THESE were the emotional scenes after English star Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker raced to Commonwealth gold.
The 20-year-old romped to a career best of 10.94 as he took home the gold medal in the T33/34 men’s 100m at Birmingham.
He enjoyed a fast start to the race and held an advantage early on from compatriot Ola Abidogun, who finished with bronze.
Jaydon Page came through for silver in 11.10, but the Aussie was no match for the fantastic Oyinbo-Coker.
And he instantly raced to celebrate his triumph with his family in the crowd at the finish.
The ace was spotted hugging his loved ones, before a touching moment saw him cuddling his younger brother, who was unable to stop his tears of joy.
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And scenes were perfectly described by the BBC commentators.
They said: “Look at the family celebrations.
“Tears of joy. It’s really wonderful to see.”
The Home Nations para athletes dominated the first evening of the track and field programme at the Commonwealth Games yesterday.
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In addition to Oyinbo-Coker, Olivia Breen and Hannah Cockroft also secured gold.
England won eight medals on the night, while Wales won their first athletics gold of the Games so far.
Cockroft, a seven-time Paralympic champion, headed an English 1-2-3 with a time of 16.84 in the women’s T33-34 100m with Kare Adenegan and Fabienne Andre joining her on the podium.
Olivia Breen also earned Wales their first track and field medal of the Commonwealth Games in the women’s T37-38 100m as she ran a PB of 12.83.
Source: Athletics - thesun.co.uk
