Adaejah T. Hodge wins VI's first 200m Commonwealth Games gold
Adaejah T. Hodge of the Virgin Islands has won her first Commonwealth Games gold medal, clocking 22.07 seconds in the Women's 200m Final in Glasgow minutes ago, July 31, 2026. Photo: BVITB/Facebook
Running out of Lane 6 at Scotstoun Stadium, Adaejah T. Hodge received a challenge from Shaniqua Bascombe of Trinidad and Tobago, but was able to hold her form to win comfortably in the end. Photo: Glasgow Commonwealth Games
GLASGOW, Scotland- Adaejah T. Hodge of the Virgin Islands has won her first Commonwealth Games gold medal, clocking 22.07 seconds in the Women's 200m Final in Glasgow minutes ago, July 31, 2026.
Running out of Lane 6 at Scotstoun Stadium, Hodge received a challenge from Shaniqua Bascombe of Trinidad and Tobago, but was able to hold her form to win comfortably in the end. Bascombe clocked 22.35 for second.
Third was Alana Reid of Jamaica in 22.56.
It is the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for the 20-year-old Hodge and the first in the 200m for the Virgin Islands.
Kyron A. McMaster, the 400m Hurdles specialist, is a double Commonwealth Games champion.
Hodge remains the new Record Holder for the Women's 200m at the Commonwealth Games, having clocked 22.01 in the Semi-Finals on July 30, 2026.
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