by Michael Bascombe
NEW DELHI, India, October 6, 2010 – All three Grenadian boxers suffered heavy defeats in qualification rounds at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India.
The experienced Jewel Lewis was the latest competitor to exit the competition when he lost to Dalton George of St. Lucia in a light weight bout after the referee stop contest – head blow (RSCH) in the third round at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium.
Lewis was leading his opponent 7-1 in the third round when he was floored by a knock out punch and unable to regain his composure to continue the bout.
Lewis was the only hope of a potential medal in the boxing tournament for Grenada after middle weight Imrod Bartholomew and light welter weight Dominic Boatswain were eliminated on Tuesday.
Bartholomew lost to Lawal Lukmon of Nigeria after the referee stop contest (RSC) in the second round. Lukomon was leading 8-1 before the referee’s decision.
In the other bout, Boatswain lasted only the first round before he was knocked out by Bradley Saunders of England.
The results were not too encouraging in the swimming competition as Nicholas Coard and Esau Simpson were both eliminated in their respective events.
On Wednesday, Coard and Simpson finished 6th and 7th positions respectively in heat 3 of the 100m freestyle at the Mukherjee Swimming Pool. Coard, swimming out of lane 6 and Simpson in lane 1, clocked 26.63 seconds and 27.28 seconds respectively.
On Tuesday, Coard was 7th in the 50m backstroke in 29.37 seconds while Simpson was 4th in 50m butterfly in 28.45 seconds and finished 8th in the 200m freestyle in 2:09.10.
In late news, Trish Bartholomew qualified for the semi-final round in the women’s 400m on the opening day of track and field at the Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex.
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