Welsh Paralympian Aled Davies has Commonwealth gold in his sights

Welsh Paralympian Aled Davies boasts several sporting accolades to his name but one still evades his clutches — a Commonwealth Games gold medal. The F42 shot put and discus thrower will head to the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games on the hunt for the ever-familiar taste of victory as the current world record holder, three-time Paralympic champion and nine-time world champion.

Ad/> But with the disappointment of his Commonwealth silver medal at the Glasgow 2014 Games, Davies is ready to go the distance this summer. World Athletics Championship'A reset for Reece' — Prescod bans junk food and video games in bid for Worlds gold38 MINUTES AGO The Bridgend star, who is one of over 1,100 elite athletes on UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Programme — allowing them to train full time, have access to the world’s best coaches and benefit from pioneering technology, science and medical support — said: «The Commonwealth Games is a special one for me.

»I'm a patriotic Welshman and here in Wales, we're a very close community-based country and everyone gets behind everyone and they really do embrace us and are proud of our heritage as well. «I've got unfinished business after 2014.

I wasn't the best version of myself at that Games and it cost me the gold medal and I think what hurt even more, being a Welshman was that I lost to my rival from England. »Going back now this year, it's been eight years in the making.

«Everyone's expecting me to do what I do best but at the same time, everyone's alluding to the fact that this is the only title I haven't won yet. »I've left no stone unturned so I'm going into break the world record." This summer, Team Wales, supported by funding raised by National Lottery players, will