Commonwealth Games: Michael Wixey and David Luckman win gold medals
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Is this the weirdest celebration in sport?
Wales' Michael Wixey and England's David Luckman won golds on the final day of the Commonwealth Games shooting competition.
Wixey took gold in the men's trap final with 46 points ahead of England's Aaron Heading (43), who took silver.
Luckman won the men's individual full-bore rifle Queen's Prize as team-mate Parag Patel clinched the bronze medal.
It was Luckman's second gold after he and Patel, 42, retained their Queen's Prize pairs title earlier in the week.
Luckman, 41, finished in top spot at the Belmont Full Bore Range to retain the title he won at Glasgow 2014.
Australia's Jim Bailey finished just behind Luckman and took the silver.
In accordance with the tradition of the annual Prize event, which dates back to 1860, Luckman was carried from the range to the medal ceremony in a Sedan chair by his opponents.
"I am so pleased," said Luckman. "The last couple of days since the pairs, I've been having to fight it a bit and having to work very hard to get the points. Today felt like it should have felt."
In the men's 50m rifle 3 positions England's Dean Bale clinched bronze behind India's Sanjeev Rajput and Canada's Grzegorz Sych who won gold and silver respectively.
- Published10 April 2018
- Published11 April 2018
