Glasgow 2014 gossip: David Luckman 勝利，勝つs another gold as mountain biking returns to the Games after eight-year absence

• Cheruiyot Ferguson Rotich must love 存在 in Glasgow after changing his 指名する to honour Sir Alex Ferguson
  
• The 十分な-bore ライフル銃／探して盗む Queen’s Prize individual event 証明するd a happy 追跡（する）ing ground for David Luckman
  
• Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley will retire from cycling after competing for England in Sunday’s road race

By David Kent for MailOnline

Published: 22:03 BST, 29 July 2014 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 29 July 2014

MEET THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW

Weightlifter Michael Francois of the Turks and Caicos Islands （機の）カム 底（に届く） of the men’s 94kg, but he’s still the ‘strongest policeman’ on the Turks.

The 29-year-old, a sergeant in the island’s police 軍隊, arrived in Glasgow fresh from 逮捕（する）ing a 麻薬 売買業者, after all.

Francois said: ‘Whenever there’s trouble, who do you think they’re going to call? Me. ‘In July we had to do a 麻薬 破産した／（警察が）手入れする. I fought the 売買業者, kept him on the ground and took away his 麻薬s. ‘Don’t worry there is no 罪，犯罪 (on Turks). Because I’m there.’

Fergie: Ferguson Rotich (centre) in 活動／戦闘 during the men's 800m heat on Tuesday

Kenyan 800m 走者 Cheruiyot Ferguson Rotich, who was second in his heat on Tuesday, must love 存在 in Glasgow after changing his 指名する to honour one of the city’s most famous sons ― Sir Alex Ferguson.

Why the change? ‘Because they can’t stop winning,’ he said. 明確に the 指名する change occurred pre-2013.

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England 卓球 player Tin-Tin 売春婦, 15, won her two matches in the 予選 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the women’s si ngles on Tuesday and then 配達するd a lesson in her art. She’s a ‘penholder’, 明らかに, meaning her thumb and 索引 fingers 支配する the ゆすり 扱う.

‘Penhold style runs in the family,’ she said, ‘because my dad used to play and he was a penholder 同様に, so he taught me and my brother that way ― it’s just how I started.’

SECOND GOLD FOR LUCKY LUCKMAN

The 十分な-bore ライフル銃／探して盗む Queen’s Prize individual event is one of the quirkier events in Glasgow, but it 証明するd a happy 追跡（する）ing ground for England’s David Luckman.

The 38-year-old, competing at his first 連邦／共和国 Games, （人命などを）奪う，主張するd his second gold in four days after winning the pairs with Parag Patel on Saturday.

As might be 推定する／予想するd of an event that began in 1860, tradition dictated that Luckman was 輸送（する）d to the メダル 儀式 in a Sedan 議長，司会を務める carried by his 対抗者s.

Joy: David Luckman （人命などを）奪う，主張するd his second gold メダル in the 十分な-bore ライフル銃／探して盗む Queen's Prize individual event

Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley will retire from cycling after competing for England in Sunday’s road race. The 31-year-old won time-裁判，公判 Olympic silver in Beijing in 2008 after helping Nicole Cooke to road-race gold.

She said: ‘I considered retiring after the London Olympics, but I didn’t feel I was ready. The 連邦／共和国 Games is the perfect 適切な時期 ― it’s a big event, almost at home, and I want to go out 適切に with no 悔いるs.’

BETTER THAN BRAD?

Dan Rivers 追加するd another gold for England after a successful day at the 狙撃. His victory in the 50m ライフル銃／探して盗む 3 Positions （機の）カム just four days after winning a bronze in the 10m 空気／公表する ライフル銃／探して盗む. ‘I didn’t think it could get much better than the bronze, but it has,’ he said.

‘It’s an amazing feeling. The 空気／公表する ライフル銃／探して盗む was a surprise, but this is my strongest event.’ Rivers’ 冒険的な hero is 明らかに Sir Bradley Wiggins and now he has a メダル that still eludes the 広大な／多数の／重要な cyclist ― a 連邦／共和国 Gold.

大きくする ?

Shock: England's Daniel Rivers celebrates winning the gold メダル in the 50m ライフル銃／探して盗む three Positions

Mountain Biking made a return to the Games after an eight-year absence, but it ended in 失望 for the home nations.

England’s Annie Last finished fourth in the women’s event while Scotland’s 認める Ferguson （機の）カム fifth in the men’s. Liam Killeen won gold for England the last time it was contested in Melbourne but, にもかかわらず 存在 one of the pre-event favourites, could only manage sixth.

Shooter Jen McIntosh became the first Scottish woman to 勝利，勝つ five 連邦／共和国 メダルs after 追加するing silver in the 50m ライフル銃／探して盗む 3 Positions to her 50m ライフル銃／探して盗む 傾向がある bronze. The previous Scottish 記録，記録的な／記録する 支えるもの／所有者? Her mum, and fellow shooter, Shirley.

His 指名する might be X-率d but he put in a 業績／成果 to match. England’s Chinu Xxx (yes, really) 敗北・負かすd Kenya’s Hollis Mkanga to 勝利，勝つ bronze in the FS 125kg 格闘するing.