games in birmingham and there was plenty of action. chetan pathak has a round up of the winners. another action packed day here. plenty of drama, too, on day two, not least in the marathon races, which were the first events to get going this morning. and let s start with the women s race which was won by australia s jessica stenson, third in glasgow in 2014, third again in brisbane four years later but this time, she left her competitors trailing in her wake as she took gold. i spoke to her after the win and she said she was doing it for the mums. in the men s race, uganda s victor kiplangat won gold, despite at one point going the wrong way. it could ve been costly but thankfully, he corrected his course to take the win. not so lucky for six time paralympic champion david weir. a puncture close to the finish of the men s wheelchair race ended his hopes as team mate johnboy smith took gold. australia s madison de rozario won the women s wheelchair marathon. another good day, meanwhile,
An English para-cycling team that protested after being denied an opportunity to participate in a medal ceremony at the Commonwealth Games has been fined by cycling s governing body.
Uganda s Victor Kiplangat took a wrong turn but still found his way to marathon gold at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday, providing some late drama to what had been an uneventful race.