Loughborough medal rush brings records and a personal tribute
By the Beehive Web Sports Desk
Zac Shaw crossed the Men’s 100m T12 finish line in 10.39 seconds before dedicating his Commonwealth title to his late mother. His gold completed a six-medal day for Loughborough-linked athletes in Glasgow, where the opening cycling programme also produced a Commonwealth Games record and a world-record ride.
The total comprised two golds, three silvers and one bronze. Shaw supplied the athletics gold, while Rhian Edmunds won the Women’s Team Sprint with Wales. Sophie Capewell, Morgan Newberry and Joe Truman earned silver medals, with Iona Moir taking bronze.
Shaw turns a 10.39-second sprint into a tribute
Shaw finished ahead of South Africa’s Masala Makatu and Canada’s George Quarcoo to become Commonwealth champion for the first time. After the race, he held a message for his late mother and dedicated the victory to her.
The result followed an earlier conversation with Loughborough Sport in which Shaw discussed competing while dealing with grief. That personal context gave added weight to a performance decided by speed: his 10.39-second run put him first in the T12 final.
Wales lower the team sprint record twice
The Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome staged three Loughborough-linked medal performances in the Women’s Team Sprint. Edmunds joined Emma Finucane and Lowri Thomas as Wales won gold in 46.760 seconds, finishing 0.180 seconds ahead of England.
Wales had already rewritten the Commonwealth Games record during qualifying, leading the field in 46.972 seconds. The final lowered that mark by another 0.212 seconds.
Current Loughborough student Capewell took silver alongside Katy Marchant and Rhianna Parris-Smith for England. Moir, also a current student, joined Lauren Bell and Maddy Silcock as hosts Scotland secured bronze ahead of Australia.
Newberry records a world mark before taking silver
Morgan Newberry added another record-breaking performance in the Women’s C4-C5 4,000m Individual Pursuit. The Loughborough Lightning Cycling athlete and former student clocked 5:05.764 on her way to silver.
According to Loughborough University’s event report, Newberry’s ride broke the world record and was almost half a second faster than the latest mark. New Zealand’s Nicole Murray had lowered the previous record during the bronze-medal race earlier in the programme.
Joe Truman completed the cycling medal return with silver in the Men’s Sprint. The current student and sports scholar contested a tactical final in which Australia prevailed by just over half a second.
Students, scholars and alumni share the Glasgow podium
The six-medal count reflects several types of Loughborough connection rather than one national team. Current students Edmunds, Capewell and Moir represented Wales, England and Scotland respectively, while Truman was identified as both a student and sports scholar. Newberry’s links extend through Loughborough Lightning Cycling and her former studies.
Beehive Web is also tracking the broader Loughborough-linked medal haul involving competitors across multiple home nations. On this day, five cycling medals were joined by Shaw’s 100m T12 title, with three separate records reported across the Glasgow programme.
Source: Loughborough University Press Releases
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The medal total, competitors, affiliations and recorded times were checked against Loughborough University’s account of the Glasgow events.
- Matched the six-medal total to two golds, three silvers and one bronze.
- Checked Shaw’s winning time of 10.39 seconds and the named T12 finalists.
- Compared Wales’s qualifying and final Women’s Team Sprint records.
- Checked Newberry’s 5:05.764 pursuit time and Truman’s silver-medal result.
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