Thorpe takes his fourth gold

IAN THORPE collected his fourth gold medal of the Commonwealth Games in Manchester last night when he anchored Australia to victory in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay.

Thorpe brought Australia home in a Games record of seven minutes 11.69 seconds and brought Australia’s tally for the night to five titles and 11 overall in three days of competition in the pool.

Canada were second in 7:17.17 and England third in 7:22.56.