COMMONWEALTH GAMES/SWIMMING: Ian Thorpe anchored Australia to victory in the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay in Manchester winning his fourth gold medal to move a step closer to his goal of seven at these Commonwealth Games.
The Australian squad of Grant Hackett, Leon Dunne, Jason Cram and Thorpe won easily in seven minutes 11.69 seconds. Canada finished second in 7:17.17 and England won bronze in 7:22.56.
Australia, the defending World and Olympic champions and world record-holders, have now won the event at every Commonwealth Games since 1954.
Australian teenage sprinter Jodie Henry pulled off a surprise win in the women's 100 metres freestyle final to strike gold in her first major international meet.
The story of the day on the track came out of competition when Kim Collins, who put tiny St Kitts and Nevis on the sporting map by winning the 100 metres title, became the first athlete to test positive for drugs at the Games - but he escaped punishment.
Collins, who clinched the tiny Caribbean islands their first gold medal in the 72-year-old history of the Games, tested positive for the prohibited substance salbutamol.
But he was allowed to keep his medal because it was accepted that he took the drug to treat asthma.
