When a simple procedure resulted in an illness and a slew of more operations, Lenton completely changed her life. The Dumfries woman, formerly a competitive cyclist and sailor who had completed charity rides through China and Russia, took up bowling in 2005 and has since competed in three World Championships, taking home a silver medal in one of them.
She later started curling in a wheelchair and has participated in nine World Championships. She is currently the Commonwealth bowls champion at the age of 72.
“Absolutely fantastic," When asked how it felt to win, Lenton responded. “I’m dreaming. We both played excellently. We always knew we could do it. In the round-robin we didn’t always produce it, but when it really mattered we did, and that’s the important thing.
The gold medal match between Scotland's team and Australia's Cheryl Lindfield and Serena Bonnell was closely contested, with the score tied at 5-5 after eight ends. Australia failed to score any more points as Lenton and Wilson won 17-5. However, Scotland picked up the pace after grabbing the lead in the ninth end and never looked back.
Victoria van der Merwe and Desiree Levin of South Africa defeated Michelle White and Gillian Platt of England to win the bronze medal match. With a 3-0 lead after the first end and a pull-ahead run to set up an 11-2 lead by the seventh end, South Africa enjoyed the early advantage and eventually won 16-7.
India has so far brought home 18 medals from Birmingham 2022. More than any other sport, shooting has historically contributed 135 of India's 503 total medals in the Commonwealth Games as of CWG 2022. This covers the 30 medals Indian shooters took home from the 2010 CWG in New Delhi, which saw India experience their most successful CWG ever with a total of 101 medals earned.
