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was one of ten core sports that appeared at the

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. As a founding sport, athletics has appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games; the recognised precursor to the

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. The competition took place between Sunday 27 July and Saturday 2 August at the temporarily modified

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, Scotland's national football stadium. The programme commenced with 42km195m

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, which started and finished at

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and included 6 parathletics events throughout.

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events were dropped from the programme for 2014 – a move condemned by walking athletes. The meet was dominated, in terms of golds won, by

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who won 10 gold medals apiece and

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with eight gold medals, though gold and other medals were distributed among 21 teams, and

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took away the most medals, 27 including 13 silver medals. Kenya dominated the distance events, and Jamaica the sprint events, but both also won throwing events for the first time. Host nation

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won 4 medals, including gold for Libby Clegg in the T(12) 100 m for athletes with a vision impairment. Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare took two golds and a silver medal in the three sprint events, the most successful individual athlete at the meet. Jamaican sprint Olympic and World champions

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and

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both decided to forgo the individual sprint events, but appeared on the final evening of the meet to win golds in the relays.

Preparation

In preparation for hosting the Commonwealth Games Athletics events, the modified

held the full-test Sainsbury's Grand Prix

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event, usually held in London, on Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July 2014.

Medal summary

Men

*^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Men's para-sport

Women

*^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Women's para-sport

Medal table

Schedule

Over the 10 days of competition there were 44 medal events plus an additional 6

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disciplines.

Doping

Doping controls were undertaken on competing athletes during the games. Amantle Montsho, a Botswana

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runner and defending Commonwealth Games champion, was the first competitor from the

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programme to fail a drugs test. After finishing fourth in the 400 m final, her "A" sample came back positive for

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, a banned stimulant, and she was provisionally suspended pending investigation.Amantle Montsho fails doping test at Glasgow 2014
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'' (2014-08-02). Retrieved on 2014-08-02.

References

External links

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Events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games