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Pensioner, 72, makes Commonwealth Games history by becoming Scotland's oldest gold medal winner

Scotland's Rosemary Lenton has become a Commonwealth gold medallist at the age of 72 with victory in the women's pairs B6-B8 final alongside Pauline Wilson.

Lenton, who was formerly a competitive sailor and cyclist, was making her Games debut in the para bowls, two decades after complications from a routine surgery led to her needing a wheelchair. She has now become Scotland's oldest ever Commonwealth Games gold medal winner.

What began as a close final against Australia's Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell, level at 5-5 in the early going, became a blowout as Lenton and Wilson triumphed 17-5.

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