Scot kept her composure in her home city to replicate her initial success, break the record again, and reclaim the gold that was already hers - in mind if not around her neck.
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that → keep → neck
Kottas, though, finished fourth, having said she was "low-key traumatised" when the race result was overturned.
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result → finish → ?
Woods led from the start in her home city, although Noemi Alphonse of Mauritius and Australia's Eliza Ault-Connell kept her honest over the first couple of laps.
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Alphonse → lead → laps
The latter had fallen away by the final 200m, though, and the Scot held off the Mauritian as she was roared by down the home straight by the crowd to finish in a time almost a second quicker than she did on Wednesday.
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she → fall → Wednesday
"It was in my mind 'what have I got left?' and you do question what you've got in your arms," Woods said.
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Woods → get → arms
"But I just needed to be confident I could stay out in front and it was nice coming down the home straight and not seeing her wheel moving in front of me.
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wheel → need → me
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Woods - who has used a wheelchair since being hit by a car while riding her bike in 2018 - will also compete in the 400m later on Friday morning.
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who → use → morning
The heats of that will start a little more than 90 minutes after the replayed final.
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heats → start → final
