Scotland's Melanie Woods breaks the Commonwealth Record in Women’s 1500m T54 with gold
Scotland’s Melanie Woods delivered a sensational performance in the Women’s 1500m T54, breaking the Commonwealth record with a superb display of endurance, speed and racecraft.
The record was previously held by Canada's Diane Roy with a time of 3:36.97 set in April 2018 on the Gold Coast, Australia.
Woods set a new Games record to triumph in Glasgow on July 29, but it emerged the next day that Para-athletics authorities had decided the race should be held again following appeals surrounding a first-lap crash.
However, the Scot kept her composure in her home city to replicate her initial success, break the record again, and reclaim the gold that was already hers - in mind if not around her neck.
"I'm happy, I'm excited, but it feels like relief, to be honest," Woods said, after backing up the triumph with a win in her 400m heat 90 minutes later.
"It's created a bit of a storyline and I feel like people have been following for the plot, so I'm just happy to be able to do it again."