Oduwaiye and Cronin earn silver and bronze for Wales

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Welsh duo Funmi Oduwaiye and Bree Cronin won silver and bronze in the women's F42-44/F61-64 discus final in Glasgow.
Oduwaiye, 23, took the lead with an opening throw of 38.52 metres, a Commonwealth Games record for the F44 category.
Cronin lay in second after her opening throw of 34.88m, before improving to a season's best of 36.00m.
However, the gold was won by defending champion Nigeria's Goodness Nwachuku, who threw a world record for the F42 category with a throw of 39.66m with her final throw.
F42 and F44 scores in World Para Athletics multi-class events are calculated using the Raza Points System, a mathematical formula based on a Gompertz function that converts an athlete's physical distance or height (in metres) into a standardised point score.
Nwachuku's disability level saw her distance have a greater point score than that of Oduwaiye.
The pair, who train together in Cardiff under coach Josh Clark, finished fourth and fifth at the World Para Athletics Championships in India in 2025.
Oduwaiye adds to the bronze she won in F44 shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships in 2025.
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