English part-time sprinter bursts with ‘national pride’ and slams Games no-shows

Elliot Jones grabs golden ticket offered by withdrawals Welsh sprinter Azu: ‘I would never disrespect the flag’ It took Elliot Jones, an unheralded English 100m sprinter making his international debut at the grand age of 28, to cut through the noise. Asked about all the no-shows at these Commonwealth Games, he began to shake his head, almost in disbelief. “The national pride I have is so, so high,” he said. “I personally don’t understand why athletes wouldn’t want to come and represent their…