England added to its burgeoning gold-medal lead at the Commonwealth Games when divers Jack Laugher and Chris Mears won the synchronized 3-meter springboard today.
At the Royal Commonwealth Pool at Edinburgh, about an hour's drive east of Glasgow, Laugher and Mears won England's 45th gold with nearly three days of competition remaining. It was Laugher's second gold of the games -- he won the individual 1-meter springboard on Wednesday.
Australia, which led the medal standings for most of the first week after dominating in the swimming pool, had 36 golds. It has won the gold-medal race at every Commonwealth Games since 1990.
Later, at Hampden Park, Usain Bolt was scheduled to run for Jamaica in the 4x100-meter relay heats. There was also anticipation about the crowd's reaction, after the world's fastest man reportedly made disparaging remarks about Glasgow and the games this week. If Jamaica qualifies for the final, Bolt would run again on Saturday on the final night of athletics.
In other games news:
B SAMPLE POSITIVE: The Commonwealth's youngest female weightlifting champion faces being stripped of her gold medal after her backup doping sample confirmed banned substances. The 16-year-old Chika Amalaha of Nigeria tested positive for diuretics and masking agents after winning the 53-kilogram (117-pound) division a week ago. Her hearing was scheduled for late Friday.
