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The future of the Commonwealth Games was in doubt last night amid more shambolic scenes in Delhi.

The 80-year-old event limped on as athletes again performed in virtually empty arenas and the setbacks continued.

Dozens of swimmers suffered vomiting, diarrhoea and breathing problems, with concerns about possible contamination of the pool water. Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington was one of up to 50 England athletes taken ill.

She later shrugged it off to take gold in the 800m freestyle.

But the team expressed concerns about blocked toilets and the amount of chlorine in the pool.

Games Federation president Mike Fennell, said he "would not speculate" on whether swimming events would be cancelled but added: "If there is something unsafe, you cannot swim in that water.

"It is a matter we have to deal with urgently."

In another incident, three Ugandan officials were injured driving into the athletes' village.

A "tyre-killer" was activated after a sensor failed and their vehicle stopped abruptly.

And there was chaos at the rugby sevens venue at Delhi University when an electronic scoreboard fell to the ground.

No one was injured.

Sprinter Tom Druce had to phone home to find out if he had qualified for the semis of the men's 400m.

Officials were unsure and the Guernsey runner had to call his mother, who was watching on TV at home, to find out. Meanwhile archer Danielle Brown won gold for her country.

She had already made history by becoming the first paralympic athlete to represent England at the Games.

Danielle, 22 had set her sights on repeating her 2008 Paralympic gold in Beijing.

She said: "Winning here against able-bodied competitors is awesome."