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Let’s Hear it for the Girls!

Rob Cole

For the third Commonwealth Games in a row the Welsh women outperformed the men on the medal front, accounting for 54% of the record equalling 36 medals at Gold Coast. In another example of the huge advances being made at the highest levels by Wales’ elite sportswomen, they matched the men on the gold medal

WELSH SPORTS HALL OF FAME APPOINT NEW LEADERS

Rob Cole

Two of the most prominent figures in Welsh sporting circles have been appointed to top positions on the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame committee. Professor Laura McAllister CBE has taken over from the former First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, as chair following his death in 2017, while golden great Lynn Davies CBE has agreed to fill

Wales and the Commonwealth Games

Rob Cole

Wales joined an elite band of nations who were able to toast a happy 21st anniversary to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Team Wales were in on the ground floor of the Games when they sent two swimmers, Valerie Davies and Paulo Radmilovic, to Hamilton, Canada in 1930. Wales were one of 11

Barker and Horne going for gold in Rio

Rob Cole

After Jazz Carlin became the first Welsh woman since Valerie Davies in 1932 to win an Olympic swimming medal, and Vicky Thornley became the first Welsh oarswoman to take a medal at the Games, will we see gold from two Welsh cyclists this weekend? Elinor Barker and Ciara Horne are part of the Team GB