Turner was near the front of the pack from the start and pulled away over the final hurdles to win in 13.38 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
“I so wanted gold today since it was the last race of the season,” said Turner, who also won the European title in Spain. “I’ve still got Barcelona in my mind.” Sharman, who was vomiting Thursday and spent the middle of the day Friday in the hospital, finished second in 13.50.
Lawrence Clarke completed the English sweep by taking bronze in 13.70.
“I was close to tears this morning,” said Sharman, who had to run in the semifinal heats in Friday’s morning session. “The only reason why I ran the final was because my mum flew over here to watch me. As soon as I finished the heats this morning I was taken to hospital and put on a drip.” Despite the trip to the hospital, Sharman was fit to race, England team spokeswoman Emma Pickles said.
“The doctors have been working on him all day,” Pickles said.
The Indian crowd celebrated an athletics medal for the first time at this year’s Commonwealth Games when Kavita Raut won the bronze in the women’s 10,000.
Kenyans took the top two spots with Grace Kwamboka Momanyi winning in 32:34.11 and Doris Chepkwemo Changeywo second in 32:36.97.
Raut, who finished well behind the top two in 33:05.28, jumped into third place with about two laps to go. The crowd, the biggest yet on the third day of athletics competition, roared as she guaranteed herself a medal.
Olympic champion Nancy Jebet Kiplagat pulled away on the final lap to win the women’s 1,500 in 4:05.26, a Commonwealth Games record by one-hundredth of a second.
Nikki Hamblin of New Zealand was second in 4:05.97, and Stephanie Twell of Scotland was third in 4:06.15.
In the women’s 400, Amantle Montsho of Botswana blew away the field to win the gold medal in a Commonwealth Games record time of 50.10.
Folashade Abugan of Nigeria won silver in 51.39, and Allann Tabitha Pompey of Guyana was third in 51.65.
The previous Commonwealth Games record was 50.17, set by Alexandra Angela Richards of Jamaica at the 1998 event in Kuala Lumpur. The world record is 47.60.
Jamie Adjetey-Nelson led from start to finish to win the decathlon with 8,070 points. The Canadian ran the second-fastest time in 110 hurdles, 14.76 seconds, and had the second best throw in the discus, 45.21.
In the pole vault, Adjetey-Nelson was third best with a height of 4.70. He was also third in the javelin with a toss of 61.32 meters before completing the 10-discipline event with an eighth-place finish in the 1,500.
Brent Newdick of New Zealand, who ran 14.79 in the hurdles, was second with 7,899 points and Martin Brockman of England was third with 7,712. Brockman was fastest in the 1,500 with a time of 4:26.28.
The first of eight gold medals on Friday’s program went to Diane Roy of Canada, who won the parasport 1,500 in 3:53.95. Chineme Bibian Obeta of Nigeria was second in 4:09.29 and Anita Fordjour of Ghana took bronze in 4:18.83.
Trecia Kaye Smith of Jamaica won the women’s triple jump with a leap of 14.19 meters. Ayanna Alexander of Trinidad and Tobago was second with 13.91 and Tabia Charles of Canada was third with 13.84.
The heptathlon started Friday at the Commonwealth Games, but it was without world champion Jessica Ennis. The Englishwoman pulled out of the competition because it clashed with her schedule.
Jessica Zelinka of Canada leads after four events with 3,658 points. Peaches Roach of Jamaica is second with 3,603 points and Louise Hazel of England is third with 3,597.
The final three events are scheduled for Saturday.
England sweeps the medals in 110 hurdles
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