REDDITCH has laid claim to a Commonwealth silver medal after Adam Ruckwood was part of the England team who came second in the men's 4x100m medley final.
In the last event of Manchester 2002, England brought home the bacon in a discipline dominated by the Australians, for whom Ian Thorpe won his sixth gold of the finals.
But the Redditch swimmer had a disappointing first leg and touched home after 56.66sec which put England fifth.
Visibly frustrated by his performance, the City of Birmingham swimmer stood poolside shaking his head in disappointment and watched as Adam Whitehead clawed back second place in a terrific second 100m.
England slipped to third after James Hickman's brave leg and it was left to Matt Kidd to claim silver with a gutsy swim which provoked a roar from a capacity 3,000 crowd at a humid Manchester Aquatics Centre.
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