Daniel Harris, Martin Belam and Will Unwin 

Commonwealth Games 2026: Hobbs and Eseme win 100m finals as Nowacki earns swimming gold for Jersey – as it happened

Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon won the men’s 100m and New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs the women’s, while Jersey’s 18-year-old Filip Nowacki took 200m breaststroke gold
  
  

First-placed Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme reacts after the men's 100m final.
First-placed Cameroon's Emmanuel Eseme reacts after the men's 100m final. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images

Otherwise, thanks for your company and we’ll see you again tomorrow.

That, then is us for another day, and what a fun one it’s been. Here’s our report of what we might one day come to see as the start of something; one from the athletics will be along shortly.

Heh, they properly stared each other down before the start – we’ve just been shown that footage – but Adama is into the final.

This’ll come down to who’s measured their finish better – whoever completes a stroke on to the board will win … and it’s Adama!

Serious pressure here, and it’s so tight, stroke for stroke!

Afore ye go, a bonus: a swim-off for a spot in the men’s 50m butterfly final, Fraser of Wales v Adama of Nigeria. They’re away!

Eleanor Patterson of Australia wins gold in the women's high jump with a Games record-equalling 1.96m

Nicole Olyslagers of Australia takes silver and Temitope Adeshina of Nigeria bronze.

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Olyslagers, meanwhile, jots in her notebook, as she does after every jump. I guess it gets rid of ill feeling once written down, a natural break before focusing on the next jump … which is what Patterson is about to do … AND SHE CLEARS IT, equalling the Games record! Olyslagers applauds her teammate but must now decide whether to stay at this height or increase to 1.99. She sticks where she is, and if she doesn’t make this, Patterson takes gold.

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After a delay, Olyslagers noises up the crowd … and this is a much better attempt, but she still flicks off the bar, with the back of her knees, I think. If they both fail once more, Patterson wins on countback.

Here comes Patterson again … and she fails again, not especially close. Can Olyslagers get over?

Patterson goes and misses, her first failure of the evening … then so does Olyslagers

Back with the high jump, they’re going at 1.96; whichever of Patterson and Olyslagers clears it first wins gold.

Abdul Latif Romly of Malaysia wins gold in the men's long jump T20 final

Five of the longest six jumps were his. Noah Vucsics of Canada takes silver and Eljoe Gotuoh, also of Malaysia, bronze.

Australia win the mixed 4x100m medley in a Games record of 3:40.46

South Africa take silver and Scotland a thrilling, improbable bronze.

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But Duncan Scott, on the anchor for Scotland, is reeling in England and Canada! Is he going to win an amazingly popular bronze? But there’s no stopping Australia.

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SA lead by miles, Australia now second, and they’re coming back, both with women on the final leg. And Meg Harris takes Australia into the lead…

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In the pool, our final event is under way, South Africa leading the mixed 4x100m medley relay, from Scotland, from Jamaica.

The inclement weather means the women’s high jump is still in progress, Eleanor Patterson of Australia leading with 1.93; her more heralded teammate, Nicola Olyslagers, is second on 1.90, while Temitope Adeshina of Nigeria has just cleared 1.90 to move third.

What a run from Zoe Hobbs, though, who flew out of the blocks and had the stamina to maintain, winning by 0.05s – in sprinting terms, a mile.

We said after the semi that Hunt wouldn’t get away with another slow start and she didn’t. She was definitely moving fastest at the line but needed another 10m – the 10m she wasted at the gun – for her speed endurance to take control. She’s looking good for the 200, but.

Zoe Hobbs of New Zealand wins gold in the women's 100m in 10.93

Amy Hunt of England takes silver and Torrie Lewis of Australia bronze.

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Again, Hunt is away slowly, and Zoe Hobbs of NZ, out in lane seven, powers ahead!

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Jonielle Smith of Jamaica is a non-starter, by the way, and down they go.

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But now it’s time for the women and I fancy Amy Hunt, who looked very strong in the semis. Torrie Lewis was also impressive in the semis, though, likewise Imani Lansiquot, so let’s see who’s got most left; Hunt has that 200m speed endurance, though, which might tell.

Eseme says it was “a crazy race”, and he surprised by the time, but had to take confidence from the semi which he came through without fussing too much. So he told himself to do the same thing and not to rush, amazing for a 100m race, and it’d be alright.

The interviewer tells him she’s impressed as he’s 52 years old – he’s actually 32 – and he says he didn’t start athletics until the age of 24, The Commonwealth Games have been a door-opener for him, he trains at Sporting Clube inPortugal and his coach listens to him – it’s a team effort.

His family are watching at home, his 10-month old son included, and he’s at once very happy and very measured. Mazal tov, old mate.

Camryn Rogers of Canada wins gold in the women's hammer with a Games record of 74.91

Lauren Bruce of New Zealand takes silver with 69.82 and Lara Roberts of Australia bronze with 68.05. Camryn Rogers is the truth, and this is a golden age of Canadian throwing.

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Back to Eseme, to run 9.83 in this rain is really a very fine effort. I wonder if he can go on from here, because at 32, you’d assume he’s on the downslope.

One more race in the pool and one more in the track, the mixed 4x100m medley and the women’s 100m respectively.

Lani Pallister of Australia wins gold in the women's 800m freestyle in a new Games record of 8:11.12

Erika Fairweather of NZ takes silver and and Molly Walker, also of Australia, claims bronze.

Lani Pallister leads the women’s 800m free by a long, long way. She’s well outside world record time, but this is an absolute destruction and she’s punishing this last 100m.

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Ajayi led early and at 60m looked a good bet to win. But Eseme found an extra gear, hit the front with 5m to go, and i’ve no idea how he found enough to win that race; by the end, he was flying.

Eseme couldn’t have left it much later, but he was the quickest in the semi and dug deep to win the final, powering past and going away. At 32 he must’ve feared his tie would never come, but he wins gold for Cameroon and in a proper time too, producing a performance when he needed it most.

Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon wins the men's 100m in a Games record 9.83s

Lachlan Kennedy of Australia takes silver and Kanyinsola Ajayi of Nigeria the bronze.

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Kanayinsola is away well and he’s in front, bu I think Eseme has more left, and here he comes, dragging Kennedy behind him!

But eyes down for the men’s 100m…

Back in the pool, the women’s 800, freestyle is under way, Lani Pallister of Australia well in front.

I quite fancy Kanyinsola Ajayi of Nigeria here; at 21, he’s got developing still to do, but this might just be his time.

Our athletes are ready to emerge, the tension amping up. These lads may never again have the chance to win a medal…

We’re just minutes away from the final of the men’s 100m. Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon was very impressive in the semis, but what does he have left?

In the women’s high jump, meanwhile, Lamara Distin of Jamaica leads with 1.82, but Temitope Adeshina of Nigeria is second on the same mark, likewise Elena Kulichenko of Cyprus in third.

In the pool, it’s time for the semis of the men’s 100m back, but let’s check in with the women’s hammer … which Camryn Rogers, Canada’s Olympic champion, leads with 74.38; Lauren bruce of NZ is second with 68.63 and Lara Roberts of Australia third with 68.05.

10000m in that rain can’t have been much fun and Robinson was rubbing his arms as he crossed the line, but he paced his race perfectly, relying on his kick to take him home – and it did, pretty comfortably in the end.

On the track, we’ve only two races left: the men’s then the women’s 100m final.

Ky Robinson of Australia wins the men's 10,000m

Gulveer Singh of India takes silver with David Mullarkey of Isle of Man nabbing bronze.

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At the bell in the men’s 10000m, Robinson leads, from Kurgat of Kenya, and he’s stretching them out now, but Mullarkey of Isle of Man is there too, do too Singh of India! Then Robinson kicks and this is decisive!

Lara van Niekerk of South Africa wins gold in the women's 50m breaststroke

Sienna Toohey of Australia takes silver, and there’s a tie for bronze between Imogen Clark of England and Sophie Angus of Canada.

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In the pool, Toohey of Australia leads early, but Clark of England pushes in front … only for Van Niekerk of RSA to power through!

Before the final of the women’s 50m breast, to the men’s 10000m on the track where Robinson now leads, from Ebenyo of Kenya. The race is anyone’s, the pack massing to attack … but who’ll go first? We’ve four laps to go.

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Filip Nowacki of Jersey wins gold in the men's 20m breaststroke

That’s Jersey’s first gold since 1990 and their first swimming medal ever! A brilliant swim, with Oliver Dawson of Canada taking silver and Zac Stubblety-Cook of Australia bronze. The boy, though, is a superstar.

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A brilliant turn from Nowacki, and this is a brilliant swim, but Dawson is closing! Can the young man hang on?! I think he can!

And it’s still Jersey’s Nowacki in front – he’s in such control here, and will take soe stopping. Chasing, though, are Dawson and Butler.

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Nowacki leads early, from Canada’s Dawson, from England’s Butler at 50m…

How will Filip Nowacki, Adam Ramsay-Peaty’s 18-year-old protege, fare?

Out come our finalists in the men’s 200m breaststroke…

They’re speeding up in the men’s 1000m, Ebenyo of Kenya taking up the lead with Chelimo of Uganda second and Moise of Seychelles third.

Kylie Masse of Canada wins gold in the women's 50m backstroke

Iona Anderson of Australia takes silver and Lauren Cox of England bronze. It was a tight finish but Masse led from gun to tape.

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Into the water they go … and they’re off, Masse of Canada first to show…

Back in the pool, though, it’s time for the final of the women’s 50m backstroke.

Mofolo still leads the 10000m from Butchart, from sing, from Robinson; they’re settled into rhythm, but at some point, someone will shake them out of it.

Lewis Clareburt of NZ receives his, then leads a haka; he’s loving every moment of this, the crowd likewise.

At 2000m, Mofolo leads, from Butchert of Scotland; Singh of India is third, with Robinson of Australia fourth.

Mofolo of Lesotho leads the men’s 10000m, the pace hotter than the women managed at the start; for the first two laps, they were almost going backwards.

Par for the course these days, but no one in the field made the Olympic final.

Time for the men’s 10,000m final…

Chalmers leads the field, clearly fatigued from his 100m race, and he wins in 22.82, from Justus of SA, from Peters of England, from Fearn of Scotland. All four are into the final.

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In the second semi we’ve got Kyle Chalmers and Chad le Clos…

Armburster leads and stays in front, McEvoy following him home, the winning time a speedy 22.8s; Liendo of Canada is third and Adama of Nigeria fourth.

There’s no time to breath here, the men’s 50m butterfliers coming out for their semis. Cam McEvoy, the fastest man in the world, goes in the first, but he’s a freestyler really; let’s see his chops…

Second semi and Perkins of Australia is ahead from the dive, then Harris, her compatriot, comes through to win; the other qualifiers are De Lange of RSA and Qevitt of England.

Thompson of SA, Taylor of Wales and Edwards of NZ also move into the final.

Shayna Jack leads from start to finish in the first semi of the women’s 50m free, swimming through the wall – a very Aussie trait. So far, her big wins have come in relays; is this her time to nab a medal all by herself?

For now, at least, O’Connor leads overall too, and in the absence of Katarina Johnson-Thompson, has perhaps the best shot at gold she’ll ever get.

Kate O’Connor of NI powers clear of the field in the first of the two heats and wins in 21.14s, maybe five metres clear.

Our women emerge for the semis of the 50m free while, on the track, it’s the heptathlon 200m.

Our field events are back under way, and there’s some proper splashing to be done in the hammer circle. It’s much brighter than it was, but still raining.

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I enjoyed Amy Hunt in that semi. Her time of 11.02 was third-fastest, and the rain was coming down a lot, lot harder by the time her race started. She won’t get away with so slow a start in the final, but she’s a chance of winning this.

Amalie Smith is “really tired” but so so happy”. She wasn’t expecting anything as everyone in the race is such an incredible swimmer and it’s really good to have so many good opponents. I thought this of her last evening and it’s even clearer now she’s nabbed a medal: she takes all this in her stride, an equilibrium that’ll take her a very long way.

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Such is the rain, the field events have been suspended. But we’ve got the heptathlon 200m at 8.04, then the men’s 10,000m final at 8.25.

Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand wins gold in the men's 400m individual medley

That’s after his silver in the 200m medley yesterday. William Petric of Australia takes silver and Lorne Wigginton of Canada bronze.

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Back in the pool, Clareburt leads through the breast, from Petric, from Wigginton, and this race looks over, the New Zealander so strong.

Time for the third and final semi of the women’s 100m, and Amy Hunt, the 200 specialist, is caught in the blocks but powers through, with hobbs of NZ second.

Wigginton still leads as they plough through the backstroke – he’s trying to win it from the front, and he’s a full body-length clear.

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In they go and Wigginton of Canada leads, from Petric of Australia, from Clareburt of NZ.

Straight into the men’s 400m individual medley final…

Imani Lansiquot of England is way ahead, McCreath of Canada follows her over the line, and those are the automatic qualifiers.

OK, now let’s catch up with the second semi of the women’s 100m…

Jenna Forrester of Australia wins gold in the women's 200m individual medley

Aimee Canny of South Africa takes silver and 16-year-old Amalie Smith of England grabs bronze. Shanahan has to make do with fourth, but what a race.

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Smith leads but Canny comes back, AND HERE COMES FORRESTER!

But through the breast, Smith pulls ahead and she leads from Caanny from Forrester, and what a finish this is going to be.

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Canny of SA leads at 50m, but is immediately overtaken at the turn, Smith in front and Forrester next, then Wood, also of England, but out in lane eight, Katie Shanahan powers through to move ahead…

Out come our women for the 200m individual medley. I’m excited to see how the 16-year-old Amalie Smith does – though she’ll have to go some to get near Australia’s Jenna Forrester.

That was impressive from Lewis, who cements herself as a serious contender. It’s still raining heavily.

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Lewis of Australia wins in 11.00, Canada’s Leduc takes second, and Jodean Williams of Jamaica is third

Lewis starts well and Chukwuma is going backwards…

Our women are ready for the first semi of the 100m, Nigeria’s Rosemary Chukwuma one to watch.

But while that final race was in progress, we had Stephen Clegg’s medal ceremony, the whole arena singing Flower of Scotland. I can’t begin to imagine how that felt for him and his family.

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in five minutes, we’ve got the women’s semis, and in seven it’s the final of the women’s 200m individual medley.

Blake’s time of 10.06 isn’t quick enough for the final; Azamati and Saminu, both of Ghana, complete the final line-up as the two fastest losers.

It’s a clean break at the start but I think Leotlela of SA is in front, and he wins from Nketiah of Australia, from Blake of Jamaica.

So to the third semi of the men’s 100m…

Flynn Southam of Australia wins gold in the men's 100m freestyle

Matt Richards of Wales takes silver with Kyle Chalmers of Australia hanging on for bronze.

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Southam leads at 50m, Chalmers chasing, and Southam hangs on as Richards of Wales comes through…

So to the men’s 100m free…

Nigeria’s Ajayi wins in 9.94, Azu is second, and I think Saminu is third. Omanyala of Kenya, the defending champion, is gawn.

Ajayi reacts well and he leads with Azu of Wales coming through.

It’s absolutely teeming, by the way, and down they go again…

Yup, I’m afraid he’s gone, and I don’t get it, really I don’t. I mean I do, but also, I don’t

Nkoana of South Africa goes early, and I’m afraid he faces a DQ…

Off we go to the second semi of the men’s 100m, Saminu of Ghana and Ajayi of Nigeria ones to watch. Meantime the men emerge for the 100m free final, Kyle Chalmers among them.

Kiralee Hayes of Australia wins gold in the women's 50m freestyle S13

Danika Vyncke of South Africa takes silver and Jenna Jones of Australia bronze.

Hayes of Australia leads from Vyncke of RSA and Jones, also of Australia.

Now the women’s live…

Stephen Clegg of Scotland wins gold in the men's 50m freestyle S3

Nathan Hendricks of South Africa takes silver and Nicolas Turbide of Canada bronze.

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Clegg of Scotland leads off the start but England’s Redfern closes and this is so close. Clegg comes back but can he hold on …?

Right, I paused the final of the men’s 50m freestyle S13, so let’s watch that now…

Azamati is out quickly but Kennedy and Eseme are full of running. Both power past, Eseme winning in 9.89s; they said the track was quick and, especially given the rain, that time proves it. He and Kennedy go through; Azamati must wait.

They take their marks…

Benjamin Azamati of Ghana, though, has a quicker PB than both, running 9.90 earlier this year. At 28, this is the chance of his lifetime.

Strong Edinburgh 1986 vibes with the weather here, but our 100m men are out for the first semi. I’m looking forward to seeing how Lachlan Kennedy of Australia goes, but Cameroon’s Emmanuel Esseme is also capable.

Before moving to the pool, I’m watching Lucy Kings-Wheatley look to steal her fight against Josefien Betist of Sierra Leone in the last eight of the women’s 60kg boxing. She needs a big final round and though she doesn’t get one, she does land the biggest shot of it … and it’s enough! She’s filched it, and is now guaranteed a medal.

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We’re not far off the start of action in pool and on track. As regards the latter, I can’t pretend we’re not missing some of those I’d most like to enjoy, but I’m eager to see how the lesser lights handle the glare, in the hope that we’re in at the start of some big-time careers.

Lynn talks about winning medals at a home Games in front of your best friends, and that does seem like something of a buzz; Ward talks about the creeping stress once he was leading the all-around and the gold was in prospect. He decided to go for it, nailed his high bar routine, then the crowd and his team lost it.

Reuben Ward and Cam Lynn are in the TNT studio, and what a time those boys huv hud. Ward took gold in the all-around and silver on the horse, while Lynn took bronze in the latter, the extent to which they enjoyed each other’s joy affirming and exhilarating.

In the pool tonight, we’ve got Chad le Clos and Cameron McEvoy in the men’s 50m fly semis, Kyle Chalmers too – who also goes earlier in the 100m free final. Not bad.

Oh my days! Leading Malaysia 19-16 in the 3x3, seeking a semi-final spot, Scotland are almost there, then … Kyle Jimenez flings one. on the fall, from the far corner …. and it drops in! People will be blathering about that for decades, and Scotland are into the semis!

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Vibes dept:

Kukundawe won a silver medal last evening.

Gosh it’s wet in Glasgow. Is that rain? Those of us in the south have forgotten what it even is.

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And our swimming will proceed thusly (all times BST):

7.07pm: Men’s 50m freestyle S13 final

7.12pm: Women’s 50m freestyle S13 final

7.18pm: Men’s 100m freestyle final

7.39pm: Women’s 200m individual medley final

7.47pm: Men’s 400m individual medley final

8.12pm: Women’s 50m freestyle semi-finals

8.20pm: Men’s 50m butterfly semi-finals

8.36pm: Women’s 50m backstroke final

8.42pm: Men’s 200m breaststroke final

8.49pm: Women’s 50m breaststroke final

9.03pm: Men’s 100m backstroke semi-finals

9.12pm: Women’s 800m freestyle final

9.42pm: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final

Our track and field will flow as follows (all times BST):

7pm: Women’s heptathlon shot put

7.05pm: Women’s high jump final

7.10pm: Men’s 100m semi-finals

7.36pm: Women’s 100m semi-finals

7.58pm: Women’s hammer final

8.04pm: Women’s heptathlon 200m

8.15pm: Men’s long jump T20 final

8.25pm: Men’s 10,000m final

9.14pm: Men’s 100m final

9.40pm: Women’s 100m final

Thanks Will and hi again all. We’ve an evening in store, so let’s take a look at what it entails…

And with that Daniel Harris is back for a huge evening of action across Glasgow. Hold onto your hats.

Basketball: New Zealand beat Singapore 21-15 to set up a semi-final against England in men’s 3x3.

It’s quite quiet over in Glasgow at the moment with some bowls group games and 3x3 basketball. Maybe we all need a relative lull amid the overall chaos.

Breanna Scott and Jesse Moore have added to Australia’s gold medal bonanza at the Commonwealth Games, taking out individual apparatus titles in Glasgow.

Just minutes after Scott nailed a flashy balance beam routine to take out the title on her speciality apparatus, Moore hit every mark on parallel bars to win another gold for Australia at Glasgow International Arena. Scott scored 13.933 points for her routine, beating Singapore’s Amanda Yap (13.233) and Lia-Monica Fontaine (13.00) of Canada.

Netball: Wales pummel Trinidad and Tobago to win 74-30 and avoid finishing bottom of the group.

The invitation has already been extended. Even if Australia beat Pakistan in their men’s pairs match at the Commonwealth Games, they are still welcome to dinner afterwards. There is just one small catch. “If we lose, they are still invited to the restaurant, but I will probably give them a spicy vindaloo as revenge,” Mohammed Ayub Qureshi says with a smile.

Qureshi, better known around the city’s bowls community as “Chico”, has spent decades serving food at Alishan Tandoori while also becoming Pakistan’s most recognisable lawn bowler. On Wednesday the restaurateur swaps the shirt and tie for Pakistan colours as he and his teammate Maqsood Waseem Khan face one of the toughest assignments in the sport.

Netball: Wales are in complete control against Trinidad and Tobago at the end of the third quarter, leading 58-24.

The very best of today’s photos from Glasgow.

Dolci wins fourth gold of the Games on horizontal bar

Gymnastics: Felix Dolci grabs a fourth gold of the Commonwealth Games. William Ellard came back to secure bronze at the second attempt, to put two Canadians on the podium, with Marios Georgiou taking silver.

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Gymnastics: Alexander Yolshin-Cash puts in an almost flawless display but that is only good enough for second, albeit briefly. Marios Georgiou then steps up and stuns on the bar to move into the silver medal position with one gymnast to go.

Gymnastics: Felix Dolci of Canada smashes his routine as he jumped to the top with a fine score of 14.233.

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Gymnastics: William Emard suffers a snapped guard and falls off the bars. He will be allowed another go after a sprint to get a spare guard or two from his equipment bag.

Gymnastics: Scotland’s Cameron Lynn takes the early lead in the men’s horizontal bars with a score of 13.133, much to the glee of the Glasgow fans. Alex Niscoveanu of Wales is next up but a mistake sees him fall and ruins any chance he may have of a medal, as he collects 11.666.

Ruby Evans: “I am really happy and pleased that it is done. I came out angry. I knew I wanted a medal and I got a gold, so I am really happy.

“She [Martin] definitely set the bar high, and Shantae did a rally good routine. I didn’t know [if I had won].”

Evans produces perfection for floor exercise gold

Gymnastics: Ruby Evans is last up on the floor, dressed in gold, to see if she can outdo Abigail Martin and Shante-Eve Amankwaah. It is an impress effort from the Welsh gymnast to close the show. Is it enough to move her top? Evans receives 13.500 to take first and gold. It is silver for Martin and bronze for Amankwaah.

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Charron wins third gold in a row

Weightlifting: Sarah Davies Smale comes out for her shot at outdoing Canada’s Charron … but her effort at 138kg does not get very far, leaving her to settle for silver. This means Charron has won three Commonwealth Games golds in a row.

Weightlifting: Maude Charron lifts 130kg to put her on target for gold in the 63kg category.

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So here’s Will Unwin to let you know!

...and it’s another impressive effort from the 16-year-old, which might take her close to gold…

Amada Yap of Singapore scores just 11.000, but she’ll be more than happy with her beam medal. Next up, though, it’s Fontaine of Canada, who I think will have something to say…

Get this up and she’s guaranteed a medal … and it’s there! Sarah Smale will take a medal in the women’s 63kg weight lifting, but what colour will it be? She’s still raging at previous failures, but a podium is a podium, and getting on it when performing off your best is annoying but still an achievement.

McDonald of Australia doesn’t look especially happy with her performance, but her 12.933 leaves her second. Meantime, Sarah Smale looks to have 122 up, but can’t close it out so goes again…

Georgia Godwin of Australia goes next but seems to be a little tentative, 12.300 the best she can manage. Oh, and back in the weightlifting, Nauru forget to get the bar changed for Notte who looks to have up the 118 she’s got to take as its already on the bar, but she can’t quite sort it out.

Off we go with the women’s floor final and Abigail Martin of England, bronze medalist in the world championships lays down what might just be a monster. Anyone seeking gold must do better than her 13.3333.

Our women’s floor exercisers are coming into the arena while, back with the weightlifting, Elliott of Australia nails 112kg – though our leaders have yet to join the competition. As I type, though, Notte of Nauru hoists 113; what a prospect she is.

Ruben Ward has finished for the Games, so let’s enjoy a favourite moment so far, when he doesn’t win a medal on the hoss but his mate does.

The women’s exercise final is coming up in 14 minutes, which should be a lot of fun, while the clean & jerk is under way in that women’s 63kg final.

Jesse Moore of Australia wins the men's parallel bars

Marios Georgiou of Cyprus takes silver and Felix Dolci of Canada bronze.

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It’s a fair routine and the crowd love it, but I don’t think it’s enough for a medal … though he cups ears at them in return. He gets 13.166, so isn’t close, which means…

And it’s a pretty decent routine, but his foot catches the bar on dismount, he again finishes outside the medal positions … and so, I’m sure, does Alexander Yolshin-Cash. Yup, from qualifying first, he winds up seventh, which means Reueben Ward, the all-around champ, is the only ma n able to confiscate the gold from Moore.

Nope, 13.3400 puts him third behind Moore and Georgiou. Time for Adam Tobin, who’s mot quite managed a medal yet, despite getting close.

Next on the p-bars it’s Emard of Canada, whose 13.200 leaves him third. Oh, and Felix Dolci of Canada, already three golds to the good, is the first to nail his dismount. Will it be enough for the lead?

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It’s hotting up in the weightlifting, Notte sorting 100kg and Charron a Games record of 102 – she’s very clearly the class of this field, so chill under the bar, and returns to go at 105 … but it gets big on her immediately, and she drops it behind her. That completes the snatch section, clean& jerk to come.

Elliot Vernon of Wales navigates a careful routine, but he falls on dismount and must accept 12.700; he’s not happy.

Elliott goes at 99 and slots it, just as, in the p-bars, Angonas of Cyprus makes a mess of his dismount. He scores 13.800 and sits behind Moore of Ausrtralia, who leads.

Goodness me, Femily-Crystie Notte of Nauru, at just 17, nails 97kg, then Maude Charron of Canada does likewise with 99 – so confidently it’s ridiculous.

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It really is incredible what these women are lifting, but can Smale manage 95kg? She approaches the bar, closes her eyes, and is this her last-ever lift in competition? She’s in position, but can she stand up? Yes she can, and if she can stick in the competition, she’ll have a great chance in the clean & jerk.

Our athletes are warming up, so back with the weightlifting, Elliott of Australia also fails at 95 … then Smale does a second time, though she’ll have hoisted this baby many, many times. And to make matters worse for her, Davies smashes it easily on second go.

Time for the men’s p-bar final…

Up to 95kg and Sarah Davies Smale of England arrives into the competition … but drops the bar behind her. Not the start she wanted.

Ayodele can’t bang 91kg, but bear in mind, the best athletes haven’t yet entered the competition – we’ll properly get going aroud the 95kg mark.

Oh, Syazwani gets 88, but now Tabone of Malta takes on 89 … and giggles uncontrollably when she knows she’s done it, barbell over her head. She enjoyed that and why not, she’s lifting her own bodyweight and more. In case you’re wondering, I could not do this.

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Back with the weightlifting, Ayodele of Nigeria lifts 88kg, but Syazwani of Malaysia fails a second time when it looks like she’s got it. Meantime in the men’s 90kg boxing quarter-finals, Wales’ Connor Williams has hammered Holo Tutakitoa-Williams Duken of Niue … but somehow wins by split decision. Still, he won’t mind having guaranteed himself a medal oin the process.

In the netball, South Africa, who meet England on Thursday night in a match which’ll probably decide who accompanies Australia into the semi-finals, lead Northern Ireland 32-17 with 41s left in Q2.

Beth Ashbee of Scotland can’t quite get 85kg up on her first go, but it’s early in the competition and she’s got time.

We’re bereft of nastics finals for … a whole 25 minutes, so let’s pay some attention to the women’s 63kg weightlifting.

Breanna Scott of Australia wins gold in the women's beam

Amanda Yap takes silver, Singapore’s second ever in gymnastics, and Lia-Monica Fontaine of Canada nabs bronze.

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Fontaine scores 13.000, which means…

Canada’s Fontaine lays down a pretty good effort, but lost a bit of balance with her backflip on to the bar. I’m not sure the gold is possible for that reason, but she might manage a medal.

Ruby Evans of Wales registers 12.300, which leaves her sixth, so it’s down to Lia-Monica Fontaine, who won the vault yesterday, to see if she can snaffle gold or, failing that, another medal. The 16-year-old is the breakout star of this meet…

McDonald’s teammate, Brenana Scott, is next, and to my inexpert eye, this looks like the best routine we’ve seen so far, the backflips and spin on point, the squat-spin too. She dismounts with a double pike, scores 13.933, and that puts her way in front with just two more gymnasts to go.

Kate McDonald of Australia, the defending champion, is next up, and her routine is a pretty safe one, though she makes small adjustments with her feet that’ll impact her score. And the judges punish her harshly, 12.166 putting her fifth of five.

Leat’s routine is a pleasant one, save one error that happened while I was taking over, and it makes all the difference. She scores 12.866, the difficulty of 6.000 worth of respect, but the oversight means she sits third.

And to set up what’s to come:

Men’s parallel bars final – 2.50pm BST

Women’s floor exercise final – 3.38pm BST

Men’s horizontal bar final – 4.20pm BST

So let’s get right into it: Alia Leat of England has just begun her routine.

Thanks Martin and awrite all. Over the next couple of hours, we’ll enjoy some nastics finals – the beam is currently in progress – with the final of the women’s 63kg weightlifting soon to get away.

I am done for the day, and will be back tomorrow. Daniel Harris is up next.

Boxing: Amadu Mohammed (🇬🇭 GHA) has just dumped Ellis Trowbridge (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) out of the men’s 55kg boxing at the quarter-final stage in quite a tight bout.

🥇🇨🇦 Gold for Felix Dolci in the men's vault

Artistic gymnastics: It finishes with Felix Dolci (🇨🇦 CAN) with gold, Luke Whitehouse (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) with silver and Neofytos Kyriakou (🇨🇾 CYP) with bronze on the podium.

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Artistic gymnastics: Henry Lewis (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WAL) is last to go and is getting set as we wait for Luke Whitehouse’s score to come up …

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Artistic gymnastics: Felix Dolci (🇨🇦 CAN) is leading the men’s vault final at the moment, from Neofytos Kyriakou (🇨🇾 CYP) and Muhammad Sharul Aimy (🇲🇾MAS) in silver and bronze. England’s Luke Whitehouse is up next, and he will be looking for a podium finish …

Commonwealth Games: what is coming up later

You want to know what is in store, you say? Well here you go …

(All times BST)

13.00-17.30 Artistic gymnastics featuring five finals 🥇
14:00-16:30 Weightlifting, the women’s 63kg final 🥇
14:00-17:30 Netball group matches: South Africa v Northern Ireland, Wales v Trinidad & Tobago
15:00-22:00 Bowls
17:30-21:30 3x3 Basketball
18:00-21:30 Boxing
18:30-21:00 Weightlifting, the women’s 69kg final 🥇
18:30-21:45 Athletics including 100m finals in men’s and women’s plus four other finals 🥇
19:00-22:15 Swimming including ten finals 🥇
19:00-22:30 Netball group matches – New Zealand v Uganda, Australia v Malawi

Artistic gymanstics: The men’s vault final has just got under way.

England's Sam Tolchard: Bowls Commonwealth gold will 'never be matched'

Bowls: Gold medal winner Sam Tolchard (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) has just been interviewed. He said that he was having trouble during the final with finding his length in one direction, though felt he was playing pretty well in the other direction. He told TNT Sports:

It’s been a long road from my first Commonwealth Games 16 years ago. I lost the semi-final there on a tiebreak, and had some very near misses at Glasgow, Gold Coast, and Birmingham. To finally win one … it’s the pinnacle of our sport. The one you want is this one. I’ve been fortunate enough to win a lot of things, but this one will never be matched.

They also interviewed Tolchard’s son, Leo, who said he was a “bit nervous” watching his dad.

🥇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gold for England in men's bowls

Sam Tolchard (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) has won the men’s bowls gold medal match 2-0 against Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (🇲🇾MAS). Dzulkeple put up a much stronger fight in the second set, but Tolchard has edged it, to give England back-to-back golds in the bowls, after the women’s pairs (pictured below) beat the Malaysian team earlier. The other gold on offer today – in the Para Mixed Pairs B2-B3 – went to Scotland.

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Athletics: The women have finished their high jump in the Heptathlon after completing the 110m hurdles earlier. Here are the standings after two events:

1. Katherine O’Connor (NIR) – 2047
2. Jade O’Dowda (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) – 2043
3. Maddie Wilson (🇳🇿 NZL) – 1942
4. Niamh Emerson (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) – 1940
5. Briana Stephenson (🇳🇿 NZL) – 1917
6. Anna McCauley (NIR) – 1912

Bowls: The men’s singles gold medal match is in full swing at the moment. Sam Tolchard (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) had a dominant first set against Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple (🇲🇾MAS), taking it 8-0. The second set is closer and having just scored a maximum four, Dzulkeple leads it 6-3 after the fifth end.

Also going on in the arena is the battle for the bronze medal, which has just been won by Gary Kelly (NIR – there is no emoji for Northern Ireland). Northern Ireland also took bronze in the women’s pairs competition.

Athletics: Here are some words from Peter Bol (🇦🇺 AUS), who has progressed in the men’s 800m on the track. He qualified fastest, and said “I probably looked pretty relaxed out there but it was far from that. Those first rounds are pretty brutal mentally and physically, you’re just stressing so much. We need to show it out there but it’s probably the hardest round and I’m glad to get that out of the way. I kind of stumbled a little bit at the start, but it’s the 800 – you get to make two moves and I made them.”

Athletics: In the stadium at the moment the women’s Heptathlon are doing their high jump discipline, while on the track the heats of the men’s 400m are taking place. The 16 fastest times will qualify – which is slightly irritating as a live blogger because it means you can’t call the qualifiers out along the way. Kelvin Kiprotich Tonui (🇰🇪KEN) has gone fastest so far at 45.69. The third heat of six has just finished.

Lauren Mackie (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) is going to progress to the semi-finals of the Women’s 54kg boxing after defeating Helen Jones (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WAL). She dominated in the end and it was a unanimous decision.

Good afternoon (or morning or evening). I’m watching Lauren Mackie (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENG) and Helen Jones (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 WAL) in the Women’s 54kg boxing which has reached the quarter-final stage. It has been a close round but Mackie has taken it 4-1 according to the judges.

Martin Belam is absolutely primed to take you through the next batch of fun.

Weightlifting: 88kg bronze medallist Angus Doig: “I had no intention of getting a medal, I wanted to turn up and do the best I could. It was not in my mind, so I am over the moon. I am so grateful.”

Swimming: The 18-year-old Filip Nowacki from Jersey continues his fantastic competition with a first place in his 200m breaststroke heat, edging out England’s Greg Butler.

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Athletics: England’s Max Burgin looks very calm and collected in his heat, breezing to victory in a time of 1.46.61 without breaking a sweat. Justin Davies of Wales comes second and Australia’s Peyton Craig third.

England win women's pairs bowls gold

Bowls: It was a tight final, which could have gone either way, and the result was not certain until the final roll as England’s Sian Honnor and Amy Pharoah held their nerve against a fine Malaysian pair.

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Athletics: The men’s 800m heats have begun. The first three guarantee qualifiers are Kenya’s Wyclife Kinyamal, England’s Ben Pattison and Handal Roban of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The first two will be eyeing up the medals, that’s for sure.

Swimming: It is the 50m men’s butterfly heats. Joshua Liendo of Canada wins his, seeing off Australia’s Cameron McEvoy who comes second.

Check out the medal table.

Swimming: Another impressive swim from 16-year-old Amalie Smith who wins her 200m medley heat comfortably. This comes after taking silver in the 400m event.

Athletics: Amani Kirnon gets a red card for a false start in the 400m. It is a long way from Monserrat to Glasgow to not even get to run. Canada’s Lauren Gale finished first, leaving everyone a long way back in the distance.

Athletics: The women’s 4x400m heats have started. Twenty-nine athletes have entered and we will only lose five from the opening round of races. Not much jeopardy out there.

Athletics: The women’s heptathlon is up and running with the 100m hurdles. It is looking a little wet on the track not that Sienna MacDonald is concerned, who gets the quickest time to earn an early lead.

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Weightlifting: England’s Chris Russ comes out too late for his lift and does not have time to complete it. How bizarre.

A little run through from yesterday’s activities …

Part-time sprinter given time to shine.

More bronze for Adam Ramsay-Peaty.

All the best photos.

Scotland win bowls tie-break to take gold

Bowls: There was a tie-break required in the Para Mixed Pairs B2-B3 bowls final after drawing 9-9. It was dramatic stuff but Scotland took the honours thanks to an aggressive final ball from Robert Barr of the host nation, leaving England to accept silver.

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Preamble

Welcome to today’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games, which will offer up the usual smorgasbord of events. From the track to the bowling green, there is something for everyone in Glasgow at the moment.

Medals will be handed out in the athletics, swimming, bowls and weightlifting today as everyone goes in search of gold.

Amid the criticism of high-profile athletes shunning this competition, it is a relief to know that one man turned down Love Island to partake.

 

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