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Katie and John Archibald were among the Britons to win medals in the velodrome, while Welsh weightlifter Gareth Evans snatched gold

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Fri 6 Apr 2018 08.28 EDTFirst published on Fri 6 Apr 2018 00.12 EDT
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Adam Peaty dives into his 100m breaststroke semi-final.
Adam Peaty dives into his 100m breaststroke semi-final. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
Adam Peaty dives into his 100m breaststroke semi-final. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images

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Brit-watch -day two

  • Weightlifting: Wales’ Gareth Evans grabs gold in men’s 69kg
  • Cycling: Katie Archibald wins gold in individual pursuit
  • Swimming: England’s Sarah Vasey triumphs in women’s 50m breaststroke
  • Swimming: Scotland’s Duncan Scott takes bronze in men’s 200m freestyle
  • Cycling: England’s Charlie Tanfield sees off Scotland’s John Archibald in men’s individual pursuit
  • Cycling: Welshman Lucas Oliva second in men’s keirin
  • Paralympic swimming: Alice Tai wins England’s 100th Commonwealth gold in 50m backstroke
  • Gymnastics: England’s women edged into silver medal position by Canada in team event
  • Paralympic swimming: Silver for England’s Lewis White in S9 men’s 100m freestyle
  • Netball: England Roses defeat Malawi to make it two wins from two
  • Swimming: England and Scotland take minor podium places in men’s 4x100m freestyle.
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Swimming: Australia win their sixth gold of the evening

The Australian team of Kyle Chalmers, Cameron McEvoy, James Magnussen and Jack Cartwright have hosed up in the men’s 4x100m freestyle in a time of 3min 12.96sec. England finish in second place almost three seconds behind them. Scotland take the bronze.

One race left at a rain-drenched aquatics centre

The men’s 4x100m freestyle is the final medal contest of the evening and is already under way. Australia are the hot favourites to make it a hugely successful evening for the home nation in the pool and lead at the halfway point.

The rain poses no problem if you’re packing a poncho. Photograph: Dave Hunt/EPA
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Swimming: Women's 100m butterfly

More success for the Aussies, as Emma McKeon leads a clean sweep in the women’s 100m butterfly, beating Madeline Groves and Brianna Throssell.

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Swimming: Men's 100m backstroke

Mitch Larkin and Bradley Woodward finish first and second to make it an Australian one-two in the men’s 100m backstroke. Canada’s Markus Thormeyer comes third. The winning time: 53.18sec.

Mitch Larkin on his way to gold. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
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Brit-watch - Day Two

  • Weightlifting: Wales’ Gareth Evans grabs gold in men’s 69kg
  • Cycling: Katie Archibald wins gold in individual pursuit
  • Swimming: England’s Sarah Vasey triumphs in women’s 50m breaststroke
  • Swimming: Scotland’s Duncan Scott takes bronze in men’s 200m freestyle
  • Cycling: England’s Charlie Tanfield sees off Scotland’s John Archibald in men’s individual pursuit
  • Cycling: Welshman Lucas Oliva second in men’s keirin
  • Paralympic swimming: Alice Tai win’s England’s 100th Commonwealth gold in 50m backstroke
  • Gymnastics: England’s women edged into silver medal position by Canada in team event
  • Paralympic swimming: Silver for England’s Lewis White in S9 men’s 100m freestyle
  • Netball: England Roses defeat Malawi to make it two wins from two
  • Swimming: England and Scotland take minor podium places in men’s 4x100m freestyle.
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Cycling: Women's sprint

Australia’s Stephanie Morton successfully defends her Commonwealth title by winning Australia’s 100th cycling gold medal.

Swimming: Men's 400m individual medley

Clyde Lewis of Australia has won gold, finishing first in a time of 4min 13.12sec to beat Scotland’s Mark Szaranek. Lewis Clareburt of New Zealand was third.

Cycling: Men's Keirin final ...

Australia’s Matt Glaetzer came from quite a long way back to win gold in the men’s keirin and was followed home by Welsh cyclist Lucas Oliva, who got silver. It was a wonderful effort from the medical student, who finished just ahead of New Zealand’s Edward Dawkins. In an interview with the BBC, Oliva says he’d like to thank his local Conway Pub “for supplying me with Guinness, without which none of this would have been possible”.

Australia’s Matt Glaetzer is just ahead of Wales’ Lewis Oliva. Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Swimming: gold for Australia's Disken

Australia Timothy Disken wins the S9 men’s 100m freestyle in a time of 56.07sec. Behind him, England’s Lewis White took silver in 56.77 and Disken’s fellow Aussie, Brenden Hall, finished third.

An email from Chris Page: “A masterful swim by England’s Alice Tai in the final of the Women’s S9 100m backstroke, writes Chris. “The 100th English Gold medal in Commonwealth Games history!” Indeed it was, a statistic that came as an added bonus to Ms Tai when she heard about it in the wake of her fine win.

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Paralympic swimming: Tai takes gold

England’s world record holder Alice Tai has won the S9 100m backstroke in the first of today’s Paralympic swimming final in a time of 1min 08.77sec. Ellie Cole and Ashleigh McConnell won silver and bronze medals for Australia.

2018 Commonwealth Games - Day Two
England’s Alice Tai, centre, Ellie Cole, right and Ashleigh McConnell show off their medals.
Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
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Duncan Scott has won Commonwealth bronze for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in swimming at #GoldCoast2018.

He is the 3rd "Scott" to win a Commonwealth medal for Scotland after Robert Scott (Boxing, 1958) and Corrie Scott (Swimming, 2014).

— Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) April 6, 2018

Gymnastics: England's women edged into silver

England had to settle for second place after a dramatic finish to the women’s team gymnastics competition in Coomera. Canada took gold by 1.25 points ahead of the inexperienced English team of Kelly Sim, Alice Kinsella, Georgia-Mae Fenton, Lucy Stanhope and Taeja James. But there were some fine individual performances with Fenton and James qualifying in first place for the individual uneven bars and floor finals respectively. [PA Sport]

Swimming: A record for Adam Peaty

England’s Adam Peaty clocks 58.59sec in the 100m breaststroke, qualifying fastest in front of his compatriot James Wilby.

England ‘s Adam Peaty during his record breaking 100m breaststroke semi-final. Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
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Cycling: Tanfield wins gold for England

The amateur rider takes Commonwealth gold in the individual pursuit in a time of 4min 15.952sec. Scotland’s John Archibald takes silver, while First men’s individual pursuit ride of the evening New Zealand’s Dylan Kennett grabbed the bronze ahead of Australia’s Jordan Kerby.

England’s Charles Tanfield goes over to his proud mother after winning gold in the men’s 4000m individual pursuit final. Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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It's John Archibald's turn ...

Having seen his little sister win gold in the women’s individual pursuit, Scotland’s John Archibald is now contesting the men’s equivalent against England’s Charlie Tanfield. At the halfway mark, Tanfield leads by 1.8sec.

More on Katie Archibald's gold

Scotland’s Katie Archibald can add Commonwealth Games champion to her long list of accolades after winning the women’s individual pursuit in Brisbane on Friday. Archibald, an Olympic, world and European champion in various disciplines, took her first Commonwealth title with victory over Australia’s Rachel Wiasak in the final.

The 24-year-old won in a time of 3min 26.088sec over the 3,000m distance, having set a new Commonwealth Games record of 3min 24.119sec in qualifying earlier in the day. The Commonwealth Games record, previously set by England’s Joanna Rowsell Shand in Glasgow four years ago, fell three times in a blistering qualifying session. Archibald’s only previous Commonwealth Games medal was a bronze in the points race in Glasgow.

“It means a lot,” Archibald said of her first Commonwealth title. “Especially in the individual pursuit because it’s not an Olympic event.” Archibald admitted she was surprised to set the record during qualifying. “I didn’t schedule for that at all. You look at my splits, they were all over the place. I come out too fast but then you can’t put the brakes on, you can’t say, ‘This is too much’. You’ve got to control the decline. I still died a death (in the final) but it was better paced.”

Swimming: Men's 200m freestyle

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers is the clear winner of the men’s 200m free, beating his compatriot Mack Horton into second place. Scotland’s Duncan Scott was third. James Guy, the Welshman who came third in yesterday’s 400m freestyle final, had to settle for fourth. Chad Le Clos finished seventh, dashing his hopes of winning winning his 19th Commonwealth Games medal at these games.

Swimming: Vasey wins gold for England

England’s Sarah Vasey has won gold in the women’s 50m breaststroke. After Chad le Clos of South Africa won the men’s 50m butterfly, Vasey, who trains at Loughborough alongside Adam Peaty, triumphed. The 21-year-old Derby swimmer won in 30.60sec as Alia Atkinson of Jamaica, the defending champion, had to settle for silver. [PA Sport]

England’s Sarah Vasey on her way to winning gold in the Women’s 50m Butterfly Final. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA
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Cycling: Women's individual 3,000 pursuit

  • Gold: Katie Archibald (Scotland)
  • Silver: Rebecca Wasiack (Australia)
  • Bronze: Annette Edmondson (Australia)

Meanwhile in the pool ...

Chad le Clos has won the men’s 50m butterfly in 23.37sec in the first race of the evening. Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago took silver and Le Clos’s compatriot Ryan Coetzee got the bronze. That makes it 13 Commonwealth medals for Le Clos, who is hoping to set a record by winning 19.

GOLD FOR KATIE ARCHIBALD!

The Scottish cyclist wins the 3,000m individual pursuit final in a time of 3min 26.088sec, winning her first Commonwealth title. Scotland take the gold. Australia take silver.

Scotland’s Katie Archibald celebrates after winning gold in the women’s 3000m individual pursuit finals. Photograph: Patrick Hamilton/AFP/Getty Images
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Wiasack leads Archibald ...

The 33-year-old from Geelopng leads Katie Atchibald by two tenths of a second heading into the latter stages of the race, but Archibald is travelling faster ... Archibald takes the lead with four laps of the velodrome to go.

All eyes on Katie Archibald ...

The Scottish track cyclist is about to contest the women’s 3,000m individual pursuit final against Australia’s two-time world champion Rebecca Wiasack.

Cycling: Men's keirin ...

The first round of the competition has concluded. England’s Joe Truman beat New Zealand’s Sam Webster in the third heat, but both cyclists will advance. Scotland’s Jack Carlin and Australia’s Jacob Schmid also qualified for the next round. Australia’s Patrick Constable and Matthew Glaetzer, Malaysia’s Aziz Awang and Canada’s Stefan Ritter are also through.

Competitors in action during thee Men’s Keirin first round. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters
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More on the arrest of a Mauritian delegate

Martha Kelner is the Guardian’s woman at the Games ...

Mauritius Chef de Mission arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting one of his athletes, a 26-year-old woman. Statement from Comm Games Federation: pic.twitter.com/Fo4JKrwDii

— Martha Kelner (@marthakelner) April 6, 2018

The track cycling is under way ...

Day Two in the Anna Meares velodrome has started and in a little under half an hour, Scotland’s Katie Archibald will contest the women’s individual pursuit final. Her older brother John will go in the men’s individual pursuit an hour later.

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Mauritian delegate charged with sexual assault

Queensland police have charged a Mauritian team delegate after an alleged assault on the Gold Coast last week. “Police will allege the 52-year-old Mauritian man assaulted a 26-year-old woman in Southport on March 29,” read a Queensland Police statement. “The matter was reported to police who charged the man with one count of sexual assault today. The man is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on April 17.”

Netball: England v Malawi ...

Having thrashed Scotland 74-28 in their opening group match yesterday, Tracey Neville’s England women’s netball team are currently taking on Malawi. The Roses lead 15-11 in the last couple of minutes of the first quarter and will play Uganda on Sunday, Wales on Monday and the world’s second ranked side New Zealand next Wednesday.

Chad Le Clos ...

South African swimmer Chad le Clos has had an extremely difficult couple of years, which he recently described with commendable understatement as “a mess”. His well-known, extremely outspoken and popular father, Bert, has recovered from prostate cancer, while his mother is also on the mend after undergoing a double-mastectomy in the wake of her second diagnosis with breast cancer. Le Clos, 25, from Durban, will be participating in seven different events in the pool in these Games and will become the all-time Commonwealth Games record-holder with 19 medals if he makes the podium in all of them.

Chad Le Clos. Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP

Praise indeed

Indian cricket great Sachin Tendulkar has praised weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu after she won the gold medal in the women’s 53kg final.

Golden start to the day!! Continuing from where she left off 4 years ago in Glasgow. Congratulations, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu on giving 🇮🇳 it's 2nd Gold Medal 🥇 in the on-going #GC2018. Proud moment. pic.twitter.com/vcQfkIU77I

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) April 6, 2018

Men's Beach Volleyball

England’s Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf have beaten Mozambique 2-0 on Coolangatta Beachfront. The pair were competing in Pool C, which also features New Zealand and Cyprus. Beach volleyball features in the Commonwealth Games for the first time this year.

Archibald siblings set new records

Scotland siblings Katie and John Archibald each set new Commonwealth Games records in qualifying for the track cycling individual pursuit events, but John’s record did not even survive an afternoon of blistering times in Brisbane.

Katie Archibald, an Olympic team pursuit champion, began as favourite in the women’s event and showed why in qualifying with a time of 3min 24.119sec over the 3,000m distance.

It was the third time in the session that the Games record had fallen as the Anna Meares Velodrome track continued to ride very quickly indeed, with Australian pair Annette Edmondson and Rebecca Wiasak both faster than the time of 3:29.038 set by England’s Joanna Rowsell-Shand in Glasgow four years ago.

Katie Archibald will face off against Wiasak for gold later on Friday. John Archibald had watched Australian Sam Welsford and New Zealand’s Dylan Kennett break Jack Bobridge’s eight-year-old record of 4:14.845 in qualifying for the men’s event before going even faster himself over the 4,000m distance.

The 26-year-old set a time of 4:13.068 but only finished second fastest overall, with England’s Charlie Tanfield breaking the record once more with a time of 4:11.455 in the final heat, setting up a race against Archibald for gold.

Katie Archibald in action at the Anna Meares Velodrome. Photograph: Matt King/Getty Images
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Brit-watch ...

  • 09:30am (BST) Women’s basketball: Canada v England.
  • 09:32 (BST) Netball: Malawi v England.
  • 09:42 (BST) Weightlifting women’s – 58kg final featuring England, Wales and Scotland.
  • 10:01(BST) Mixed team badminton group stage – England v Australia.
  • 10:23(BST) Women’s team final and individual qualifying gymnastics
  • 10:32(BST) Women’s hockey – England v Wales.
  • 10.38 Katie Archibald in women’s individual pursuit final.
  • 11.32 Adam Peaty in men’s 100m breaststroke semi-final.

Games athlete in "serious" condition with malaria

An athlete at the Commonwealth Games is in a “serious” condition at a Gold Coast hospital after contracting malaria, organisers said on Friday. The Games’ organising committee (GOLDOC) said the 23-year-old was admitted to Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) on Thursday.

“The patient received immediate treatment for malaria on arrival at GCUH,” GOLDOC said in a statement. “The patient remains admitted to GCUH in a serious condition and continues to be closely monitored.” The committee gave no further details, citing patient confidentiality.

The mosquito-borne disease infects around 216 million people a year worldwide, killing around half a million of them. Most deaths are among babies and young children in the poorest parts of Africa. Mainland Australia has been malaria-free for decades.

“We have robust treatments for malaria in this country,” GOLDOC said. A number of athletes have fallen sick at the Games, including three from the same team who were quarantined for 48 hours after contracting influenza earlier in the week. The New Zealand women’s rugby sevens team was placed in isolation after one of their players was diagnosed with mumps. [Reuters]

Weightlifting result: Men’s 69kg

  • Gold: Gareth Evans (Wal) 299kg,
  • Silver: Indika C. Dissanayake Mudiyanselage (Sri) 297kg
  • Bronze: Deepak Lather (Ind) 295kg

A gold for Wales ...

Weightlifting’s Gareth Evans, from Wales, has won gold in the men’s 69kg weightlifting competition. His total of 299kg is enough to beat Samoa’s Vaipava Ioane.

Gareth Evans of Wales competes in the Men’s 69kg Weightlifting. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Greetings from the Guardian’s London bureau. Some swimming news ...

England’s Adam Peaty opened his bid for a second successive Commonwealth Games men’s 100 metres breaststroke gold with a slow swim – by his lofty standards – on Friday. Peaty is seeking to make it four years unbeaten in the event in which he won Olympic gold in 57.13sec. The 23-year-old Uttoxeter swimmer clocked 59.14sec in qualifying for Friday night’s semi-finals. The final takes place on Saturday.

Adam Peaty competes during the heats of the Men’s 100m Breaststroke. Photograph: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images
Michael McGowan
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And that’s me done for the afternoon session. Due to popular demand I’ll handover now to Barry Glendenning.

Booo!!! We want Barry Glendenning!

— Sam Rigney (@SamRigney) April 6, 2018

Here’s a reminder of what to look for tonight.

  • Later tonight - starting at 7.00pm we’ll have more medal action in the swimming and cycling. There are nine gold medals up for grabs in the pool, and four in the velodrome.
  • From 5.30pm we’ll have Australia’s men’s and women’s basketball teams making their first appearance. The Boomers in particular have a massive opening game against Canada.
  • There’s still two more weightlifting medals to come, and the women’s artistic gymnastics which is underway now.

Thanks for following along!

Back to the beach volleyball, where England’s men have just taken out the opening set of their match against Mozambique, 21-13. Jake Sheaf and the towering Chris Gregory led for most of the set, but Delcio Soares and Carlos Acacio kept it close. Gregory in particular used his height to dominate at the net.

It’s quite a good atmosphere out there on the Coolangatta beachfront. The stadium is fairly packed out and most of the crowd is cheering for the underdogs Mozambique. The broadcast commentators though are suggesting that the shape of the stadium might be causing some headaches for the players. There’s apparently something of a wind tunnel effect going on which is making things quite swirly.

Some disappointing news for the Australian men’s hockey team. 21-year-old Blake Govers has been ruled out of the rest of the Games after breaking a finger in a practice match against Malaysia earlier this week.

Australian coach Colin Batch said Govers had handled the disappointment “extremely well”.

“He’s known it was broken since Tuesday, but handled the situation well. It does need surgery, but we were exploring the possibilities before we made a decision,” he said.

Australia kicks-off its hockey campaign against South Africa on Saturday, and Batch said Tom Wickham will take Gover’s spot.

“Tom has been in Perth and it’s been an awkward situation for him. To his credit, the first thing he expressed was disappointment for Blake,” he said.

Another Games record in the cycling, this time from defending champion Stephanie Morton. The 27-year-old Australian set a Games record in the women’s cycling individual sprint, qualifying top with a time of 10.524 seconds. Morton won gold in the team sprint with Kaarle McCulloch on Thursday.

Australia’s women have done it easy against Cyprus in the beach volleyball, as expected. They won in straight sets, 21-14 and 21-9.

The duo of Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have only been a pair for about six months after competing at the Rio Olympics with different partners. They combined in October last year and are yet to lose a match in five tournaments.

Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar of Australia celebrate a point during the beach volleyball. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Clancy was Australia’s first Indigenous beach volleyball Olympian in Rio. Artacho del Solar moved to Australia from Peru when she was 11.

As we already mentioned, this is the first time beach volleyball has been included in the Commonwealth Games. Each nation will play three matches during the preliminary stages before the quarter finals start on April 10. The two highest ranked teams from each pool and the two best third-ranked teams from all pools will advancing from the preliminary stage to contest the medals.

What about this?

Anna Hursey is part of the Welsh women’s table tennis team which is set to take on Australia in the quarter-finals. She’s also 11-years-old, the youngest athlete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Welsh women came out on top against Sri Lanka earlier today and Hursey played a key role, winning the doubles in straight sets with Chloe Thomas.

“We feed off each other, we help each other through the match,” Thomas said after the match.

Hursey’s already building quite a reputation. She took up the sport aged five, and won a match at last year’s European championships. How good!

Anna Hursey of Wales play doubles with Charlotte Carey of Wales against Madhurika Patkar of India and Mouma Das of India during the Women’s Team - Group 2 Match 2 Table Tennis on day 1. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/EPA
Wales’ Anna Hursey plays a shot during the women’s team group game against Sri Lanka. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Anna Hursey of Wales serves during the women’s team group game against Sri Lanka during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
Anna Hursey of Wales play doubles with partner Charlotte Carey. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/EPA

Sad news for Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly, who’s had to pull out of his round of 16 match in the squash against Malaysia’s Nafiizwan Adnan.

Here’s what Cuskelly had to say just a little while ago:

“I’ve got an adductor strain. I’m trying to get it right. It’s still not 100 per cent. I’m gutted and upset but there’s not much I can do about it.”

“I’ve got the doubles coming up. I’ve got four days to get ready for my respective partners. The physiotherapists have done the best they can to get me right.”

Cuskelly had earlier progressed against Othniel Bailey of St Vincent and the Grenadines in the round of 32 match.

Othniel Bailey of St Vincent and the Grenadines competes with Ryan Cuskelly of Australia during the Squash round of 32 on day one of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Jono Searle/Getty Images

Need a bit of pub trivia? We’ve got you sorted.

The first two nations to compete in a Commonwealth Games beach volleyball match?

Grenada’s Renisha Stafford blocks a hit by Scotland’s Melissa Coutts as her teammate Lynne Beattie looks on during their preliminary round women’s beach volleyball match at the Coolangatta Beachfront during the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

Scotland and Grenada, of course!

For a bonus point, what was the score? Well, believe it or not, Scotland came out on top 2-0. Which, for your Australian correspondent, raises quite a few questions. Specifically,most pressing being, are there any beaches at all in Scotland?

The Australia’s women are due to begin their campaign against Cyprus in about half-an-hour, while the England men come up against Mozambique.

Grenada’s Renisha Stafford had this to say after the match:

“It was awesome. It means a lot for us to be here.”

“We did really well considering we only had two practice sessions and didn’t get to play on the main court.”

Hang on I’ve jumped the gun massively here. The minute I tipped Wiasak as the favourite in the women’s 3000m pursuit, Scotland’s Katie Archibald has come out and set another new Commonwealth Games record, qualifying fastest in the process. Her time of 3:24.119 is a full five seconds faster than the record that stood when qualifying began. Massive.

Archibald and Wiasak will race for the gold later tonight.

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So in a bit I’ll take you down to the beach for the volleyball but for the minute let’s check in with the cycling, where the women’s 3000m individual pursuit qualifying is underway.

As I type, we’ve had a new Commonwealth Games record, with Australia’s Rebecca Wiasak setting the new mark at 3:25.936. That’s especially impressive if you know what Wiasak’s been through this year.

The Canberra cyclist was looking doubtful of competing at one stage after a nasty crash in the first stage of January’s Women’s Tour Down Under left her with serious concussion and a savage case of gravel rash on her face shoulder, hand and knees.

Didn’t seem to affect her out there just before, though. She’ll be a favourite for the gold later.

Another Aussie, Annette Edmondson, is sitting in second in qualifying.

Welcome to day two

Michael McGowan
Michael McGowan

Hi there! Welcome to day two.

The pool and the velodrome were where it was at yesterday, with a total of 13 gold on offer in the swimming and cycling. For the Australians, Mack Horton won gold in the pool while the men and women both claimed gold in the 4,000m team pursuit race.

But it was England who ended the day on top of the medal tally, with Aimee Willmott and Max Whitlock among the gold for England. You can check out our medal tally here.

There’s plenty of action to get to today though, so let’s not mess about.

We’ve already had one gold medal so far, with India’s Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham taking out the women’s 53kg weightlifting final. India also took out gold in the final of the women’s 48kg category on day one.

In the pool, Olympic champion and world record holder Adam Peaty has qualified the fastest for the men’s 100m breaststroke semi-final. England have also started their hockey campaign well with a 7-0 win against Malaysia.

The big drama though has been at the lawn bowls, where we’ve seen the first big upset of the Games. The highly-rated Australian men’s triples team has gone down to ... Jersey. Ouch.

Coming up

Here’s what’s still to come on day two. Remember, all times are local – the Gold Coast is GMT +10:00 and EST +14:00.

  • At 4.00pm Australia’s Georgia Goodwin - a Gold Coast native - will be in the medal hunt in the women’s artistic gymnastics final.
  • From 5.30pm we’ll have Australia’s men’s and women’s basketball teams making their first appearance. The Boomers in particular have a massive opening game against Canada.
  • The men’s 69kg weightlifting final is kicking off now.
  • From 3.30pm Australia and England will make their Games debuts in the beach volleyball, taking place on the Coolangatta beachfront. Should be speccy.
  • Later tonight - starting at 7.00pm we’ll have more medal action in the swimming and cycling. There are nine gold medals up for grabs in the pool, and four in the velodrome.
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