This is my favourite story from the Commonwealth Games..
In a Commonwealth Games beset by issues away from the events, a bit of light relief is definitely welcome - and that came in the form of Papua New Guinea steeplechaser Sapolai Yao.The news isn't such light relief for Yao, though, who was disqualified from the race after he used a flower pot to help him over the water jump. The athlete stands a little under 4 feet 10 inches tall (1.52metres) but is already a firm crowd favourite in Delhi after his antics at the weekend. Towards the end of the gruelling race, the diminutive runner couldn't quite muster the energy to get over the water jump. So the resourceful Yao did what any other vertically-challenged individual would - using his surroundings to help him out. Spotting the pots below the hurdle, Yao gave himself a leg up onto the beam, stopped for a quick breather, and then leapt over into the water. Somehow, despite his troubles with that particular jump, he still managed to finish 9th of the 13 runners. Makes you wonder what the other four were doing exactly...
