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Silver for England in men's time trial

Silver for England in men's time trial
Harry Tanfield picks up silver for Team England in the individual time trial cycling event at the Commonwealth Games.

Harry Tanfield has claimed a silver medal for Team England in the men's individual time trial event at the Commonwealth Games.

The 23-year-old - older brother of Charlie Tanfield, who won gold in the individual pursuit last week - completed the 38.5km course in a time of 48:43.30, some 30 seconds behind Australia's Cameron Meyer.

The course started and finished on Currumbin Beachfront and included a steep 800m section known as "the beast" around two-thirds of the way through.

Tanfield's podium position comes as somewhat of a surprise as he was not considered among the main contenders and last week described himself as "kind of filling in".

Hamish Bond of New Zealand took the bronze medal, finishing a little over two seconds behind Tanfield, while another home favourite Callum Scotson had to settle for fourth place.

Charlie Tanfield came in eighth with a time of 50:42.83, closely followed by England teammate Ian Bibby on 50:43.88.

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