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Cook leads England home in the pool

Christopher Cook led an England one-two in the final of the men's 100 metres breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games today.

Cook won the gold in one minute 00.98 seconds, pipping his team mate James Gibson by 0.12 seconds. Australia's Brenton Rickard was third in 1:01.17.

This was the third time in 24 hours that England finished first and second in a men's final.

Ross Davenport and Simon Burnett went one-two in the 200m freestyle and Matthew Clay and Liam Tancock did the same in the 50m backstroke.

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