Bethy Woodward delighted with silver medal

Woodward delighted with silver medal

Team England's Bethy Woodward has admitted she was surprised to win silver at the Commonwealth Games in the T37/T38 long jump.

Woodward set a personal best of 4.00m to place second in the event to win her country's first athletics medal of the Games.

She told reporters: "That's way and above my expectations. I was relaxed and excited coming in because it's not my principle event but I knew I had a big jump in me.

"Once I got that four metre jump in the second round it settled me down and I started thinking, 'I can do this'. I was just praying I'd hold onto that silver medal and thankfully I did."

Australia's Jodi Elkington won gold in the event.

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