LIPHOOK sprinter Olivia Breen helped Wales equalled their record medal haul for an overseas Commonwealth Games at Australia’s Gold Coast.

Wrestler Curtis Dodge won bronze in the men’s 74kg freestyle before Breen took third in the women’s T38 100m.

That made her the first athlete to win two medals in the track and field competitions.

Breen finished third in her race in 13.35secs behind winner Sophie Hahn of England with Australia’s 15-year-old sprinter Rhiannon Clarke taking silver after making a strong start.

The front three quickly got clear, but Livvy needed a composed second 50m to hang on to her Bronze.

It was a second medal for Breen after Gold in the long jump final – and proved any fitness fears after suffering a hamstring injury late last year while preparing for the Commonwealth Games were truly banished.

A beaming Olivia, who runs for City of Portsmouth Athletics Club, said :“I am over the moon. It still hasn’t sunk in about the Gold medal.

“I realise I am in good shape for the games. I am so happy I showed it.

“I have done well so I am happy for my family and friends.”

Despite a good time of 13.35 seconds it was outside her personal best but bodes well for the rest of Breen’s season.

Olivia said in an interview trackside before the medal ceremony: “It’s April so it’s very early in the season. It’s my first 100m race.

“I know it was quick so I am happy with that. I got a good start I am happy with that.

“I am just happy that I got a Bronze medal.”

Olivia, who finished fourth in the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow four years ago, admitted she had set her sights on claiming two medals on the Gold Coast, whether they were Bronze, Silver or Gold.

The former Bohunt School pupil, said: “I was hoping for two medals, I was in good shape so I was really hoping for it.

“Literally all the hard work has paid off. I get 10 days off training now.

“I am going to enjoy myself maybe have a few drinks.

“I shouldn’t tell people that but I am going to enjoy myself… so why not? And I get to see my friends.”

Olivia competes in the T38 category after contacting a meningitis-tuple illness at birth was diagnosed with cerebal palsy when she was two.

Breen’s third place behind her Great Britain team-mate took the Welsh medal tally to seven golds, eight silver and 10 bronze medals matching the 25-medal haul in Auckland in 1990 – and they have four more medals guaranteed in the boxing ring.That will ensure Wales go home with their highest tally achieved for an overseas Games.

The record number of Welsh golds - 10 - was in New Zealand in 1990, while the highest haul of 36 medals was achieved in Scotland in 2014.