BRING IT ON
Glasgow 2014
The wait is almost over as Glasgow and Scotland get ready to welcome the people of the Commonwealth – and the world at large – to the greatest sporting event the country has staged. Some of the most stellar names in world sport will be at Glasgow 2014 from 23 July to 3 August to display their skills to sold-out venues and the excitement really is building as competitors make their final preparations in the quest for glory. So, let’s set the scene and begin the countdown with the ultimate preview to the 20th staging of the Commonwealth Games as we focus on some of the key protagonists and legendary figures and bring you an informative guide to every event across all 17 sports.
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SETTING THE SCENE Legendary sprinter Allan Wells says the Hampden Roar can inspire Scotland’s athletes
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TORCH BEARER Scottish swimmer Michael Jamieson can get the Games off to a flier THE BEST OF BRITISH The lowdown on the hopes and prospects of the teams from the British Isles
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TWENTY FOR XX Our guide to the
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NATIONAL PRIDE A look back at the previous staging of the Games in Britian
favourites and the potential stars of Glasgow 2014
WE’RE JAMMIN’ Jamaica’s track stars are living life in the fast lane
VENUE GUIDES All you need to know about where the action is taking place
DAILY SCHEDULE The ultimate guide to what is on each day at Glasgow 2014
Editor Lindsay Herron Deputy Editor Stewart Weir Editorial Director Lee Berry Art Editor Gareth Neil Sub Editor Billy Hamilton Designers Andrew Brewster, Lorraine Gourlay Writers Calvin Berry, Michael Lamont, Shiona McCallum Photography Getty Images, Glasgow 2014 Advertising Sales David Riddell, Carole Riddell Printed by William Gibbons & Sons Ltd Published by Venue Retail Ltd
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More than 1 million tickets have been sold for the 17 events that will take place across 11 days at 14 venues. The housekeeping staff at the Athletes’ Village will be busy washing 7,200 towels and 3,600 bed sheets every day. 50,811 people put their names forward to volunteer
at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It has taken approximately 6,000 steel posts and 1,200 panels to create a deck for the transformation of Hampden into an athletics arena. The deck weighs more than 1,000 tonnes. 3,000 balls will be used across six sports during the Games: Hockey,
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Netball, Rugby Sevens, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Squash, and Table Tennis. 840 shuttlecocks will be used across the Badminton competition at the Emirates Arena as the Commonwealth’s best players battle it out for the Gold medal. Athletes are expected to eat around 500,000 pieces of
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Wells anticipates a hot reception FORMER OLYMPIC 100 METRES CHAMPION BELIEVES HOME CROWD CAN LIFT ATHLETES Allan Wells, one of Scotland’s most celebrated athletes, says the roar of the Scottish crowd will help raise Scotland’s athletes to glory as the countdown to the nation’s biggest sporting spectacle begins. Wells believes that the support of spectators, in both Glasgow’s streets and stadia, will spur Scotland’s athletes on to achieve personal bests and reach career milestones. “We all know about the Hampden Roar, so, if we can get that here in Glasgow for the Scottish athletes, I think it can inspire them to do better than they have ever done before.” Having won Commonwealth Gold medals for running at both the Edmonton and Brisbane Games and an Olympic Gold for the 100m in Moscow in 1980, Wells knows more than anyone about competing on the international stage. Full of enthusiasm, the 62-year-old Ambassador for Glasgow 2014 said: “When I’m in that stadium watching the athletics, I will be on the edge of my seat and I’ll be cheering the Scottish athletes. “That’s what it’s all about now, preparing for the performances.” “We all know how Andy Murray’s Wimbledon victory was bolstered by the passion of the tennis fans, and how the London Olympics was buzzing with excitement when Sir Chris Hoy powered
Alan Wells, the Commonwealth and Olympic Gold medallist, holds aloft the Queen’s Baton at the launch of the Queen’s Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace on October 9 2013
through, to help him win another two Gold medals. “The crowd at Glasgow 2014 certainly will be no different. “I think they can lift the athletes by around a metre in the hundred,” said Wells with a laugh. “Well, it certainly will give them an edge. Especially if the athlete is on song, focused and motivated.” Unfortunately, Wells never had the opportunity to compete in front of a Commonwealth Games home crowd. However, he believes that having the international event in Glasgow is not just an amazing experience for our Scottish athletes.
“We should really get behind the Games. It’s to inspire people to go and watch something they will never get the chance to see again.” With every household up and down the country cheering on athletes competing for team Scotland, Wells echoes those thoughts. “I wish them all the best, I really do. “People have excelled themselves in the past when the Games have been held in different countries, so hopefully the same thing will happen for us here in Scotland.”
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We all know about the Hampden Roar and I think it will inspire Scottish athletes to do better than they have ever done before.
Sprint legend Wells won the first of his four Commonwealth Games Gold medals in the 100m at the 1978 Games in Edmonton, Canada
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Retail therapy The largest pop-up store in Scotland, which will sell a comprehensive range of merchandise for the Commonwealth Games, will open for business in Glasgow’s George Square on 28 June at 9am. This will be the flagship store for Glasgow 2014 and it will be one of more than 40 retail units dotted across the city which will provide fans with official Games merchandise. Additionally, an online shop currently offers a comprehensive range of goods at https://shop. glasgow2014.com Extending to around 12,500 sq ft, the specially
designed store will stock the entire Glasgow 2014 official merchandise range, plus a number of special edition products which will include items that have been commissioned for each of the 17 sports and would normally only be available at Games venues. All of the licensed products – many of which have a Scottish twist – and tartan Clyde mascots, which will be available in three sizes, plus hundreds of other products, including T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, ties, caps, badges, and lots more, will be available to purchase.
All Team Scotland merchandise will be available for sale, in addition to a huge range of Glasgow 2014 merchandise. Tom MacDonald, the store manager, promises a warm welcome to all who visit the store and said: “Glasgow is going to be really buzzing and nowhere more so than George Square which will be a magnet for fans, tourists and athletes who have come to town for the Games. “My staff and I are really looking forward to providing a traditional Scottish welcome to all visitors to our shop which is situated in the heart of the city.”
Glasgow is going to be really buzzing and nowhere more so than George Square which will be a magnet for fans, tourists and athletes. – Tom MacDonald
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Countdown to Glasgow 2014 FROM BIDDING PLAN TO STAGING THE GAMES
2007 After Halifax pulls out following the withdrawal of funding from the municipal government, it goes to a vote between Glasgow and Abuja. On a historic night in Sri Lanka at the CGF General Assembly, the vote is 47-24 in Glasgow’s favour
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Glasgow puts its case to the Commonwealth Games Federation at the Melbourne Games along with Abuja (Nigeria) and Halifax (Canada) then CGF officials visit the city’s existing and proposed amenities and facilities
Following discussions between Commonwealth Games Scotland and First Minister Jack McConnell, Glasgow is selected ahead of Edinburgh to be put forward as host city for the 20th staging off the Games in 2014
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2008 Leading business figure Lord Smith of Kelvin is appointed Chair of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and the wheels are in motion for the greatest sporting event in Scotland’s history
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At the conclusion of the Delhi 2010 Games in India, the handover to Glasgow is made at the end of the Closing Ceremony while upgrade work on the Scotstoun Campus and the Kelvingrove Bowls Centre is commissioned
2013 The Queen’s Baton Relay is launched at Buckingham Palace by Her Majesty and Commonwealth Games Federation President Prince Imran of Malaysia to begin its 288-day journey across the Commonwealth. An amazing 92 per cent of tickets are sold when they go on sale in November
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Plans are made to create the Athletes’ Village in the East End of Glasgow and build the Emirates Arena which will also hosts the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome while upgrades are organised for the Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh which will stage the Diving competitions
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Medal-winning design The iconic medals for Glasgow 2014 have been designed by award-winning jeweller Jonathan Mathew Boyd. Boyd, 29, graduated from the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) with First Class Honours in Silversmithing and Jewellery and went on to study for an MA at the Royal College of Art. Now a lecturer at the GSA, he also is the winner of many prestigious awards and grants, including the Donald Dewar award for exceptional Scottish talent.
Each and every one of the thousands of athletes who will battle it out at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow will have the same aspiration – to compete at the highest level in their discipline and become a medal winner. As a symbol of the Games, the Gold, Silver and Bronze accolades will become an exclusive piece of sporting history. For many, they will be the lasting reward for years of dedication to their sport. All the medals have been designed, produced and hand-finished at the Glasgow School of Art, one of the world’s leading design schools. The medal design draws influence from the strength
and motion of sport, as well as the iconic designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The lattice design allows the athlete’s uniform colours to shine through, thus making each medal unique to its winner. Each unique and hand-
finished medal weighs 100g. There are 448 Gold, 448 Silver and 489 Bronze medals (Boxing, Judo and Wrestling award double Bronze). A total of 1,385 medals will be presented.
A real touch of tartan Kerry Nixon
Scottish fashion designer and celebrity stylist Kerry Nixon is the brains behind the beauty for the Glasgow 2014 Medal Bearers. Kerry, who was born in the city, created the stunning tartan designs which will be worn at the medal ceremonies that will be
seen by millions of television viewers around the world. The design was printed at the prestigious Centre of Advanced Textiles at the Glasgow School of Art. The female Medal Bearers will lead procession members to the podium and carry the medals that will be
awarded to the athletes. Kerry said: “I’m sure I will be quite emotional when I see my outfits being worn at the first medal ceremony. “I can’t quite believe it’s all happening now. It is such an honour to have made a contribution to the Commonwealth Games.”
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MICHAEL JAMIESON CAN LEAD THE CHARGE FOR SCOTLAND’S GREATEST GAMES, SAYS MICHAEL CAVANAGH
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The best we have ever done is 33 medals and I’m really confident we can better that. Michael Cavanagh
Michael Cavanagh will be a man bursting with joy, pride, hope and expectation when the 20th Commonwealth Games begin on 24 July. An odyssey which stretches back 12 years will finally come to fruition, evoking a rush of emotions. Cavanagh has been instrumental in the whole process – from the early bidding days through to the final preparations – and he will be entitled to feel deeply satisfied when the greatest Scottish sporting event of all time gets under way. However, he is not only hungry for more, he expects it. Indeed, the chairman of Commonwealth Games Scotland believes Glasgow 2014 will produce the greatest medal haul of all
can better that. I think these Games could be our best ever. “The first night is going to be massive because we have the chance of a fantastic start with Michael Jamieson going for Gold. “I feel with Michael, Hannah Miley, the Judo team and the Lawn Bowls team among others we have lots of Gold medal potential, but delivering it is the hard thing. “Everyone is so excited to be part of the team. We have worked hard in the past to explain how important it is but we haven’t had to do that this time. “There are so many factors, the most important of which is we are competing on home soil. “It’s not just about making the team, it’s about everyone
time for the host nation – and swimmer Michael Jamieson can be the catalyst. Jamieson, who won Silver at London 2012, goes in the 200m Breaststroke on the first night – and he is not the only Scottish medal hope as Hannah Miley, Robbie Renwick and Ross Murdoch also are hoping to make a major splash at Tollcross Swimming Centre. Cavanagh said: “The best we have ever done is 33 medals and I’m confident we
realising their potential. “Seasoned competitors and world champions are really excited about it all.” The strength of the Scottish team is not just down to emerging talent but also a strategy which was created and developed in the aftermath of Glasgow winning the bid to host the 20th Games and it is now bearing fruit. Cavanagh said: “When we won the bid for the Games, ourselves and Sport
Scotland jointly went to Government with a plan. “We knew they wanted the Games to be a huge success and we wanted the same, but to do so we explained what had to happen in terms of investing in each of the sports. “Some of our sports had not had full- time performance coaches, so the money that has gone in has remedied that and it has created a ‘no excuses’ mentality. “Previously, we could complain that other countries had better preparation and structures, but that’s not the case any more. “You need your Government on board and you need your City on board and both the Scottish Government and Glasgow City Council were really committed from the start. The partnership between us has been crucial. “I think the investment has created greater belief among our athletes and that has led to better performances. “There is no such thing as qualification criteria as the Commonwealth Games Federation does not set a standard in any sport. “However, since 1998 Scotland has had standards and we won’t let people in unless we think they can get into the top eight or the top half. “It’s as difficult to make this team as it was to make the Delhi team or the Melbourne team, but people have responded. “We will have a 270-plus team and they are there on merit – not because the Games are in Scotland.”
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Daley constitutional Tom Daley is facing arguably the biggest test of his career as he gears up for the defence of his Commonwealth titles at Glasgow 2014. The 19-year-old has not had many competitive outings in the build-up to Glasgow 2014 and he also is struggling to find the right partner for 10m Synchronised event. Of equal alarm is the fact that he has become terrified of his most difficult dive – the back two-anda-half somersault with a two-and-a-half twist. “The scale of this issue is massive,” he said. “I’m
trying everything possible to try and get it back to normal. I’m undergoing different types of therapy. “It is almost trauma therapy – to get myself to process the things that have gone wrong to get it to a stage where I can feel positive about it. “I am literally terrified of it. I suppose you could call it a phobia and I don’t know what my heart-rate is when I go up there and do it but it is definitely above 180, something ridiculous, because it is so terrifying.” Daley will work closely with Jane Figueiredo,
his coach, and trial new partners in the hope that both issues can be resolved. Daley added: “It’s about finding someone who does the same dives as me and, at the moment, the only person who does that is James Denny, so we will have to wait and see whether we can get the timings right together. “I’ve practised with every diver in the country to see if something will work and it’s going to be a matter of trying again at a training camp somewhere to see who fits.” He was thrilled, however, to bring the Queen’s Baton to
British soil on 11 May when he came ashore at St Helier in Jersey and the Games are now very much in his sights. He said: “Glasgow 2014 is a huge focus for me – and feeling the enthusiasm and support of the crowds and the commitment of the young athletes in Jersey – makes the Commonwealth Games now feel very real. “It’s mad to think that the Baton already has travelled more than 190,000 kilometres around the Commonwealth. “I’m so pleased I got to play a part in the relay – it was a great thing to be a part of.”
Diver Tom Daley, right, and Team Jersey shot putter Zane Duquemin with the Queen’s Baton on its arrival in the Channel Islands
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Farah wants mo medals Ever since double Olympic champion Mo Farah stated the Commonwealth Games was ‘not on my list,’ people waited and watched for some indication that he might have a change of heart. It took a while, but slowly there were signs that Mo may, indeed, go for Gold at Glasgow 2014. First, he committed to running in a special ‘speed’ event at the Diamond League meet at the newly refurbished Hampden on 12 July, just 15 days before the Commonwealth Games Athletics programme is due to begin. However, few expected Farah’s disappointing run in the London Marathon to act as the main catalyst for his change of heart after his coach, Alberto Salazar, advised the 31-year-old not to run any more marathons until after Rio in two years’ time. So what has a multiple
distance champion to do with his time if he cannot run on the road? Why, return to the track, of course. Within weeks of Salazar’s words of wisdom to his charge, Farah delivered the message every fan of athletics and sport wanted to hear of this summer’s Games – that Mo was coming. Confirmation came via Twitter (what else), with Mo stating; “Hi guys! I will be running in the Commonwealth Games this year. See you in Glasgow.” He added: “Haven’t decided which events to compete in Commonwealth Games yet … 1500m/5000m/10,000m? Will let you know as soon as I decide...!!’ Short, but certainly sweet. With other Team GB stars from London already missing the Games, such as Sir Chris Hoy (now retired) and Jessica Ennis-Hill (expecting her first child), Farah’s decision
to travel north this summer was welcome news. “He came back from his holiday feeling good,” recalled Ricky Simms, Farah’s agent. “After a few days’ training, we sat down to talk about his plans for the summer and he decided to go for Glasgow.” While unsure exactly what event (or events) he might target at the Games, Farah will arrive in Glasgow with one aim – to win. That’s certainly the thinking of another British legend of the track, former World champion and World record holder Colin Jackson. “It’s great for the Commonwealth Games and I actually had no doubts that he was going to compete,” said Jackson, himself a Commonwealth Games Gold medallist for Wales in 1990 and again four years later. “He’s an athlete who likes winning championships. He’s
demonstrated that, he’s never shied away from competition. “The year of the Olympic Games, he still ran the 5,000m at the European Championships in Helsinki when everybody said they weren’t going to go and were going to concentrate on London 2012. “Mo went there and won the 5,000m title then he did the double at the Olympics. He’s an athlete who proves that if you prepare well, you can deliver on a consistent level.” Not surprisingly, David Grevemberg, the Glasgow 2014 Chief Executive was happy with the news. He said: “We’re making final preparations to create a wonderful sporting stage for elite athletes from across the Commonwealth. “We’re delighted to hear Mo Farah express his desire to compete in the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.” And so say all of us ... glasgow2014.com 17
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It has travelled by land, sea and air and on such diverse modes of transport as rollerblade, bicycle, sailboat, metro and a white Hackney taxi. As a symbol of unity and harmony between the nations and territories that make up the Commonwealth, the Queen’s Baton Relay is a much loved tradition, bringing tangible enjoyment for Commonwealth citizens. The Glasgow 2014 Queen’s Baton Relay started on 9 October 2013 from Buckingham Palace when Her Majesty the Queen placed Her message inside the Baton to thus begin its epic journey. The first stop was India, host of the last Commonwealth Games in 2010 in Delhi to start the Baton’s journey through Asia before it traversed to Ocenaia. Australia, including the Gold Coast which will be home to the 2018 Commonwealth Games was next. The Baton spent Christmas in Vanuatu, the last
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Ireland, Wales and England, before crossing into Scotland for 40 days, visiting 400 communities and being carried by 4,000 Batonbearers. In all, the Baton has travelled by land, sea and air and on such diverse modes of transport as rollerblade, bicycle, sailboat, metro, elephant and vintage steam train. The Baton Relay will conclude at the Opening Ceremony on 23 July 2014 when the final Batonbearer returns the Baton to The Queen, who will read Her message aloud and officially declare the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games open.
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INTRODUCING THE HOME NATIONS
The countdown has begun to Glasgow 2014 with the whole of the United Kingdom looking forward to the 20th staging of the Commonwealth Games. Medal hopes are high among the four Home Nations and we also take a look at Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man.
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Scotland Team Scotland can expect a welcome like no other as they compete on home soil with supporters hoping Glasgow, as host city, can inspire a string of medalwinning performances. If the Scots are hoping to punch above their weight then they might take their lead from the boxers where Delhi silver medallist and Olympian Josh Taylor 1 is the only previous medal-winner in the squad. His teammates will include fellow Delhi boxers Joe Ham and Ross Henderson, while Charlie Flynn and Kieran Smith step up from Commonwealth Youth Games level and Aqeel Ahmed, Reece McFadden, Scott Forrest and Stephen Lavelle make their debuts for Team Scotland. The youthful nature of Team Scotland
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is continued among the wrestlers with Gareth Jones, Brian Harper, Ross McFarlane, Alex Gladkov, Lewis Waddell, Shannon Hawke and Chelsea Murphy all debuting while the medalwinning Robertson twins – Donna and Fiona – add Games experience The 40-strong Aquatics team benefits from the inclusion of experienced swimmers, including defending champions Hannah Miley and Robbie Renwick 2 , as well as Olympic Silver medallist Michael Jamieson. On the track, Delhi silver medallist Eilidh Child will be one of the top contenders in the 400m Hurdles, with European 800m champion Lynsey Sharp 3 aiming to return from injury ahead of the Games. Second only to England in the Gold medal table, Scotland’s bowlers have a habit of producing medal-winning performances and the nation’s ParaSport Lawn Bowlers will compete at the Games for the first time since Manchester 2002, where they won Gold. This time around, Robert Conway and Irene Edgar will be among the contenders in the B2/B3 Mixed Pairs. Also watch out for stars of Para-Sport, Libby Clegg (100m T12) and cycling’s Neil Fachie and Aileen McGlynn 4 . And, as it was the Scottish Border town of Melrose that gave Rugby Sevens to the world, can the Scots raise their performance to make it a memorable homecoming for the event, at Ibrox on the opening weekend?
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STEVE FREW Steve Frew is immensely proud to be the first Scot to win a Commonwealth Gold medal for Gymnastics but based on the strength of the current Scottish Gymnastics team, he is looking forward to further medal glory for his fellow athletes. “Gymnastics, and the performance of the Team GB guys at London 2012, really caught the imagination and took the popularity of the sport to a new level,” he said. “Scotland have some great medal prospects, with Daniel Keatings and Daniel Purvis going up against the English boys who, after all, are their team-mates from the Great Britain squad.
“Because of that rivalry, I think the level of competition at Glasgow 20214 will be outstanding and that could inspire one of the Scottish boys on to win the Gold medal. “Would I be upset to lose the ‘only’ tag? Not a bit of it. I mean, I’ll still be the first,” added Frew, who took Gold in the Rings competition at Manchester 2002. Of course, the reception Steve received back then compared to the frenzy surrounding double-medallist Louis Smith after London was quite different – and happily avoided. “Louis deserved all the praise and plaudits because it was the Olympics, after all. But appearing on reality TV or something like ‘Strictly’ would never have been for me. “I don’t really envy the guys. Dancing a foxtrot or the tango isn’t really my scene but good luck to the guys if that is a road they want to go down. They
are entirely right cashing in on the fame and attention while it’s there.” Naturally, Steve will never forget his moment of glory that night 12 years ago in Manchester. “In the final, the Cypriot gymnast, Herodotos Giorgallas, scored 9.462 and I really thought that was a medalwinning score. Then Kanukai Jackson, of England, made a mistake and I felt I had a chance of a medal. “I couldn’t believe the scoreboard after my performance, tied with Giorgallas and sharing the gold medal – although we did get one each.” Where will the medal be during Glasgow 2014? Steve said it may make a surprise public appearance. “Who knows, for those 11 days I might bling up a bit and wear it out,” he said with a laugh. “It would save people asking where it was – and it would be the ultimate bit of accessorising for the Games.”
Scotland have some great medal prospects in Daniel Keatings and Daniel Purvis.
Steve Frew competes on the Rings at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
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HANNAH MILEY Hannah Miley says the experience of training for, and winning, Gold for Scotland in Delhi has set her up for the demands of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as the 24-yearold Swindon-born swimmer who has an impressive 41 medals from all competitions so far, believes the pressure and demands placed upon the athletes by what will be expectant host nation will be nothing compared to what she had to endure four years ago. “Winning that Gold medal meant the world to me, for many reasons,” reflected the defending 400m Individual Medley champion. “Let’s say Delhi was interesting,” Hannah recalled. ““The circumstances
Hannah Miley wipes away a tear as she collects her Gold medal at Delhi 2010
were tough and difficult. But I will never forget Delhi; it is one Games that will stay with me for a long time. I am hoping that Glasgow will, as well. “You would pass people in the street, who were living and sleeping under corrugated metal sheets. That was everything they had in the world. “It just made you realise that the conditions you had wasn’t that bad, after all. Many people really were a lot worse off. “So, you made do and got on with it. Everyone was in the same boat. “There were a lot of stories from there, not all were positive but the athletes came away with so many good memories about how they and Scotland did that the negatives were soon forgotten.” Hannah recorded the fastest time in the 400m Individual Medley qualifying rounds although the final was like no
race she had participated in before. “Three weeks before, I swam at the European Championships and posted a time that really amazed me, so I knew had the potential in Delhi. “However, the final was about survival for me. My dad [Patrick, who is also Hannah’s coach] had been struck down with E-coli and, after the first day of racing, I had an upset tummy, too, which wasn’t great. “The last 50m of the final was the most painful I’ve ever encountered. Samantha Hamill, the Australian, was hunting me down. “I just wanted to finish and my time was five seconds slower than I recorded at the Europeans. “But I’d won. I was engulfed by a huge wave of emotion, knowing that my dad and I had really suffered, but I had won the first swimming medal for Scotland – and Gold – it meant the world to me.”
I had won the first Swimming medal for Scotland – and Gold – it meant the world to me.
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England Team England at Glasgow 2014 is set to include a host of well known names and faces. Tom Daley will defend his Individual and Synchronised 10m Platform titles at Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool while, in Glasgow, Olympic Gymnastics medallist Louis Smith will compete at the SSE Hydro, which stages the gymnastic competitions. London 2012 double-distance winner Mo Farah will be a welcome addition to the team, though he has still to confirm over what distance he will race - 1,500m, 5,000m or 10,000m. Meanwhile World champion Christine Ohuruogu 1 could be back in Commonwealth Games action for the first time since taking gold at Melbourne 2006. Also, the rivalry between long jumpers Chris Tomlinson 2 and Olympic champion Greg Rutherford has the potential to produce one of the best
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contests in the history of the Games. There is no need to ask who will be the star attraction in Para-Sports, with Team GB hero and six-time Olympic champion David ‘The Weirwolf’ Weir 3 competing in the 1,500m (T54), as he attempts to increase his medal tally. In the pool, Paralympic champion Ollie Hynd joins Fran Halsall, a five-time medallist for Team England at Delhi 2010, and double Commonwealth champion Liam Tancock in a talented, 39-strong England swimming team. The England squad are no strangers to the Tollcross International Swimming Centre having competed there at the British Championships earlier this year. England’s track cycling team, which includes Jason Kenny and Laura Trott 4 , should make more of an impact than they did in Delhi, while the crowds that pack the roads around Glasgow will be captivated by the appearance of Sir Bradley Wiggins who is expected to race in the Time Trial. England’s most decorated athlete, shooter Mick Gault, will make his return to competition as he bids to become the most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all time by passing the 18-medal mark. 4
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JONATHAN EDWARDS For stars of Track and Field, the Commonwealth Games represents an opportunity for the very best to reach the ultimate standard, that of Gold and one athlete to achieve that feat was Jonathan Edwards, the triple jumper. When the 2002 Games were staged in Manchester, Edwards was at his peak, and had outjumped his rivals – and the world – at every level of competition. Except one. So while some may rate and rank other titles higher, for Jonathan, the Commonwealth Games has its own special place. “When I won in Manchester, it completed my set of Gold medals. I was then European, World, Olympic and Commonwealth champion,
Jonathan Edwards celebrates after winning gold at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
so it was pretty special,” Edwards recalled. “However, there was a lot of pressure leading up to that night. The newspapers said I was a shoo-in for Gold, and I was worried I’d look back and think the big one had got away.” If the print media already had decided on the script, then one man who hadn’t read it was fellow England team member Phillips Idowu. After Bahamian Leevan Sands, who would take Bronze, had laid down an early marker, Idowu produced the jump of his life, the best in the world that year, to lead, leaving Edwards with it all to do. “I knew I was in great shape and I had been jumping really well, but that is no guarantee you are going to jump a long way. I remember being very scared about that jump. I’d had to wait a long time to take my third-round jump and I’d watched Phillips jump 17.68m and was pretty stunned. I knew I had that sort of distance in me but I was all
over the place (his 16.26m opener was followed by a foul in the second round). “But I was thinking ‘l do not want to lose to Phillips on home ground’. Ultimately, my jump was just a sheer competitive response. It was still all over the place, but it counted,” reflected Edwards, who still winces at his celebration. “It was a big head-to-head between Phillips and myself, so when I landed there was a huge celebration and massive euphoria, as well as relief. “On the night I won, Paula Radcliffe won the 5000m, also Mick Jones won the hammer for England and there was a sense of celebration in the stadium.” It made Edwards only the third British athlete – along with Daley Thompson and Sally Gunnell – to hold all four major championship titles and the world record at the same time. Edwards believes that the atmosphere that will be generated at Hampden Park will be one to savour.
On the night I won, Paula Radcliffe won the 5000m, also Mick Jones won the hammer for England and there was a sense of celebration in the stadium.
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ALISTAIR AND JONATHAN BROWNLEE While some will wait to the last minute before deciding if they will compete at Glasgow 2014, there was no such hesitation from the most famous siblings in Triathlon, the Brownlee Brothers. Olympic champion Alistair and brother Jonny, the Bronze medalwinner at London 2012, will do battle at Strathclyde Park on the opening day of competition, having targeted the Commonwealth Games years ago. “This is the biggest event of the year for me,” said elder brother Alistair. “For some, it will be the World Championships but that probably is because they really don’t have
anything like the Commonwealth Games to compete in. “Maybe it’s because it feels like a home event – I mean, Glasgow is closer to Leeds than London.” Jonny, 24, is in total agreement. “The Commonwealth Games is far bigger than anything else that is happening this year. Being English, we grew up believing the Commonwealth Games was second to the Olympics. I still feel the same. “I’m looking forward to being in Glasgow. It will be my first appearance at the Commonwealth Games which always will make it special.” While the guys are arch-rivals, both know they must race the field over the three disciplines, not just each other. “Our biggest rivals – when its not each other – probably come from Spain at world level. But we still face a very good level of competition in Scotland,” continued Alistair.
“I probably do want to beat Jonny, deep down, as much, if not more than, other athletes. But I couldn’t just concentrate on watching what he does. You have to respect and treat the entire field the same way.” But siblings doing the same thing says Jonny, means some people conjure up the strangest ideas. “One or two must have imagined that Alistair and I lived in a house that was something like the one The Beatles had; different front doors, but joined up inside. “To be honest, it was a bit like that until just after the Olympics – except we lived in a small house, and I lived under his rubbish. “I used to want to go on a training run, but you were always hunting for your gear. It wasn’t so much not finding my gloves or my hat. “When you can’t find your bike you know that it’s time for change.”
This is the biggest event of the year for me. – Alistair Brownlee
Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee competing in the Abu Dhabi International Triathlon in March 2014
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Northern Ireland With four Gold medals and four Bronze, perhaps the Northern Ireland team should strike another special gong for shooter David Calvert 1 as Glasgow 2014 will be the final Commonwealth Games appearance for the 59-yearold RAF officer, the 10th time he has represented his country in a career dating back to Edmonton 1978. “My discipline is Full Bore Shooting, which isn’t part of the Olympics. So, all of my major successes have come at the Commonwealth Games. However, Glasgow will be my swansong and another medal would be beyond my wildest dreams,” admitted David, who won his first medal in Brisbane in 1982. Another with their sights set on Glasgow is swimmer Sycerika McMahon, who has put her scholarship at Texas A&M University to good use, reaching the qualifying standard in five events during the Canadian National
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Championship in April, so becoming the first swimmer from Northern Ireland to achieve the nomination times set for the Commonwealth meet. Squash player and World Cup medallist Madeline Perry 2 competes for Northern Ireland for a fifth time, while triathlete Aileen Reid is hoping to maintain her impressive form of 2013, which includes a second-place finish in the season-ending World Triathlon Series Grand Final race in London, when she competes at Strathclyde Park. Staying among the women, and Glasgow will prove something of a home-from-home for judo athlete Lisa Kearney 3 . She lives in Edinburgh, training at the Scotland Judo Institute, a GB centre of excellence, and is desperate to go one better than her one-time coach Lisa Bradley, a silver medallist at Manchester 2002. Perhaps one of the most emotional moments will come when Northern Ireland’s Netball team take to the Commonwealth court for the first time, starting against Malawi. Meanwhile, in the ring, Northern Ireland’s boxers will bid to emulate their feat in Delhi four years ago where they topped the medal table with three Gold and two Silver. Olympic Bronze medal winner Paddy Barnes 4 and Michael Conlan are among the title contenders with Barnes defending the Commonwealth Gold he won four years ago. With Women’s Boxing included for the first time at Glasgow 2014, there also be the chance of debut medals for Michaela Walsh and Alanna Murphy.
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DAME MARY PETERS Dame Mary Peters claims she may never have become an Olympic champion had it not been for the lessons and experience gained while competing at a Commonwealth Games. So, through the Mary Peters Trust, the three-times Commonwealth Gold medallist has been keen to assist today’s generation of Northern Ireland athletes, and hopes that some will soon stand on the podium at Hampden Park. “The Fund has helped many emerge through the years,” said Mary ‘P’. “I’m hopeful some of those we have assisted will perform well in Glasgow, and learn from the experience. ”Emma Ludlow is a really bright prospect in Table Tennis while Judo
player Lisa Kearney was at the London Olympics and has won World Cup Gold. boxer Paddy Barnes says he is confident of talking Gold in Glasgow, and no-one will argue with that. “While winning is great, enjoying the moment is every bit as important. So, I can’t understand why some athletes would chose to miss out on Glasgow,” said the 1970 Pentathlon and Shot Putt Gold medal winner. “I’ve been to all the Commonwealth Games dating back to 1958, with the exception of Delhi. I try and instil that kind of attitude and approach into our young athletes. “Going to Cardiff for the Games in 1958 changed my life for ever. Once I’d been there, the world was next,” reflected Mary, who soon realised representing Northern Ireland wasn’t all glamour and glory. She added: “In 1958, we were all in it together. There were no have and
have- nots – we were all have-nots. In Cardiff, I stayed in a Nissen hut that had a tin locker to keep my clothes in. We had our uniforms presented to us, and I got my blazer but I had to buy a skirt and was so excited at getting it that I left it in a telephone box when I went to phone my coach. So, I had to buy another – I was skint. “Then, in Jamaica, there were geckos running up the wall. We’d only ever seen spiders doing anything like that – but I wouldn’t have missed that for the world. “I think it is sad that some of the stars of today have to ask how much they will be paid before they consider going anywhere. For me, they are missing out on a life experience, and, certainly missing out on the world-class competition such as there will be in Glasgow. “The Commonwealth Games taught me how to win, against the best, when it mattered.”
It changed my life for ever, going to Cardiff for what was the Commonwealth & Empire Games in 1958. Once I’d been there, the world was next.
Dame Mary Peters launches the shot put at the Women’s AAA Championships, Crystal Palace, 1970
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MARTYN IRVINE Having the best of both worlds certainly is something that applies to Northern Ireland’s Cycling medal hopeful Martyn Irvine – not once, but twice over. For, in addition to competing on both road and track, the Newtonards man competes for Ireland at World and Olympic level, but he will be flying the flag for Northern Ireland at the Glasgow 2014 Games. “I suppose it’s a unique set of circumstances,” admitted Martyn. “My thinking is others are less fortunate, so make the most of it. “I don’t really have an off-season, as such. Some people think that I’m mad, but I really love what I do,” said Martyn, who spends much of his
time in Denver, Colorado, training for his ‘day job’ with the United Healthcare pro-cycling team. Martyn explained: “Luckily, my team sporting director, Mike Tamayo, is understanding about what I do as he’s a Track fan. It also helps that his wife, Lauren, is a member of the USA Team Pursuit squad.” He continued: “Training in Colorado is so different from being at home. Getting out every day really helps with fitness and endurance. It would help having a velodrome in Ireland, as well, but, unfortunately, there isn’t. So you just have to compromise. “On the road, I’m not paid to be a winner. I’m paid to do a job for the team. But on the track, I’m on my own and ride to win.” And win was what Irvine did at the 2013 World Track Championship in Minsk, taking Silver in the
Individual Pursuit before taking Gold – just an hour later – in the 15km Scratch Race, a performance that earned him BBC Sport Northern Ireland’s 2013 Sports Personality of the Year award. Defending his world title in February this year, Irvine collected Silver in Cali, Colombia – a remarkable feat given what had happened in the previous 12 months. “On track, I’d only two weeks in LA before Colombia but it all comes back to me quite quickly. The biggest problem was I wasn’t as fit as the previous year. “In March (2013), I crashed in Taiwan, fracturing my femur. I then injured it again on the Ghent Six-Day event in November. “So, I’m really looking forward to riding for Northern Ireland this summer and getting back indoors in Glasgow. It’s my holidays after all...”
I’m really looking forward to riding for Northern Ireland this summer and getting back indoors in Glasgow. It’s my holidays after all.
Martyn Irvine in action during the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Cali, Colombia
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Wales Wales will send their biggest Commonwealth Games team to Glasgow, hoping to improve on the 19-medal haul they collected in Delhi. Leading the chase for Gold will be the Women’s Triathlon team. They are in action on the opening day at Strathclyde Park, led by 2013 World Series winner Non Stanford 1 . She is expected to be supported by two former world champions in Helen Jenkins and Leanda Cave, so Individual and Team Relay medals are a real possibility. On the first day of competition, the Welsh charge will be led at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome by Becky James, last year’s double World champion, who won Silver and Bronze medals in Delhi. In the boxing ring, Lynsey Holdaway, ranked No.2 in the world, will compete in the first Commonwealth Games Women’s Boxing competition while
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Andrew Selby 2 , Fred Evans and Sean McGoldrick are also hopeful of winning a place on the winners’ podium. Two stalwarts of Welsh sport will finish their Commonwealth Games careers in Glasgow against tough opposition. Olympic cyclist Geraint Thomas is expected to face Team Sky team-mate Sir Bradley Wiggins in the Time Trial and Isle of Man’s Mark Cavendish in the Road Race. Similarly, Christian Malcolm 3 will say his farewells after his fifth successive Games. A Silver medallist in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 over 200m, and winner of a Bronze over the same distance four years ago in Delhi, his hopes of completing the set may depend on beating a certain Usain Bolt. Dai Greene may be the man to beat as defending 400m Hurdles champion from Delhi, with one of his biggest challengers is expected to be countryman and current European champion, Rhys Williams. Meanwhile, Aled Sion Davies, the Paralympic Discus champion and World record-holder, could mark his first Commonwealth Games with a medal. In the pool, swimmers Marco Loughran, Jazz Carlin, Ieuan Lloyd, Jemma Lowe 4 and Georgia Davies are all potential finalists, while, in the Gymnastic arena, Frankie Jones could prove a welcome distraction to the expected England-Scotland battle. 4
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IWAN THOMAS Ask Iwan Thomas the over-riding emotion he feels at the mention of the Commonwealth Games and the answer comes quicker than he produces when coming out of the starting blocks. “Pride,” said Thomas, who first represented Wales at the Games in 1994. In the course of his career, he has won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the famous red vest. “I think if you asked the majority of athletes or competitors, they would say the same,” he explained. “While it was always fantastic to run for Great Britain, which in itself would mean that you were racing at Olympic, World or European level, participating in the Commonwealth
Games was the only chance you had of representing your home nation. “I think most athletes, whether they be English, Irish or Scottish, would say the same thing. That, to me, is the reason why so many greats of the sporting world have turned out at Commonwealth Games over the years. “But is is also a chance to run against your GB team-mates. One week, you would be with them running a relay, then a few weeks later you would be trying to run them into the track. While the friendship was always there, the rivalry was still intense.” The quarter-mile legend made his debut for Wales in 1994 in Victoria, Canada, and he still can raise a laugh about that episode. “I was a hungry student and that was my first major championship. Jamie Baulch and I found out you could have steak for breakfast. We’d never known
anything like it. In fact, we had it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I think I put on a stone in weight while I was there. “Four years later, I ran in Kuala Lumpur straight after the World Cup in South Africa. I literally touched down and started running. I was all over the place with jet lag. “But I came through and broke the 400m record – which still stands – to take Gold. Which only goes to prove what you can achieve when you are not a student and don’t eat steak all day.” Iwan also won Bronze in the 4x400m Relay that year, a season he describes as ‘the best of my life’. Four years later, at Manchester 2002, he completed his set of medals with Silver in the same event. “Jamie and I had been injured and I skipped the individual 400m and went for broke in the Relay. We lost in a photo to England, by one-hundredth of a second. Maybe if we’d had steak ...”
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DAI GREENE Welsh 400m hurdler Dai Greene has set his sights on repeating his feat of 2010 when he completed the Commonwealth and European double – and that would be the perfect return after a two injury plagued years which dented his Olympic and World Championship ambitions. Greene announced himself to the athletics world that year when he won the Gold medal at the European Championships in Barcelona and followed that up by winning the Commonwealth title in Delhi later in the year. This laid the platform for Greene’s finest hour, when he won the world title, in Daegu in 2011. “I would love to return to winning
Dai Greene sports the Welsh national flag after his victory in the 400m Hurdles in Delhi
ways and emulate my achievements of 2010, because that was where it all began for me,” said Greene. “When you have back-to-back victories, you are on cloud nine and I had really not achieved much before that year. “I won my first major title at the Europeans Championships, so to go on and do just as well at the Commonwealths was a huge bonus. “I probably did not appreciate at the time what I had achieved but, when I look back, I have fond memories. I probably took things a little bit for granted back then and thought life would always be like that.” Four years ago, Greene had to peak twice when winning the European title in the summer before celebrating Commonwealth success in October. This time, he bids to defend his Commonwealth Games title at Glasgow 2014 before trying to
regain the European Gold medal from fellow Welshman Rhys Williams in Zurich a few weeks later. “Hopefully, it will be a good thing,” said the Llanelli athlete. “It is a different sort of year – you need to peak at just the right time with the Europeans and Commonwealths being so close together. “I was talking with my coach, Malcolm Arnold, about it and he said he has not come across this sort of schedule before. “If you are not in shape for one, then it will be more difficult to get in shape for the next one. “But, if you are in form, then it’s great because you know the next championships are just around the corner and, if you get one right, you can get the other right, also. “Last time, I had to peak twice at different times of the year in different continents.”
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Home territories Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are well known in the Commonwealth Games, but, when it comes to potential in their respective teams, one man stands out from the pack. Mark Cavendish 1 is one of the UK’s leading cyclists and already can lay claim to one Gold medal, won in Melbourne in 2006, when he was victorious in the Scratch Race. The sprint expert – nicknamed ‘The Manx Missile‘ – has a string of world titles to his name though the Glasgow crowds may identify him most for his Tour de France final-stage finishes along the Champs-Élysées, crossing first on four consecutive years up to 2012, the only man to do so. Cavendish could be joined in the Manx team by Peter Kennaugh, a Gold medal winner as part of the Great Britain Team Pursuit unit at London 2012.
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EILIDH CHILD SCOTLAND HURDLES All of Scotland will be hoping Eilidh Child literally will be the Golden Girl of the Games as she represents the nation’s best chance of standing on the winner’s podium at Hampden Park. A silver medallist in Delhi four years ago, Child was fifth at the World Championships in Moscow last year and claimed Gold as part of the 4x400m British Relay team at the European Indoor Championships in 2012.
GERALD PHIRI ZAMBIA SPRINT The hopes of 13 million Zambians lie on the shoulders of exciting young sprinter Gerald Phiri who moved to the UK at primary school age and was brought up first in Wales and then in Sheffield. The 25-year-old narrowly missed out on a place in the 100m Olympic final two years ago and, having since trained at an elite training centre in Clermont, Florida, he is now ready to make his mark on the world stage.
DAI GREENE WALES HURDLES
The flying Welshman will be defending the Commonwealth Games 400m Hurdles title after a sparkling performance at Delhi 2010 and his biggest rival is likely to be fellow countryman Rhys Williams, who took Bronze. Greene won the World title in 2011 in South Korea but injuries have affected him over the past two years, resulting in a fourth place at London 2012 and a failure to qualify for the World final last year. However, he is now free from problems and, having had an excellent winter training schedule, he is set to become a Commonwealth star once again. Hampden Park certainly should suit him as Dai was a youth footballer with Swansea City and once scored a penalty against Real Madrid before switching to Athletics.
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20 FOR XX GREG RUTHERFORD ENGLAND LONG JUMP Greg Rutherford was one of three medallists to win Gold on Super Saturday at the London Olympics two years ago – along with Mo Farah and Jess Ennis – when he claimed Britain’s first Long Jump title since Lynn Davies at Tokyo in 1964. He has been troubled by injuries for the past two years but will be determined to add a Gold medal to the Silver he won at Delhi 2010.
KIRSTEN BECKETT SOUTH AFRICA GYMNASTICS There might just be a new Gymnastics idol emerging from the African continent in Kirsten Beckett. Training since the age of five, the now 17-yearold is tipped to be a strong medal contender for South Africa at Glasgow 2014. She handled the pressure of competing at the World Championships last year and now could be ready to make her mark in international competition.
TOM DALEY ENGLAND DIVING
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Alicia made a sensational breakthrough at Delhi 2010, where she claimed five Gold medals and there’s little doubt that she will be one of the stars in the pool. The 26-year-old will not defend her 100m Freestyle title and may not be part of Australia’s Relay teams. She will be competing in the 50m butterfly, 100m Butterfly and the 200m Individual Medley and will be a red-hot favourite in each event.
It’s been a whirlwind two years for Daley since taking a bronze medal at the London Olympics after becoming a major TV star at home and abroad. He was signed up by ITV for Splash! and then made Tom Daley Goes Global for ITV2 where he went back-packing to some exotic locations which limited his sporting activities. However, his journey now brings him to Scotland where he will defend his 10m Platform title from Delhi 2010 at Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool. He will arrive in good form after strong performancesin Dubai and China earlier in the year.
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WALES BOXING
ENGLAND HURDLES
A fruitful professional career surely beckons for one of Wales’ finest amateur boxers for many years. Fred Evans lit up the London Olympics with his performances in the Welterweight division as he reached the Gold medal contest but narrowly lost out to Kazakhstan’s Serik Sapiyev. It was the best Olympic performance by a Welsh boxer and he will be favourite to win Commonwealth Gold in Glasgow.
SHELLY-ANN FRASER-PRYCE JAMAICA SPRINTER
Determination is the key word for Andy Turner, who is desperate to make an impact in his third Games after a terrible 2013 when he lost his mother and suffered a torn Achilles tendon. Turner won the 110m Hurdles Gold at Delhi 2010, having secured a Bronze at Melbourne 2006 and he has been working flat out for glory at Glasgow 2014, followed by the European Championships in Zurich in August.
Glasgow will be privileged to see one of the greatest sprinters of all time when the ‘pocket rocket’ aims to add Commonwealth Gold to her burgeoning collection of major honours. The Jamaican has won the 100m at the last two Olympic Games and also took Silver in the 200m and 4x100m Relay at London 2012. She won the Sprint double at last year’s World Championships in Moscow, elevating her to legendary status.
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20 FOR XX MACK HORTON AUSTRALIA SWIMMING Australia has a fantastic pedigree in Swimming and spectators at the Tollcross Aquatics Centre will witness the performance of the nation’s latest star in the shape of Mack Horton. The 17-year-old won the Australian national title in the 1500m Freestyle in April having already been a stand-out at junior level, winning five Gold medals at last year’s World Junior Championships.
KESHORN WALCOTT TRINIDAD & TOBAGO JAVELIN Keshorn Walcott exploded on to the world stage at the London Olympics by winning the Javelin Gold medal although it simply had been his ambition to reach the final. They were so excited in his home village of Toco in Trinidad that they renamed the local school and the lighthouse after him. Still just 20, Walcott is now aiming for glory at Glasgow 2014, with his Olympic defence to come in Rio in two years’ time.
ZOE SMITH ENGLAND WEIGHTLIFTING
Londoner Zoe Smith was only 16 when she claimed the Bronze medal in the 59kg division at Delhi 2010, becoming the first English woman to win a medal at that level. She initially had trained as a Gymnast but turned to Weightlifting in her early teens and was part of Team GB at the London Olympics two years ago, finishing a creditable 12th among the world’s elite. She set a British record in the Clean and Jerk, lifting 121kg to prove her potential. Injuries have been frustrating for her but she recovered to claim a Bronze medal at the European Championships in Tel Aviv earlier in the year.
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LOUIS SMITH ENGLAND GYMNASTICS Glasgow 2014 will be the swansong for Britain’s most successful gymnast of recent times. Louis Smith has become a household name afterhis appearances on Strictly Come Dancing and other commercial opportunities. Having come so close to winning a Gold medal at London 2012 when he was beaten by Hungary’s Krisztián Berki, he will be hoping to sign off with a major prize at the Commonwealth Games.
HANNAH MILEY SCOTLAND SWIMMING The Individual Medley is the toughest discipline in Swimming but Hannah Miley has mastered it superbly in her career. She claimed Gold in the 400m at Delhi 2010, and is the reigning European champion in both shortcourse and long-course versions. The Aberdeen-based swimmer will defend her title in Glasgow and will also be taking part in the 800m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley.
KIRANI JAMES GRENADA SPRINT
Michael Johnson’s 400m World record of 43.18 seconds is one of the most impressive of all time and has stood for 15 years. However, the legendary American runner knows it is now in jeopardy, such is the talent of one of the most exciting Caribbean athletes of all time. Grenada had never won a medal at either the World Championships or the Olympics until James’ stunning successes in 2011 and 2012. In winning at London 2012, he became the first non-American to run less than 44 seconds. However, there was a hiccup last year with a surprising seventh place at the World Championships in Moscow. That has only doubled James’ determination for success in Glasgow when he runs for the first time at the Commonwealth Games.
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20 FOR XX FRANCESCA HALSALL ENGLAND SWIMMING The Tollcross Aquatics Centre will be familiar territory for Francesca Halsall. She won the 50m and 100m Freestyle finals and also triumphed in the 50m Butterfly there to add to her list of national titles. The 24-year-old is the reigning 50m Butterfly champion and was the only British swimmer to win a medal at last year’s World Championships in Barcelona (Bronze in the 50m Freestyle).
KATARINA JOHNSONTHOMPSON ENGLAND HEPTATHLON Glasgow may be the place for KJT to land her first major title. The 21-year-old has been improving year-on-year and, having finished 15th at the London Olympics, she took fifth place at the World Championships last year in Moscow. Earlier this year, she took the Silver medal in the Long Jump at the World Indoor Championships which were held in Poland.
BECKY JAMES WALES CYCLING
ZHARNEL HUGHES ANGUILLA SPRINT Explosive teenager Hughes has been training with Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake and he might just have the talent to challenge their greatness in the years ahead. The 18-year-old, who shattered Blake’s Jamaican high-school record, is likely to become more familiar to UK fans as he is set to pledge his allegiance to Team GB for the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
The sprinter from Abergavenny has been in the fast lane since her mid-teens when she was accepted into British Cycling’s Olympic Development Programme. As a junior, James won two World championship titles – Sprint and Keirin – setting a World record for the 200m time-trial with 11.093 seconds and collecting Silver in the 500m time-trial. Her best performances came at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Minsk, where she won Gold medals in the Sprint and Keirin and Bronze in the 500m time-trial against some tough competition. She is looking for her first Commonwealth Games Gold medal, having taken Silver in the Sprint at Delhi 2010.
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HAZEL’S 2014 GOLD STARS
DAVID RUDISHA KENYA ATHLETICS If there had been an award at London 2012 for the athletes’ athlete at the Games, then it surely would have gone to David Rudisha. He is one of the stand-out performers in the Athletics world, proud of Kenya, proud of his father’s Olympic achievements and also a proud Maasai, his 800m World record run in London was jawdropping, not just in terms of time, but also how easy he made it look; full of elegance and grace. Glasgow, and the world, could be in for a treat.
IRENE VAN DYK NEW ZEALAND NETBALL
Glasgow 2014 will be commentator Hazel Irvine’s sixth Commonwealth Games, dating back to Victoria in 1994. However, none will be as special as this summer’s Games for Hazel, who again will anchor much of BBC Sport’s coverage. “I’ve been very fortunate to attend some of great sporting occasions during my career but there will be something very special when my home town welcomes so many nations, so many visitors and above all, so many wonderful athletes,” said Hazel. “The people of Glasgow will really help make these Games memorable. However, these Games will also live long in the memory for those who see them, especially among the younger generation. “Many of our most vivid recollections are around what we saw as kids. Hopefully, there will plenty of those memories over the 11 days of the Games.” Hazel claims the Commonwealth Games couldn’t be coming to Scotland at a better time. “I think it’s really important that we appreciate what we are about to have and see: some of the greatest athletes in history appearing in Glasgow at some wonderful locations and venues. “There has been a real spike in British sport in terms of achievement and the production of champions since the turn of the century – and Glaswegians are so fortunate they will soon be in our city.” Whether you will be in Glasgow, joining in the atmosphere during the Games, or sitting at home cheering on your nation’s sporting heroes, Hazel has come up with her personal favourites to look out for at the Games.
I was a netball player in my day and I love the sport. So, when the chance came to commentate on it back in 1995 at the World Championship, I grabbed it. One of the South African stars was a tall, lanky goal-shooter by the name of Irene van Dyk. She then moved to New Zealand, won two Commonwealth Gold medals and played around 150 times for the Silver Ferns. She is a teacher, a mother and shoots 300 goals a day. What a role model for the 40-somethings.
DAVID WEIR ENGLAND PARA-SPORT I have interviewed David on a number of occasions, especially after his numerous wins in the London Marathon. He is an incredible all-rounder, covering every distance from 100m to marathon. His training programme to achieve it all must be huge. One of my great memories of David was of him appearing on BBC Sports Personality of the Year amid a plume of dry ice and us all howling like ‘Weirwolves’. It was great to see him capture the imagination of the country at the Paras in London and Glasgow 2014 would not be the same without him.
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MO FARAH ENGLAND ATHLETICS
This guy is pure box office and I gave the air a wee punch when I heard he was definitely heading to Glasgow. He obviously has decided to put the marathon on the back-burner for the moment, but he’s such an all-rounder, from 1500m through to 10,000m, who knows what he may try come the Games. Before he came to prominence, I spent a day filming with him around Bushy Park, in the snow, when he was living with a bunch of Kenyan athletes, doing everything they did; following their training regime, even eating their high-carbo grain. You realised then he is not only one of the nicest, warm-hearted people in sport, but also one of the most focused and dedicated.
MICHAEL JAMIESON SCOTLAND SWIMMING I would love Michael to have a great Commonwealth Games, especially as he is a Glasgow boy. I really like his attitude, and that he sees this as the ‘biggest meet of his life’, even after everything he has achieved with a Silver medal in the 200 metres Breaststroke at the Olympics. In London, you really saw someone who rose to the challenge. He just swam faster and faster, smashing his British record and it needed a World record to beat him in the final. He will be under the spotlight at Tollcross, and under the gaze of an expectant nation but he has what it takes to do himself and Scotland proud.
NICOLA ADAMS ENGLAND BOXING As role models go, Nicola has to be right up there with the very best. A really lovely girl with a fabulous smile, she has achieved so much – but fame has not changed her and she has remained true to herself. Her Gold medal in London was a landmark moment in British sport. I was screaming at the TV during her Gold medal contest, even Her Majesty The Queen admitted to Nicola that she watched her fight. Just having Nicola as a role model has inspired thousands of women to take up boxing training as their way of keeping fit. She is a winner then in so many ways.
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PREVIOUS COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN THE UK
Glasgow 2014 will stage the XX Commonwealth Games and it is estimated there will be a television audience of 1.5 billion. The pioneers of the Games could never have envisaged such an impact around the world. Having begun as a suggestion by an Anglican vicar, the Commonwealth Games has grown into one of the great sporting occasions in the world. The Reverend Astley Cooper wrote an article in The Times in 1891 putting forward the idea of a “Pan-BritannicPan-Anglican Contest and Festival every four years as a means of increasing goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire�. However, the first Commonwealth Games were not held until 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events. The Games have been held every four years since, apart from 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. This is only the sixth occasion in which the Games have been staged on British soil. Here, we look back at the previous five.
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LONDON 1934 Politics and sport have regularly become intertwined over the, years but the two were inextricably linked 80 years ago when the Games were staged for the second time. Originally awarded to Johannesburg, they were switched to London to avoid a political crisis over South Africa’s Apartheid policy and its implications on visiting Commonwealth athletes and officials. It was also at this Games that women were allowed to take part for the first time, although their participation was restricted to the short sprints and a shortened 4x220 yard relay to ensure they were not ‘too exhausted’. It was a breakthrough moment for women in sport that would eventually lead to full recognition and programming for women’s athletics on the international stage. England’s Eileen Hiscock, who had participated in the 1930 Women’s World Games, was the first star, winning Gold medals in all three sprints – the 100 yards, the 220 yards and the Relay. In total, six sports were featured – Athletics, Boxing, Cycling, Lawn Bowls, Swimming – including Diving – and Wrestling. The majority of the events took place at the White City Stadium in London. The Swimming and Diving were held at the Empire Pool in Wembley, and the Cycling outside the English capital, at Fallowfield Stadium in Manchester. In addition to the 11 nations which, had competed at the first British Empire Games in Hamilton four years earlier, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Trinidad all made their debut in London. In keeping with the political theme, this was the one and only time that the Irish Free State, later to become the Republic of Ireland, competed, while Northern Ireland was represented for the first time.
Dunfermline swimmer Willie Francis won gold for Scotland in the 100 yards backstroke, setting a record time of 1min. 05.2sec. He also won silver with the Scots team in the 330 yards medley. Canadian Syl Apps won the pole vault and went on to become a legendary ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup three times – 1942, 1947 and 1848.
Pole vaulter Syl Apps
England topped the medal table with 72 in total, including 29 gold, with Canada second on 49 and Scotland third on 25, ahead of South Africa and Australia. Phil Edwards won five Olympic bronze medals running for Canada but he claimed Commonwealth gold in the 880 yards in 1934 running for Guyana, the country of his birth.
South African high jumpers Marjorie Clark and J Luckhoff in training at Paddington Recreation Ground, London, for the British Empire Games
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The opening ceremony at Cardiff Arms Park on July 18, 1958
The people of Wales had to wait 12 years to enjoy the Games on home soil, but it was a triumph in so many ways as the country began to reassert its own identity. Wales – the smallest country to stage the Games – was originally scheduled as hosts for 1946, but the Games were cancelled in the aftermath of the Second World War. The Welsh Assembly was in its infancy and Cardiff had just been named the official capital, so it was a celebration of the country in more ways than one. It was in 1958 that the Queen’s Baton Relay was initiated, with a message from Her Majesty The Queen carried to the host venue by a series of athletes. England’s famed middle-distance runners, Roger Bannister and Chris Chattaway, were given the honour of taking the Queen’s Baton from Buckingham Palace on the first stage of its journey to Wales. The Cardiff Games were also to be South Africa’s last until their postapartheid return in 1994. Objections were made that South Africa’s team had been selected on the basis of race and colour rather than ability. South Africa subsequently withdrew from the Commonwealth in 1961 for a period of 30 years. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,122 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 nations and territories won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya and the Isle of Man. The Cardiff Games featured nine sports – Athletics, Boxing, Cycling, Fencing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Swimming and Diving, Weightlifting and Wrestling. The Welsh were thrilled to celebrate a gold medal when Howard Winstone won the Bantamweight Boxing title. He went on to win the World Boxing Council featherweight title in 1968.
Welsh Wizard Howard Winstone
CARDIFF 1958 Commonwealth Games Federation chairman Peter Heatly won the third of three Gold medals for Diving in Cardiff when he added the 10m Highboard title to the 3m Springboard title in Vancouver and the 10m crown in Auckland. Legendary Scottish boxer Dick McTaggart won Gold in the Lightweight division, adding to the Olympic Gold he won in Melbourne two years earlier. He won Silver in the Light-Welterweight class at the Perth Commonwealth Games in 1962.
Herb Elliott
The great Australian middle-distance runner Herb Elliott was the star of the track, winning Gold in the 880 yards and the Mile. These were a precursor to Olympic Gold and a World record in the 1,500m in Rome two years later.
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Kip Keino of Kenya and Scotland’s Ian Stewart compete at Meadowbank Stadium
Scotland hosted the Games for the first time in 1970 and it was a year for innovation in more ways than one. For a start, the event would now be known as The British Commonwealth Games and it was the first time that Her Majesty The Queen attended in her capacity as Head of the Commonwealth. With the introduction of decimalisation in the UK, it was also time for the Games to go metric, with all distances changing from yards to metres. Electronic photo-finish technology was also brought in, and Meadowbank Stadium was purpose-built at a cost of £2.8m to host the Athletics. The Royal Commonwealth Pool was also constructed and remains one of the most used facilities in Edinburgh. Indeed, it will host the diving at this year’s Games. The first Edinburgh Games were a fantastic success, featuring 42 nations and the home athletes were inspired. There were memorable successes in the long-distance races which thrilled the Scottish fans. Lachie Stewart defeated the legendary Australian runner Ron Clarke to win gold in the 10,000m and the 5,000m was even more thrilling. Ian Stewart (no relation) held off fellow Scot Ian McCafferty with Olympic 1,500m champion Kip Keino trailing in their wake. Ian’s brother Peter finished fourth. Scotland finished a creditable fourth in the medal table behind Australia, England and Canada. Northern Ireland also celebrated two Gold medals when Mary Peters, one of their greatest athletes, won the Pentathlon and the Shot Putt. The Australians and the Canadians dominated the Swimming, winning 17 and nine Gold medals respectively. The legacy from the first Edinburgh Games was long and lasting and there is little doubt that it put Scotland’s capital on the map.
Models show the England ‘walking out’ clothing for the 1970 Games
Rosemary Stirling, born in New Zealand to Scottish parents and brought up in England, won Gold for Scotland in the 800m while Rosemary Payne won the Discus.
Rosemary Stirling
One of Britain’s greatest boxers John Conteh emerged in Edinburgh when he won the middleweight gold medal. He became world light-heavyweight champion in 1974.
Legendary English distance runner Brendan Foster gave an indication of his talent when took the Bronze medal in the 1,500m. The 1970 Games were a boon for late night drinkers as the pubs were allowed to open after 10pm for the first time so competitors could enjoy a beverage after their events.
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EDINBURGH 1986 The second staging of the Games in Edinburgh was hugely successful in terms of the performances of some of the greatest athletes the world has seen. However, Edinburgh 1986 was overshadowed by a mass boycott and crippled by financial problems which took three years to resolve. A total of 32 nations refused to participate while Bermuda took part in the opening ceremony and then withdrew because of the UK government’s policy on apartheid in South Africa. The boycott affected anticipated broadcasting and sponsorship revenues and the Organising Committee was facing a serious financial black hole. The controversial figure Robert Maxwell, the owner of the Daily Record and the Daily Mirror, stepped in to offer funding and took over as chairman. However, despite promising to invest £2m, he only gave £250,000. On a budget of £14m, the Games opened with a deficit of £3m which eventually became £4.3m. Instead of financially saving the Games, Maxwell asked creditors to forego half the payment due to them to keep the event out of liquidation. The debt was eventually paid in 1989 with the city of Edinburgh losing approximately £500,000. While all of this was regrettable, those present were able to see the cream of British athletics. Steve Cram was imperious as he raced to Gold in the 800m and the 1,500m while Steve Ovett showed his class in the 5,000m. Daley Thomson again showed why he was the ultimate athlete in the decathlon, Sally Gunnell launched her remarkable career with Gold in the 100m Hurdles and Tessa Sanderson set a Games record in the Javelin. The biggest roar of the Games went to Liz Lynch (now McColgan), who romped to glory in the 10,000m.
Boxer Lennox Lewis won the Heavyweight Gold medal representing Canada. He subsequently gained British citizenship and became undisputed world champion in November 1999 when he defeated Evander Holyfield.
Rower Steve Redgrave came to prominence at Edinburgh 1986
Rowing was bought back after a 24-year absence with Steve Redgrave winning Gold in the Single Sculls, Coxless Pairs (with Andy Holmes) and Coxless Fours. Jean Hill won two silver medals, in the 100m breaststroke and the 200m individual medley where she was beaten by 19 hundredths of a second by Australia’s Suzanne Landells. Scotland celebrated Gold medal success in Badminton when duo Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers won the Men’s Doubles.
The Meadowbank crowd went wild when Liz Lynch (fourth right, navy vest) raced away from the field to win Gold in the Women’s 10,000m
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England’s Delroy McQueen celebrates winning the Gold in the Snatch of the Men’s 105kgs Weightlifting
The huge success of Manchester 2002 played a crucial role in London securing the 2012 Olympic Games. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the most significant multi-sport event to be held in the United Kingdom since the Olympics of 1948. It was also the largest in the history of the Commonwealth Games in terms of participating nations, with 72 countries taking part across 14 individual and three team sports. The Games took on added significance as the Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty the Queen, celebrated her Golden Jubilee. The sports were contested by 3,679 athletes and for the first time in the history of the Games, or indeed, at any multi-sport event in the world, a limited number of full medal events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD) were included in the sports programme. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said the Games had gone a long way to restoring Britain’s credibility in terms of hosting big sporting events and it was the success of the Manchester 2002 Games that reassured the UK’s sporting authorities and government that England could efficiently stage major international sporting events. Legacy sporting facilities include the Northern Regional Tennis Centre, the National Squash Centre, the City of Manchester Stadium – now the home of Premier League side Manchester City – the Manchester Aquatics Centre, the Manchester Velodrome and facilities for athletics. Equally, the Games has brought about improvements to local shops and supermarkets, as well as the development of new housing. It is estimated that around £600m has been invested in the region as a result of the Games and that about 20,000 jobs have been created.
Jonathan Edwards
In winning the Triple Jump, England’s Jonathan Edwards simultaneously held the World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles and the World record. Paula Radcliffe won her first major Gold medal in the 5,000m in a time of 14min. 31.42sec., more than 20sec. ahead of Silver medallist Edith Masai, of Kenya, and 1:21 faster than the inaugural event four years earlier. Scotland’s Steve Frew struck Gold on the rings in the Gymnastics but he had to share the medal with Cypriot Herodotos Giorgallas as they both finished on 8462 points. Bahamian Debbie Ferguson set three Commonwealth records in winning the 100m in 10.91sec., the 200m in 20.06 and being part of the 4x100m Relay team that won Gold in 42.44.
Debbie Ferguson
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A man for all seasons SIR MENZIES CAMPBELL CUT A DASH BOTH ON AND OFF THE TRACK
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Sir Menzies Campbell has spent all of his professional life trying to win – first as a QC, and more recently as an MP and politician. However, it’s easy to see where his competitive nature comes from. For half a century ago – as with law and politics – Campbell was trying to keep ahead of the opposition, only then it was on the athletics track. “Athletics had always been part of my life through my youth and eventually I became quite good at it,” he said jokingly. So good, he represented Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and two years later, wore the blue of Scotland at the Commonwealth and Empire Games in Kingston (it has wrongly been claimed that he captained the team). “Oh, I’m sorry, but that is a myth that has been perpetuated a few times in print,” he confessed. “I was athletics captain for Great Britain & Northern Ireland in 1965 and 1966 but credit where it is due, Bobby McGregor, the fantastic swimmer we had, led the Scotland team. So, I can’t accept that accolade.” Nearly 50 years on, Campbell’s Commonwealth adventure still brings back happy memories and contrasts with what today’s performers can expect. “These have always been ‘the Friendly Games’ and back then even more so. In 1966, the Jamaicans were very, very friendly towards the visiting athletes and teams and while it was a serious, international competition, it really did have a jamboree feel to it. “The Jamaican people gave everything they had, but they were not a wealthy nation and things did feel a little basic. In the student residences at the university, we didn’t have hot water for three weeks. “Today there would be a strike among athletes if that happened but we accepted it as part of the adventure; we didn’t really know any better. Well, most of us didn’t. “Lord (John) Swansea, who was shooting for Wales, took one look at the bed he was offered and immediately walked out telling everyone he was booking in to the Hilton.” What complaints Ming did have were reserved for the track. “This was a time when you ran on cinder tracks. You can imagine how churned that had become if you were the sixth or seventh race called. “I went out in the quarter-finals of the 100 yards, drawn in a lane resembling a ploughed furrow and in the 220 yards
Lord Coe, Allan Wells, Louise Martin, David Grevenberg, Lord Smith of Kelvin and Sir Menzies Campbell at the Queen’s Baton Relay launch in London
Athletics had always been part of my life through my youth and eventually I became quite good at it.
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was eliminated in the semi-finals. Had I been in the other semi, my time would have qualified me for the final.” The following year, with near perfect conditions in California (while studying at Stanford), Campbell set a British 100m record that stood until 1974. By chance, he was given a unique opportunity to improve conditions and facilities for athletes in years to come. “At 25, I found myself appointed to the UK Sports Council, sitting with former England football manager Walter Winterbottom and Roger Bannister and headed by Sports Minister Denis Howell. “I’d been pushed – sorry, make that nominated – by Willie Ross, the Secretary of State for Scotland who was pretty firm and forthright in his views about what Scotland should get out of staging the 1970 Commonwealth Games.
The Commonwealth & Empire Games in Kingston, 1966, was a watershed in competition terms according to Campbell. “I’d say that was the last major amateur championship,” he reflected. “By then, the Soviet system, and that of their satellites, were just churning out what many considered professional athletes, as was the US College system with its very, very relaxed academic standards. “I myself went to Stanford University to study and earn a law degree – but there were others who were graduating in long jump.”
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“There were two options for the stadium: one for a £650,000 track-only proposal, the other to spend £2.25m on an entire stadium and sports hall, which I argued for because we should have been creating a lasting legacy and facility. That is what we opted for, the legacy being Meadowbank Stadium, having hosted the 1970 Games, was still there for the ‘86 Games and remains today.” Ironically, in coming years, Campbell would still be ‘running’ around the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, although he never set foot on the track. “I was called to the Bar in 1968 so the decision to retire from athletics was pretty much made for me long before 1970 but The Scotsman newspaper thought it a very good idea that I should cover the Games so they commissioned me to add some insight and colour to the coverage they ran. “Journalistically, I was pretty green but had two excellent tutors, sitting between The Scotsman’s John Rafferty and Chris Brasher, an Olympic gold medal winner and later co-founder of the London Marathon. However, I think the jury is still out on whether I came up with that insight and colour.” He continued: “The Games in 1970 really were a success, in organisation and for Scotland on the track. When the chance came to be host city again in 1986, I was put forward as a candidate to chair the organising committee, running against Kenneth Borthwick,the former Lord Provost of Edinburgh. “I lost – by one vote. I was upset, but laterthe democratic process had me counting my blessings.
The Opening Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games which was held at Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh on 25 July, 1986
I’m sure Glasgow will be a success. Lord Smith and his team have run a tight ship.
“After 1970, the thinking for 1986 was ‘fantastic, we’ll do the same’. The truth was we did nothing like it. The Games lost millions despite Robert Maxwell’s ‘rescue’ offer. “Thankfully, lessons have been learned from then and I’m sure Glasgow will be a success. They have some terrific people working on the Games, and Bob (Lord) Smith and his team have run a tight ship. “So, I’m sure in years to come we’ll recall Glasgow 2014 for all the right reasons.”
CUTTING A DASH Whether for Scotland or Great Britain, Sir Menzies Campbell happily flew the flag and wore the vest – or even something more formal. The Scottish team dressed for the occasion heading to Kingston and the Commonwealth and Empire Games of 1966, although in Campbell’s case the tailoring left a bit to be desired. “The team was announced quite late for some reason which had a knock-on effect when it came to our official uniforms. “We were told we’d get a blazer, and flannels, but there would be no time – or I suspect budget – for alterations. “When my blazer arrived I found it fitted well in the body. The sleeves though were embarrassingly short, much to the hilarity of those who saw me. “However my grandmother was a superb seamstress and set about the repairs, conjuring up material from somewhere so the sleeves came to just above the wrist having started just below the elbow – a vast improvement.”
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Jamaican sprinters Sprinter Yohan Blake is ready to explode back into world-class action this year and the Glasgow public will be privileged to bear witness to it. The Jamaican, nicknamed ‘The Beast’, is liable to be one of the biggest attractions at Hampden Park, not least because he is hungry and driven to reclaim the mantle as one of the most exciting athletes of all time. Blake will be in the city to compete in the Diamond League meeting on July 10 and 11 and while he has yet to officially confirm that he will take part at the Commonwealth Games he has revealed he is thinking about running both sprints. The world’s second-fastest man over 100 metres and 200m claims he is ready to show the form which helped him to a time of 9.69 seconds in Lausanne in 2012. Blake claimed Silver medals behind his fellow Jamaican, Usain Bolt, in the 100m and 200m at the 2012 Olympic Games, as well as being part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay squad that won Gold. Agonisingly, a hamstring problem ruled him out of last year’s World Championships in Moscow and that has made him doubly determined to do well in Glasgow. Blake said: “After such a strong 2012, it was disappointing not to be able to continue that form into 2013 because of injury.
“However, I’m looking to show the world that I’m back and ready to light up the track once again. “The competition in the Diamond League rivals the competition you get at major championships and it is that challenge that motivates me. “I know it won’t be easy, but I’m
I know it won’t be easy but I am determined to show that ‘The Beast’ is back, bigger and better. determined to show that ‘The Beast’ is back, bigger and better.” After 10 months on the sidelines, Blake made his return to competitive action on 8 February in a 400m at the Camperdown Classics and he is also due to run in New York on 14 June. He is excited about getting back into full stride and thanked those
who stayed close to him and helped him through what he described as a difficult recovery process. He said: “Getting back was not easy. Every night I cried. It was difficult but I received great support from my manager and my coach. “However, I know what I can do, so they did well to encourage me to keep focused and reminded me that it was not the end of the world.” Undoubtedly, the Organising Committee of Glasgow 2014 will have an eye on the Jamaican Athletics Trials between 26 and 29 June and will be hoping that Blake takes part. Unquestionably, they will also want Usain Bolt there, too, because that would indicate the greatest of them all also has Glasgow on his mind. If the two track legends go to the Trials, the smart money for Glasgow 2014 would be for Blake to run in the 100m and the 4x100m relay with Bolt concentrating on the 200m. It’s a tantalising prospect for Track & Field fans to see Bolt, the Olympic and World Champion, whose litany of success is quite remarkable. At the 2008 Olympics, he broke the world record for the 100m, the 200m and the 4x100m as part of the Jamaican team. He then won all three Golds again at London 2012, setting an
Blake’s fellow countrymen Usain Bolt, right, and Nesta Carter after the final of the men’s 100 metres at the World Championships in Moscow last year. Bolt won the Gold medal while Carter took Bronze.
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Olympic record for the 100m of 9.63. It was in 2009 at the World Championships that he rocked the world with the best times ever in the 100m and 200m – 9.58 and 19.19. He was catapulted to super-stardom and the success has not stopped since. He won three Golds at last year’s World Championships and two at the corresponding 2011 event. The only blip in an otherwise seamless run of dominance from 2008 was his disqualification from the 100m final in 2011 when he false started which allowed Blake to claim Gold. For such a laid-back nation in so many ways, speed is synonymous with Jamaica as the Caribbean country churns out world-class athletes with stunning regularity. Arguably, there never has been a
Jamaica’s Gold medal winners (left to right) Carrie Russell, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Schillonie Calvert and Nickiesha Wilson after their success in the 4x100m final at the World Championships in Moscow last year
Jamaica’s women are as dominant as their men and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce arguably is the greatest female sprinter of all time. Shelly-Ann FraserPryce, is excited about competing in her first Commonwealth Games
more dominant period. In any other time, Warren Weir, another Jamaican, would be a sensation and while a 200m Bronze at London 2012 and a Silver at the World Championships in 2013 is impressive, Bolt and Blake are in a different league. The women are just as dominant and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce arguably is the greatest female sprinter of all time. The ‘Pocket Rocket’ is the fourthfastest female of all time with 10.70, although aspersions have always been cast about the world record of 10.49 set by Florence Griffith-Joyner. She has five World Championships Gold medals and won the Olympic 100m titles in 2008 and 2012. The Jamaican said: “I’m excited about the Commonwealth Games. You can’t imagine how excited I am. “One of the reasons is that I’ve never been (to a Commonwealth Games). Four years ago, it was held in the October and I had school (university). I’m so really excited. “Even though the United States will not be there, and people think the rivalry between Jamaica and the US is what keeps us going, there are a lot of others. “Just look at Nigeria, with Blessing Okagbare, and Australia, with Sally Pearson, who has been doing well. It’s also really exciting for me because I want to see the opening ceremony.” It is fair to say that Glasgow will be equally excited to see Fraser-Pryce and all the other exciting Jamaicans.
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VENUE GUIDES WHERE IT’S ALL HAPPENING
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will take place in both existing facilities and newly constructed venues in three distinct clusters in the city. Hampden Park will host the Track and Field competition, as well as the Closing Ceremony. Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool and the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre in Carnoustie will also be used.
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ATHLETES’ VILLAGE 35 HECTARES. 6,500 BEDS. 700 FUTURE HOMES. RELAX. INTERACT. PREPARE.
Designed following consultation with athletes and officials, the Commonwealth Games Athletes’ Village will house more than 6,500 competitors and team officials. The purpose-built, lowcarbon Village forms the hub of one of Europe’s largest regeneration areas. It is a far cry from the last time Scotland hosted the Games – in Edinburgh in 1986 – when some of the top competitors in the world found themselves sharing student accommodation.
The Village has been developed by Glasgow City Council, in association with City Legacy, a private-sector consortium which built the first 700 units for the Games. The Village, which is close to both Celtic Park and the Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, will offer guests a recreation area, dining hall, medical facility, and, perhaps most important to some, an exclusive retail area.
BARRY BUDDON SHOOTING CENTRE, CARNOUSTIE ALL THE SHOOTING EVENTS IN ONE LOCATION. RUGGED COASTLINE. STEEPED IN HISTORY. WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. The Barry Buddon Shooting Centre was first utilised for the Full Bore rifle competition at the Edinburgh Games in 1986. However, for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the Centre has been developed to include temporary internationalstandard Clay Target, Pistol and Small Bore rifle ranges, making the
facility, located near Carnoustie on Scotland’s east coast, the venue for all the Shooting disciplines. As a result, spectators will be able to experience and enjoy all Shooting competition formats on one site – a contrast to 28 years ago when they were split over four different locations, miles apart.
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CATHKIN BRAES MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS BRAND NEW WORLD-CLASS TRAILS. CHALLENGING. PANORAMIC. EXHILARATING.
The Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails is one of the most exciting, new sporting venues to be constructed ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the demanding 5.5km course a successful collaboration between hardened bikers and expert designers. Taking every advantage of the natural terrain, where rugged, steep slopes are set against a backdrop of ancient woodland, accompanied by some purpose-built obstacles and hazards, this facility, set in Cathkin Braes Country Park, already has staged major competition, hosting the 2013 British Cycling Mountain Bike Cross Country Championships. On that occasion, Scotland’s Grant Ferguson and Glasgow-born Lee Craigie triumphed in the men’s and women’s races respectively. A shape of things to come perhaps? However, the facility – owned by Glasgow City Council and South Lanarkshire Council – has been designed with both international competition and
DID YOU KNOW? Mountain Bike has featured in two previous Games: at Manchester in 2002 and Melbourne four years ago with later Canada the dominant nation winning three of the four gold medals contested.
local community involvement in mind. The latter was certainly to the fore as schoolchildren from the surrounding area were asked to name particular features on the demanding and testing course, coming up with titles such a Clyde Climb, Broken Biscuits and the ominous sounding Brig O’Doom. Located on the city’s south side, just 15 minutes from the Athletes’ Village, the trails varied terrain will be enjoyed by competitors and spectators who will be able to take in the action as well as the spectacular panorama of Glasgow and beyond.
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DID YOU KNOW? Celtic Park is the biggest football venue in Scotland. Only Murrayfield, home of the Scotland rugby team, has more seating.
Celtic Park is one of the most famous football venues in the world, well used to being the stage of world-class performances. The stadium, however, will become the platform for a very different show on 23 July when it hosts the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony. The stadium, which has reverberated to the unique atmosphere generated for countless football matches over the years, will ring to a very different sound as nations, athletes and the community are welcomed to the city to celebrate the beginning of 11 days of competition. Celtic Park in the past has staged several high-profile music concerts, with The Who, U2, Prince and Bryan Adams among the many legendary performers to appear in the East End of the city. Located next to the Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, and also adjacent to the Athletes’ Village, the stadium will be nothing
more than a short walk for athletes attending the Opening Ceremony. Owned by Celtic Football Club, Celtic Park has a long and distinguished history. First built in 1892, the ground housed one of the most famous pieces of terracing in football, affectionately known as “The Jungle” before the stadium was completely redeveloped and upgraded by 1999, making it one of the finest football venues in the United Kingdom. The stadium will be transformed in to a massive set for what should be a spectacular and memorable Opening Ceremony and show.
CELTIC PARK BUILT 1892. UPGRADED 1999. THE HISTORY. THE THRILL. CLOSE UP.
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The Emirates Arena and adjoining Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is one of the jewels in Glasgow’s sporting crown, a world-class facility built to house world-class competitions. The Arena, home to Glasgow Life’s Sports Development unit and several of Scotland’s sporting federations, will be the setting for the Badminton competition during the Games. The Velodrome is another state--ofthe-art facility and was the ambitious plan of Ralph Schuermann, one of the world’s foremost track designers, and was named in honour of the Britain’s most successful Gold-medal winning Olympian and former
Commonwealth Games champion. The 250m track will have an expanded capacity of 4,000 seats for the Games, though such was the demand for track cycling that organisers could have sold 25-times that number. The venue, which has already hosted the UCI World Cup, is a far cry from its Edinburgh equivalent used for the Games of 1970 and 1986 – a roofless, open air track that was unsurprisingly, often at the mercy of the Scottish weather during competition time. While refurbishment of the Edinburgh track for the 1986 Games cost £435,000, The Emirates Arena and Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome was built at a cost of £113m.
DID YOU KNOW? Refurbishment of the Edinburgh track for the 1986 Games cost £435,000. The Emirates Arena, which includes the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome was built at a cost of £113m.
EMIRATES ARENA INCLUDING THE SIR CHRIS HOY VELODROME 1 TRACK. 6 COURTS. CUSTOM-BUILT. ALL-ENCOMPASSING. ICONIC.
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GLASGOW NATIONAL HOCKEY CENTRE 2 NEW PITCHES. CENTRAL. HISTORIC. EVOLVING.
DID YOU KNOW? Hockey has been a core sport at the Commonwealth Games since being introduced at Kuala Lumpur in 1998. Since then, Australia’s male and female athletes have dominated, taking seven of the eight Gold medals on offer.
The Glasgow National Hockey Centre was specially designed to host the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Hockey competition and has added another world-class sporting venue to the city. The facility consists of two synthetic hockey pitches, accompanied by athlete and official support areas and is located close to the city centre, in Glasgow Green, the city’s oldest public park, which houses local landmarks such as Doulton Fountain and the magnificent Victorian People’s Palace Museum and Winter Gardens. During the Games, Glasgow Green will itself have a starring role, hosting a Festival hub and the start and finish points of the Marathon and the Road Cycling and Time Trial events. Once the Commonwealth Games moves on, the National Hockey Centre will act as headquarters for Scottish Hockey and as a venue to be utilised by Glasgow schools for training and competition.
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HAMPDEN PARK
CONSTRUCTED 1903. REBUILT 1990s. ADAPTED FOR 2014 THE FEATS. THE ROAR. THE FINALE.
At one time the world’s largest stadium, Glasgow’s famous Hampden Park will play host to the Track and Field Athletics competitions and the XX Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony. During its history, Hampden has staged everything from tennis to boxing, American Football to speedway, and everybody, through evangelical crusades and a Boys’ Brigade Conventicle, from the Rolling Stones to Bruce Springsteen and AC/DC. For these Games, Hampden has undergone a major transformation with the playing surface raised by 1.9m – on 1200 base plates and 6000 steel stilts – to turn the football arena in to 44,000 seater international-standard athletics facility, a throwback to the 20s and 30s when it staged the Scottish Amateur Athletics Association’s Annual Championships. While Hampden will be graced by many of today’s world-class performers, there is little chance of anyone emulating the legendary Eric Liddell’s feat of winning the sprint double and the 440
yards over the same weekend in 1924. Hampden, however, is synonymous with football, and especially the record crowds it once housed. In 1937, the Scotland-England match had an official attendance of 149,415. Seven days later, the Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Aberdeen attracted 147,365. The famous ‘Battle of Britain’ European Cup encounter between Celtic and Leeds United in 1970 was watched by 136,505, a figure that is unlikely to be beaten. The stadium was also the stage for arguably the greatest European final of all time, when, in 1960, the magnificent Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3. Some 42 years later, the Spanish side again were winners in Glasgow, this time against Bayer Leverkusen with French legend Zinedine Zidane producing a breathtaking volley to win the trophy. From magical music to unforgettable sport, Hampden has had some unforgettable moments in sport and entertainment. The athletes and performers at Glasgow 2014 have much to live up to.
DID YOU KNOW? The most expensive tickets to see the Men’s 100m final at Hampden will set you back £90. To be part of that record Scotland v England crowd in 1937 a West Terracing ticket cost two shillings (10p) - ‘including tax’!
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IBROX STADIUM BUILT 1899. RENOVATIONS COMPLETED 1997. BIG CROWD. STEEPED IN SPORTING HISTORY. CLOSE-UP ACTION.
DID YOU KNOW? The redesign of Ibrox during the mid-70’s was based on Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion, visited by Rangers legend Willie Waddell during the 1974 World Cup.
Ibrox Stadium, home of the famous Rangers Football Club, will be the setting for the Rugby Sevens at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Rugby will be the latest in a long list of sports which have been contested at this south-side venue over the years. Ibrox has held world championship boxing, with Glasgow’s Jim Watt defeating Howard Davis to retain his world lightweight title in 1980. It also has been the scene of athletic world records. In November 1904, English distance runner Alfie Shrubb broke numerous world marks while setting the one-hour world record, covering an amazing 11 miles, 1,137 yards – a distance not bettered until 1951. The annual Rangers Sports also attracted big names of the day. In 1924, the Olympic 200m champion, American Jackson Scholz, won the 120yds Scratch Race, with Olympic
gold medallist Eric Liddell (of Chariots of Fire fame) winning over 440yds. If Shrubb and Liddell were track royalty, the grand stadium was also visited by King George V in 1917 to conduct an open-air, public investiture – the first in Scotland since 1603 – where he awarded honours including knighthoods and, most poignantly this year, medals to combatants in the Great War. To this day, Ibrox holds the British attendance record for a domestic league fixture when 118,567 watched the 1939 New Year game against arch-rivals Celtic. While maintaining the imposing Category B listed red-brick facade of the Main Stand, the vast bowl-shaped arena was completely redesigned, largely as a result of the Ibrox Disaster in 1971, with a capacity currently of 51,082.
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KELVINGROVE LAWN BOWLS CENTRE 5 RECONSTRUCTED BOWLING GREENS. PLEASURE. CALM. TRADITION. Of all the sporting venues used for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games none has such a picturesque backdrop as the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre which will host the Lawn Bowls competitions.
Owned by Glasgow City Council, the Centre is set against the backdrop of the magnificent Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and is overlooked by the equally stunning Victorian edifice of Glasgow University.
ROYAL COMMONWEALTH POOL, EDINBURGH
A-LISTED BUILDING. 1 BILLION GALLONS OF WATER. DRAMA. DEPTH. MODERN HERITAGE. Legacy will be a word that will be much-mentioned during the 2014 Commonwealth Games and certainly applies to one of this year’s host venues. For Edinburgh’s Royal Commonwealth Pool, which will be home to the Diving events, dates back to the 1970 Games, the first time Scotland’s
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SCOTSTOUN SPORTS CAMPUS 2 SPORTS. FAST, DYNAMIC PLAY. SPORTING HERITAGE. RENEWAL. LEGACY.
There will be no shortage of highspeed action during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games around the multi-faceted Scotstoun Sports Campus. Owned by Glasgow City Council, the Campus will form one of the precincts of the Games, hosting both the Squash and Table Tennis competitions. For the 2014 Games, Scotstoun’s facilities will be totally utilised making full use of its six permanent squash courts for singles matches, which then have the capability of conversion into four doubles courts, with the centre piece, a glass-walled show court guaranteeing spectators a fantastic view of the action.
Meanwhile, the Table Tennis competition will be played across two show courts and eight match courts at the venue. Post-Games, the Campus’ upgraded facilities will be a valuable resource for future international championships being staged in Glasgow and for use by elite and aspiring athletes, housing the National Badminton Academy, an indoor tennis centre and other fitness facilities. Scotstoun Sports Campus will continue to serve the local community, who have made full use of this excellent facility since its recent refurbishment.
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SECC PRECINCT 1 PRECINCT. 6 SPORTS. 4 CITY LANDMARKS. BUSTLE. BUZZ. A REAL DAY AT THE GAMES.
DID YOU KNOW? The colourful SSE Hydro has been modelled on Greek and Roman amphitheatres and stands an impressive 45 metres tall.
No location during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will see as much activity as the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Precinct. This forms the largest venue precinct utilised during the Games and will host no fewer than six different sports: Gymnastics, Boxing, Judo, Netball, Wrestling and Weightlifting/Powerlifting. It will also play a key role in how the XX Commonwealth Games are viewed and reported on across the world, as it will be the home of the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre. Opened in 1985, the SECC is located on the banks of the River Clyde and is
one of Scotland’s most visited venues. The Precinct already boasts the largescale SECC Exhibition Halls and the famous Clyde Auditorium – better known as the ‘Armadillo’ due to its overlapping, shell-like structure) – with the newest addition being the SSE Hydro. Opened in late 2013, the Sir Norman Foster-designed SSE Hydro already has staged major concerts and shows, its amphitheatre-style arena providing superb viewing facilities. With its impressive buildings and proximity to one of the most famous rivers in the world, SECC Precinct is a key part of Glasgow’s plans for the regeneration of the riverside.
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STRATHCLYDE COUNTRY PARK 400 HECTARES OF WOODLAND, PARK AND WETLAND. LANDSCAPE. TOPOGRAPHY. CHALLENGE.
DID YOU KNOW? The loch at Strathclyde Park was created during the mid-70’s, but in doing so, it meant the end of the mining village of Bothwellhaugh, which disappeared under its waters.
Strathclyde Country Park will take centre stage for the Triathlon events during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The venue, located between Hamilton and Motherwell to the south of the city and owned by North Lanarkshire Council, is no stranger to Games action, having hosted the Rowing events at the 1986 Edinburgh Games when a certain Steve Redgrave dominated proceedings, taking three Gold medals. Triathletes probably won’t swim Strathclyde Loch quite as quickly as he covered the water, and neither might they have time to take in other features of the Park as they complete the cycling and running legs of this most demanding sport.
For Strathclyde Park, which is a popular leisure destination among its locals, can boast an extensive breeding site and refuge for wild birds, a Roman bath-house dating back to the Antonine period and the famous and imposing Mausoleum, belonging to the Duke of Hamilton, a world record-breaker itself for many years, for the longest echo of any man-made structure in the world. In addition, the Park has staged motorsport events, including stages of the Scottish International and Tour of Britain rallies, as well as rounds of the British Hillclimb Championship, while in the world of music, the venue famously hosted the inaugural T In The Park music festival in 1994.
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TOLLCROSS INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING CENTRE
50 METRES. 16 LANES. 2 POOLS. COMPETITION. RECREATION. COMMUNITY. Tollcross International Swimming Centre will be the venue where the 2014 Commonwealth Games Swimming medals will be decided in what has been a busy year for the Glasgow City Council facility. Earlier this year, the venue staged both the Scottish and British Swimming Championships, with many of the UK’s top swimmers selected for their respective nations on the back of performances in Glasgow as national and British record times tumbled. Given the schedule of events, Tollcross could well be where the host nation celebrates its first success of the XX Commonwealth Games. The site of the International Swimming
Centre, Tollcross Park, covers some 83 acres and was purchased in 1897 at a cost of £29,000. That compares with today’s prices, where £14m was spent on an extensive refurbishment of the establishment, the redevelopment resulting in a 10-lane championship pool and a six-lane warm-up and training pool as the key components. The city, and Scotland, now has a truly world-class facility that will be enjoyed by those competing at Glasgow 2014 and, in future years, by those elite athletes participating in major championships, or by those from the local community making full use of this significant recreational facility.
DID YOU KNOW? In the Swimming pool there is clear water between Australia and every other nation when it comes to gold-medal winning performances. Before Glasgow 2014, Australia’s tally stood at an amazing 258.
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DAY-BY-DAY SCHEDULE THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO GLASGOW 2014
The countdown is on to the biggest sporting event in Scotland’s history – but when will it all happen and who will be there? Here is the ultimate guide to all of the Glasgow 2014 action.
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Day 1
Thursday 24 July
BADMINTON
19.00–22.30
NETBALL
Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Emirates Arena
Men’s Preliminaries. England v Trinidad & Tobago. New Zealand v Canada.
SECC Precinct
10.30–13.30
Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
AQUATICS: SWIMMING
Men’s Para-Sport 100m Freestyle S9 Heats. Men’s 400m Freestyle Heats. Men’s 100m Backstroke Heats. Men’s 50m Butterfly Heats. Men’s 200m Breaststroke Heats. Women’s 200m Freestyle Heats. Women’s 50m Breaststroke Heats. Women’s 100m Butterfly Heats. Women’s 400m Individual Medley Heats. Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Heats.
9.00–12.30
JUDO
14.00–17.30 Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
SECC Precinct
17.00–20.30
Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
Men’s -60kg, -66kg. Women’s -48kg, -52kg, -57kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
Trinidad & Tobago v Barbados. St Lucia v Jamaica.
CYCLING: TRACK
18.00–20.45
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Men’s -60kg, -66kg. Women’s -48kg, -52kg, -57kg Gold & Bronze Medal contests & Medal Ceremonies.
19.00–22.30
SQUASH
11.00–14.00 Men’s Sprint Qualifying, First Round & Repechages. Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Qualifying. Women’s Para-Sport Sprint B Tandem Qualifying & Semi-finals.
Men’s Para-Sport 100m Freestyle S9 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 400m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 200m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 400m Individual Medley Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Backstroke Semi-finals. Men’s 50m Butterfly Semi-finals. Women’s 50m Breaststroke Semi-finals. Women’s 100mButterfly Semi-finals.
Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying. Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Team Sprint Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport Sprint B Tandem Finals & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 500m Time Trial Final & Medal Ceremony. GYMNASTICS: RHYTHMIC
The SSE Hydro 12.00–16.00 Team Final and Individual Qualification.
18.00–22.15 Team Final & Individual Qualification. Team Final Medal Ceremony. HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 9.00–12.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Australia v Malaysia. England v Wales.
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.00–15.00 Men’s Singles Preliminary Rounds.
LAWN BOWLS
16.30–21.00
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
Men’s Singles Preliminary Rounds. Women’s Singles Preliminary Rounds.
8.45–14.00
19.00–21.45
Preliminaries. Malawi v Northern Ireland. Australia v Wales.
10.00–16.00
16.00–18.45
Hannah Miley goes for Gold in the 400m Individual Medley
11.30–15.00
Men’s Pairs Round 1. Men’s Triples Round 1. Women’s Singles Round 1. Women’s Fours Round 1. Para-Sport Mixed Pairs B2/B3 Round 1.
TABLE TENNIS
Scotstoun Sports Campus 09.30–14.30 Men’s Team Qualifying. Women’s Team Qualifying.
15.45–21.00 Men’s Pairs Round 2. Men’s Triples Round 2. Women’s Singles Round 2. Women’s Fours Round 2. Para-Sport Mixed Pairs B2/B3 Round 2. Welsh wonder Non Stafford could be one of the top Triathlon competitors
16.00–21.00 Men’s Team Qualifying. Women’s Team Qualifying. TRIATHLON
Strathclyde Country Park 11.00–18.00 Men’s Individual Final & Medal Ceremony Women’s Individual Final & Medal Ceremony WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium 10.00–12.00 Men’s 56kg Group B
15.30–18.00 Women’s 48kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
14.00–17.30 Women’s Preliminaries. South Africa v Trinidad & Tobago. India v Canada.
19.30–22.00 Men’s 56kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony
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Day 2 AQUATICS: SWIMMING
Tollcross International Swimming Centre
Men’s Welter (69kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) Preliminaries.
10.30–13.00 Men’s 200m Freestyle Heats. Men’s 100m Breaststroke Heats. Men’s 400m Individual Medley Heats. Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Heats. Women’s 50m Freestyle Heats. Women’s Para-Sport 100m Freestyle S8 Heats. Women’s 100m Backstroke Heats.
19.00–22.00 Men’s 200m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 50m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 400m Individual Medley Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport 100m Freestyle S8 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 50m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Breaststroke Semi-finals. Women’s 50m Freestyle Semi-finals. Women’s 100m Backstroke Semi-finals. BADMINTON
Emirates Arena 9.00–12.30
18.30–22.30 Men’s Fly (52kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Heavy (91kg) Preliminaries. CYCLING: TRACK
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
JUDO
SECC Precinct
SHOOTING
Men’s -73kg, -81kg Women’s -63kg, -70kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie
18.00–20.45 Men’s -73kg, -81kg. Women’s -63kg, -70kg. Gold & Bronze Medal contests & Medal Ceremonies. LAWN BOWLS
Men’s 4,000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying. Men’s Sprint Quarter-finals. Women’s 3,000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying.
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
Men’s Sprint Semi-finals, Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Para-Sport 1000m Time Trial B Tandem Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit Final & Medal Ceremony.
Scotland v Saint Lucia. Jamaica v Northern Ireland.
10.00–16.00
11.00–14.15
16.00–18.30
Friday 25 July
8.45–17.15 10m Air Rifle Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony Skeet Men’s Qualification. 10m Air Pistol Women’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. Skeet Women’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. Queen’s Prize Pairs Qualification.
8.45–14.00 Men’s Pairs Round 3. Men’s Triples Round 3. Women’s Singles Round 3. Women’s Fours Round 3. Para-Sport Mixed Pairs B2/B3 Round 3.
15.45–21.45 Men’s Pairs Round 4. Men’s Triples Round 4. Women’s Singles Round 4. Women’s Fours Round 4. Para-Sport Mixed Pairs B2/B3 Semi-finals.
SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 12.30–16.30 Men’s Singles Preliminary Rounds. Women’s Singles Preliminary Rounds.
18.00–21.00 Men’s Singles Preliminary Rounds. Women’s Singles Preliminary Rounds.
GYMNASTICS: RHYTHMIC
The SSE Hydro 13.30–17.30 Individual All-Around Final & Medal Ceremony. HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 9.00–12.30
Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
Men’s Preliminaries. India v Wales. South Africa v Scotland.
14.00–17.30
14.00–17.30
Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
Women’s Preliminaries. Australia v Wales. Scotland v Malaysia.
NETBALL
TABLE TENNIS
SECC Precinct
Scotstoun Sports Campus
9.30–13.00 Preliminaries. New Zealand v Malawi. England v Wales.
9.30–14.30
15.00–20.30
16.00–21.00
Preliminaries. South Africa v Trinidad & Tobago.
Men’s Team Round 1 & Classification. Women’s Team Round 1 & Classification.
Men’s Team Qualifying. Women’s Team Qualifying.
WEIGHTLIFTING
19.00–22.30 Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
Clyde Auditorium 10.00–12.00 Men’s 62kg Group B.
15.30–18.00 Women’s 53kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
BOXING
SECC Precinct 13.00–17.00 Men’s Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries.
19.00–22.30 Women’s Preliminaries. New Zealand v Trinidad & Tobago. South Africa v Canada.
Northern Irish Bantamweight boxer Michael Conlan
19.30–22.00 Men’s 62kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
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Who can stop the mighty All-Blacks? Scotland might have given Rugby Sevens to the world, but it is New Zealand who have become the greatest proponents of the fast, furious and highpoints scoring format. Since its introduction to the Commonwealth Games at Kuala Lumpur in 1998 the All-Blacks have won the Gold Medal on each occasion and they will be favourites to lift the title again at Ibrox Stadium. Scotland have been drawn in the same qualifying group as the Kiwis and Canada, who contested the HSBC Sevens
World Series event in Glasgow in early May, but Colin Gregor’s side will relish playing on home soil, with Barbados completing a mouth-watering Pool A. Australia and South Africa are also very strong, and both will be desperate to end New Zealand’s monopoly, while England
Tollcross International Swimming Centre 10.30–13.00
cannot be discounted, but it is hard to see past another Kiwi success. With four sessions over Day 3 and Day 4, the Rugby Sevens will be watched by more than 200,000 people, which is indicative of the huge popularity of the format invented by Borders rugby club Melrose.
Reigning champion and Olympic Gold Medallist Chad le Clos of South Africa will be the man to beat in the 200m butterfly.
Euan’s heavy duty
home nations watch Josh Taylor MENS LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT CATEGORY
Judo is back at the Commonwealth Games for the first time in 12 years and Scotland’s hopes for success are high. One of the stalwarts of the Judo scene is Euan Burton, who is hoping to sign off a distinguished career in style. Burton, whose wife Gemma represents England, has moved up to fight at 100kg level having spent most of his career at 81kg. He will be giving away a lot of weight and he will be in action at the SECC Precinct.
Men’s Para-Sport 200m Freestyle S14 Heats. Men’s 100m Freestyle Heats. Men’s 50m Backstroke Heats. Men’s 200m Butterfly Heats. Women’s 200m Breaststroke Heats. Women’s 50m Butterfly Heats. Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Heats.
19.00–21.45 Men’s Para-Sport 200m Freestyle S14 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 200m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 50m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Freestyle Semi-finals. Men’s 50m Backstroke Semi-finals. Women’s 50m Butterfly Semi-finals. BADMINTON
Emirates Arena 9.00–12.30 Mixed Teams Group Play Stage.
18.30–22.30 Mixed Teams Quarter-finals. BOXING
SECC Precinct 13.00–17.00 Men’s Fly (52kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light (60kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries.
18.30–22.30 Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries.
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Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
18.00–20.45 Men’s -90kg, -100kg, +100kg. Women’s -78kg, +78kg. Gold & Bronze Medal contests & Medal Ceremonies.
11.00–14.15
LAWN BOWLS
Women’s Sprint Qualifying. & Quarter-finals. Men’s Para-Sport Sprint B Tandem Qualifying & Semi-finals. Men’s 40km Points Race Qualifying.
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
16.00-19.30 Men’s Para-Sport Sprint B Tandem Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 1,000m Time Trial Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 40km Points Race Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Sprint Semi-finals. Women’s Sprint Final 5th–8th. Women’s 10km Scratch Race Final & Medal Ceremony.
8.45–15.00 Para-Sport Mixed Pairs B2/ B3 Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Pairs Round 5. Men’s Triples Round 5. Women’s Singles Round 5. Women’s Fours Round 5.
16.45–19.45 Men’s Pairs Quarter-finals. Men’s Triples Quarter-finals. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals. Women’s Fours Quarter-finals. NETBALL
SECC Precinct
GYMNASTICS: RHYTHMIC
9.30–13.00
The SSE Hydro
Preliminaries. Australia v England. Scotland v New Zealand.
9.30–12.30 Hoop Final & Medal Ceremony. Ball Final & Medal Ceremony. Clubs Final & Medal Ceremony. Ribbon Final & Medal Ceremony.
15.00–20.30 Preliminaries. South Africa v Barbados. Saint Lucia v Malawi. Wales v Trinidad & Tobago. RUGBY SEVENS
HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 9.00–12.30 Men’s Preliminaries. New Zealand v Trinidad & Tobago. Malaysia v Canada.
14.00–17.30 Men’s Preliminaries. Australia v Wales. India v Scotland. JUDO
SECC Precinct 10.00–16.00 Men’s -90kg, -100kg, +100kg. Women’s -78kg, +78kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
Ibrox Stadium
England v Uganda. Wales v Papua New Guinea. Samoa v Malaysia. South Africa v Cook Islands. Kenya v Trinidad & Tobago. New Zealand vs Barbados. Sri Lanka v Uganda. Canada v Scotland. Samoa v Wales. England v Australia. South Africa v Kenya.
18.00–22.30 Preliminaries. Scotland v Barbados.
Women’s Singles Quarter-finals. Men’s Singles Classification Quarter-finals. Women’s Singles Classification Quarter-finals. TABLE TENNIS
Scotstoun Sports Campus 9.30–14.30
SHOOTING
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie 8.45–18.00 Skeet Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 10m Air Pistol Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 10m Air Rifle Women’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 25m Pistol Women’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. Queen’s Prize Pairs Final & Medal Ceremony.
Men’s Team Quarter-finals. Women’s Team Quarter-finals. Men’s Team Classification. Women’s Team Classification.
16.00–21.00 Men’s Team Quarter-finals. Women’s Team Semi-finals. Men’s Team Classification. Women’s Team Classification. TRIATHLON
Strathclyde Country Park 12.30–14.30 Mixed Team Relay Final & Medal Ceremony.
SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 12.30–16.30 Men’s Singles Quarter-finals. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals. Men’s Singles Classification Rounds. Women’s Singles Classification Rounds & Quarter-finals.
10.30–15.00 Preliminaries. New Zealand v Canada. Australia v Sri Lanka. Kenya v Cook Islands. Samoa v Papua New Guinea. Wales v Malaysia. South Africa v Trinidad & Tobago. Canada v Barbados. Australia v Uganda. England v Sri Lanka. New Zealand v Scotland. Papua New Guinea v Malaysia. Cook Islands v Trinidad & Tobago.
Saturday 26 July
WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium 10.00–12.00 Men’s 69kg Group B.
15.30–18.00 Women’s 58kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
19.30–22.00 18.00–21.00 Men’s Singles Quarter-finals.
Men’s 69kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
Gold medalist Jen McIntosh of Scotland during the Women’s Pairs 50m event at Delhi 2010
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Mo will be the star of the show Few athletes have captivated the British public quite like Mo Farah, who has become the biggest track name of recent times with his sensational displays and appealing personality.
Tollcross International Swimming Centre
He became one of only seven men to achieve this feat, following in the footsteps of Lasse
Farah is quite simply the greatest long-distance runner in the history of British athletics with a litany of success which has never been seen before. He famously won the ‘double’ of 5,000m and 10,000m at the London Olympics two years ago which was his greatest achievement and arguably the highlight of 2012.
Viren, Emile Zatopek and Miruts Yifter. Farah also won the ‘double’ at the 2013 World Championships having taken Gold in the 10,000m and Silver in the 5,000m two days earlier. The 31-year-old ,who was born in Somalia and moved to the UK when he was eight, tried his hand at the Marathon this year, finishing eighth in London. However, it is on the track where Farah thrives and a capacity crowd will be relishing his expected run in the 5,000m on the first day of Track and Field.
10.30–14.00 Men’s 50m Breaststroke Heats. Men’s 100m Butterfly Heats. Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Heats. Women’s 100m Freestyle Heats. Women’s 800m Freestyle Heats. Women’s 200m Backstroke Heats. Women’s 100m Breaststroke Heats. Women’s Para-Sport 100m Breaststroke SB9 Heats. Women’s 200m Individual Medley Heats.
Scotland’s women bowlers, led by Margaret Letham, are seeking to add the Commonwealth Fours title to their 2012 World crown
Josiah’s in the fast lane
home nations watch Siobhan Marie O’Connor 200m INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Interest in Cycling across the UK is at an alltime high with so many high-performance riders thrilling us with their skills. However, competition is fierce and Malaysian cyclist Josiah Ng is determined to replicate his achievement of winning Gold in the Keirin at Delhi 2010. The three-time Olympian has fully recovered from a bad crash in Mexico last year which landed him in hospital and he has been in fine form in preparation for Glasgow 2014.
Robbie Renwick
19.00–22.00 Men’s 100m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 50m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport 100m Breaststroke SB9 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 50m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Individual Medley Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 50m Breaststroke Semi-finals. Men’s 100m Butterfly Semi-finals. Women’s 100m Freestyle Semi-finals. Women’s 100m Breaststroke Semi-finals.
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BOXING
Glasgow City Marathon Course
SECC Precinct
9.00–13.00
Men’s Fly (52kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light (60kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries.
Women’s Marathon Final. Men’s Marathon Final. ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
13.00–17.00
Women’s Singles Semi-finals. Men’s Pairs Semi-finals. Men’s Triples Semi-finals. Men’s Fours Round 1.
Men’s Singles Round 1. Women’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
Men’s 5000m Final. Women’s Para-Sport Long Jump T37/38 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Round 1. Men’s Shot Put Qualifying Rounds. Women’s 100m Round 1. Women’s 400m Round 1. Women’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Rounds. Men’s Marathon Medal Ceremony. Women’s Marathon Medal Ceremony.
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome 15.00–19.30 Men’s Keirin Qualifying, Semi-finals, Final. & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 20km Scratch Race Qualifying, Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport 1000m Time Trial B Tandem Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Sprint Finals & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 25km Points Race Final & Medal Ceremony. HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 9.00–12.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Scotland v Australia. England v Malaysia.
14.00–17.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Canada v Trinidad & Tobago. India v New Zealand. Kenya’s Priscah Jeptoo is expected to feature among the medals in the Women’s Marathon
Men’s Singles Semi-final. Women’s Singles Semi-final. Men’s Singles Classification Semi-finals. Women’s Singles Classification Semi-finals.
NETBALL
SECC Precinct 9.30–13.00 Preliminaries. Jamaica v Scotland. Barbados v Australia.
CYCLING: TRACK
14.30–18.30
Women’s Singles Classification Quarterfinals & Semi-finals.
18.00–20.30 17.30–20.45
18.30–22.30 Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Heavy (91kg) Preliminaries.
Sunday 27 July
TABLE TENNIS
Scotstoun Sports Campus 9.30–15.00 Women’s Team Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
17.00–20.30 Preliminaries. England v South Africa. Northern Ireland v New Zealand. RUGBY SEVENS
Ibrox Stadium
16.30–21.30 Men’s Team Semi-finals. WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium 10.00–12.00 Men’s 77kg Group B.
10.30–14.15 Quarter-final & Classification matches.
15.30–18.00 Women’s 63kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
17.15–22.30 Semi-final & Classification matches. Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. SHOOTING
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie
19.30–22.00 Men’s 77kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony. Australia, captained by Madonna Blyth, will be one of the favourites in the Women’s Hockey
10.00–16.30 Double Trap Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. Double Trap Women’s Final & Medal Ceremony. Queen’s Prize Individual Qualification.
19.00–22.30 Men’s Preliminaries. Canada v Trinidad & Tobago. Malaysia v England.
SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 13.00–16.30
BADMINTON
LAWN BOWLS
Emirates Arena
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
9.00–13.00 Mixed Team Semi-finals
8.45–15.45
18.30–22.30
Women’s Fours Semi-finals, Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
Mixed Teams Semi-finals.
Men’s Singles Semi-final. Women’s Singles Semi-final. Men’s Singles Classification Semi-finals.
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Catch the Jamaicans if you can There is nothing quite like the explosive excitement of the 100m and the Hampden Park fans will be treated a double dose on Day 5 of The Games. If all goes to plan there should be a distinctly Jamaican flavour to both the Men’s and Women’s Finals and records could be broken. The second fastest man of all time, Yohan Blake, will undoubtedly be the star attraction in the Men’s race if he confirms his participation. Only legendary fellow countryman Usain Bolt has run faster than the 9.69 seconds Blake clocked in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2012. He had a difficult 2013 with injuries, but the Silver Medallist from London 2012 is determined to show his class again this year. Competition will be fierce. Simon Magakwe became the first South African to break the 10-second barrier when he won the national title earlier this year in 9.98.
Yohan Blake
Shelly-Anne Fraser-Pryce
Tollcross International Swimming Centre 10.30–13.15 Fellow countryman Akani Simbine, who finished second in that race, has also been running well this year, while Zambian Gerald Phiri is another name to look out for. Home nation hopes will lie with England’s James Dasaolu, who has run 9.91 making him the second-fastest British sprinter of all time. The Jamaicans really have the sprint market cornered right now with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the reigning queen of the track. She took Olympic Gold two years ago then romped to a fantastic 100m and 200m double at the World Championships last year in Moscow. If Fraser-Pryce runs in the 100m, Debbie Ferguson’s record of 10.91 from Manchester 2002 must be under threat. Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare, who finished thirrd in last year’s World Championships, is liable to be her biggest rival.
Men’s 50m Freestyle Heats. Men’s 1500m Freestyle Heats. Men’s 200m Backstroke Heats. Men’s Para-Sport 200m Individual Medley SM8 Heats. Women’s 50m Backstroke Heats. Women’s 200m Butterfly Heats.
19.00–21.45 Men’s 200m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 50m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 100m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Para-Sport 200m Individual Medley SM8 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 800m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Breaststroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Butterfly Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 50m Freestyle Semi-finals. Women’s 50m Backstroke Semi-finals. ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
home nations watch
Chris and Gabby Adcock MIXED DOUBLES BADMINTON
10.00–14.00 Men’s Para-Sport Discus Throw F42/44 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Para-Sport 100m T37 Round 1. Men’s 400m Round 1. Men’s High Jump Qualifying Rounds. Men’s Decathlon 100m, Long Jump & Shot Put. Women’s Para-Sport 100m T12 Round 1. Women’s 1500m Round 1.
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Daily Events Day 5 19.00–22.30 Men’s 100m Semi-finals & Final. Men’s Para-Sport 100m T37 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Shot Put Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Semi-finals & Final. Women’s Para-Sport 100m T12 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Hammer Throw Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 400m Semi-finals. Men’s Hammer Throw Qualifying Rounds. Women’s Triple Jump Qualifying Rounds. Men’s Decathlon 400m & High Jump. Men’s 5000m Medal Ceremony.
NETBALL
Men’s Bantam (56kg) Preliminaries. Women’s Fly (51kg) Preliminaries.
SECC Precinct
GYMNASTICS: ARTISTIC
Preliminaries. Wales v Barbados. Trinidad & Tobago v Australia.
50m Rifle Prone Women’s Final & Medal Ceremony. Trap Men’s Qualification. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification – Stage 1. Queen’s Prize Individual Qualification.
13.30–16.30
17.00–20.30
SQUASH
Men’s Team Final and Individual Qualification. Women’s Team Final and Individual Qualification.
Preliminaries. Northern Ireland v Saint Lucia. Jamaica v Malawi.
Scotstoun Sports Campus
The SSE Hydro
09.30–13.00
19.00–21.00 Men’s Team Final and Individual Qualification. Women’s Team Final and Individual Qualification.
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 09.00–12.30 Men’s Preliminaries. South Africa v Australia. Scotland v Wales.
TABLE TENNIS New Zealand won Netball Gold at Delhi 2010
SHOOTING
14.00–17.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Australia v England. Wales v Scotland.
19.00–22.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Trinidad & Tobago v India. South Africa v New Zealand. LAWN BOWLS BADMINTON
Emirates Arena
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
09.00–13.00
8.45–16.00
Mixed Teams Bronze Medal matches.
Men’s Pairs Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Triples Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Pairs Round 1. Women’s Triples Round 1. Para-Sport Open Triples B6/B7/ B8 Round 1.
15.00–19.15 Mixed Teams Gold Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. BOXING
SECC Precinct 13.00–17.00 Men’s Welter (69kg) Preliminaries. Men’s Middle (75kg) Preliminaries.
18.30–22.45 Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Preliminaries.
12.00–17.00 Men’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Singles Classification Finals. Women’s Singles Classification Finals.
HOCKEY
Scotland’s Ross Murdoch may swim in the 50m breaststroke
Monday 28 July
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie 08.30–17.45 50m Rifle Prone Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 50m Pistol Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. Trap Women’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony.
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.00–16.30 Men’s Team Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium 10.00–12.00 Men’s 85kg Group B.
15.30–18.00 Women’s 69kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
19.30–22.00 Men’s 85kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
England’s Nick Matthew will be bidding for his second Gold in Squash Singles
17.45–20.00 Men’s Fours Round 2. Women’s Triples Round 2.
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READY TO PEAK ONE MORE TIME An uncanny ability to produce the goods when absolutely needed has helped make Christine Ohurougu one of the greatest British athletes in recent times. And when the starter’s gun goes in the 400m Final, she will be the athlete to beat even if she has just celebrated her 30th birthday. Ohurougu’s achievements are fantastic, even if there is still a cloud hanging over her career after a year-long ban in 2006 for missing three out-of-competition drug tests.
She has always protested her innocence and her success has been remarkable. She won the
Tollcross International Swimming Centre 10.30–12.15 2007 World Championships then the 2008 Olympic title in Beijing. Injuries and a false start caused her difficulties in 2009 and 2011 but she claimed the Silver Medal at London 2012 then produced a fantastic performance at last year’s Worlds to underline her class when she ran the race of her life to claim the Gold Medal and break the British record. Competition for the English athlete will come from Jamaica in the shape of veteran Novlene WilliamsMills and newcomer Stephenie-Ann McPherson.
Scotland’s Robertson twins – Fiona and Donna – could be involved in a family feud for the Wrestling 48kg Gold Medal. home nations watch FRAN HALSALL 50m BACKSTROKE
Damian eyes ultimate test He dreamed of being a basketball star, then became Canada’s first Medallist at the World Athletics Championships. Damian Warner may have found his calling late, but he has proved to be one of the most exciting decathletes in the world, as his Bronze in Moscow last year indicates. The 23-year-old from Ontario is ready to claim his first major Gold Medal as he competes at the Commonwealth Games for the first time. South Africa’s Willem Coertzen, who has been in great form this year, will hope to challenge the Canadian.
Men’s 200m Individual Medley Heats. Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Heats. Women’s 400m Freestyle Heats. Women’s Para-Sport 200m Individual Medley SM10 Heats. Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Heats.
19.00–21.45 Men’s 50m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 200m Individual Medley Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 400m Freestyle Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 50m Backstroke Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport 200m Individual Medley SM10 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
10.00–15.00 Men’s 800m Round 1. Men’s Para-Sport 1500m T54 Round 1. Men’s 110m Hurdles Round 1. Men’s 400m Hurdles Round 1. Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Rounds. Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles, Discus Throw & Pole Vault. Women’s Para-Sport 1500m T54 Round 1. Women’s Shot Put Qualifying Rounds. Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles & High Jump.
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18.30–22.45
HOCKEY
Men’s 110m Hurdles Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Hammer Throw Final. Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw, 1500m & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 1500m Final. Women’s 400m Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 10,000m Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Triple Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 400m Semi-finals. Women’s Heptathlon 200m & Shot Put. Men’s 100m Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Medal Ceremony.
Men’s Light (60kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Quarter-finals. Women’s Middle (75kg) Preliminaries.
Glasgow National Hockey Centre
CYCLING: MOUNTAIN BIKE
Men’s Doubles Pools. Women’s Doubles Pools.
8.45–14.00
9.30–14.30
Men’s Singles Round 2. Men’s Fours Round 3. Women’s Pairs Round 2. Women’s Triples Round 3. Para-Sport Open Triples B6/B7/B8 Round 2.
Men’s Singles Qualifying. Women’s Singles Qualifying.
11.00–14.30
Singles & Doubles Preliminary Rounds
Men’s Team Final and Individual Qualification. Women’s Team Final and Individual Qualification.
16.30–18.45
Men’s Fly (52kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarter-finals. Women’s Light (60kg) Preliminaries.
17.30–21.00
Scotstoun Sports Campus
9.00–15.00
13.00–17.00
Men’s Doubles Pools. Mixed Doubles Pools.
LAWN BOWLS
The SSE Hydro
SECC Precinct
Men’s Preliminaries. India v Australia. Wales v South Africa.
11.30–16.00
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
Emirates Arena.
BOXING
Scotstoun Sports Campus
Women’s Cross Country Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Cross Country Final & Medal Ceremony. GYMNASTICS: ARTISTIC
Singles & Doubles Preliminary Rounds.
SQUASH
Men’s Preliminaries. New Zealand v England. Trinidad & Tobago v Malaysia.
11.30–16.00
BADMINTON
16.30–22.30
Final & Medal Ceremony. Queen’s Prize Individual Final & Medal Ceremony.
9.00–12.30
14.00–17.30
Cathkin Braes Mountain Bike Trails
Tuesday 29 July
Men’s Team Final & Individual Qualification. Men’s Team Medal Ceremony. Women’s Team Final & Individual Qualification. Women’s Team Medal Ceremony.
TABLE TENNIS
16.00–21.00 Men’s Singles Qualifying. Women’s Singles Qualifying.
15.45–21.00 Men’s Singles Round 3. Men’s Fours Round 4. Women’s Pairs Round 3. Women’s Triples Round 4. Para-Sport Open Triples B6/B7/B8 Round 3. NETBALL
SECC Precinct
Singapore’s Yang Zi won Gold in the Men’s Table Tennis Singles at Delhi 2010
9.30–13.00 Preliminaries. England v Trinidad & Tobago. New Zealand v Saint Lucia.
WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium 15.30–18.00
17.00–20.30 Preliminaries. South Africa v Wales. Malawi v Scotland. SHOOTING
Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, Carnoustie 8.30–18.30
Daniel Keatings is a key member of the Scotland Gymnastics team
Trap Men’s Trap Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification – Stage 2, Final & Medal Ceremony. 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Qualification, Final & Medal Ceremony. 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women’s Qualification,
Women’s 75kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
19.30–22.00 Men’s 94kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony. WRESTLING
SECC Precinct 10.00–12.30 Men’s 57kg, 74kg, 125kg. Women’s 48kg, 75kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
16.30–19.30 Men’s 57kg, 74kg, 125kg. Women’s 48kg, 75kg. Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremonies
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Day 7 AQUATICS: DIVING
Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh
Men’s Hammer Throw Medal Ceremony. Women’s 1500m Medal Ceremony.
10.00–13.00 Men’s 1m Springboard Preliminary. Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final & Medal Ceremony.
BADMINTON
ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
Scotstoun Sports Campus
8.45–14.00
Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round. Women’s Singles Preliminary Round Mixed Doubles Preliminary Rounds.
15.45–18.45
16.30–22.00 Singles and Doubles Preliminary Rounds. BOXING
SECC Precinct 13.00–17.15 Men’s Bantam (56kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Heavy (91kg) Quarter-finals. Women’s Fly (51kg) Quarter-finals. Women’s Light (60kg) Quarter-finals.
18.30–22.45
Men’s 400m Hurdles Semi-finals. Men’s 200m Round 1. Men’s Discus Throw Qualifying Rounds. Women’s 400m Hurdles Round 1. Women’s High Jump Qualifying Rounds. Women’s Long Jump Qualifying Rounds. Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump.
Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Welter (69kg) Quarter-finals. Men’s Middle (75kg) Quarter-finals. Women’s Middle (75kg) Quarter-finals.
Men’s 400m Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s High Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Long Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Shot Put Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Javelin Throw Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw, 800m & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 800m Semi-finals. Women’s 200m Round 1.
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
Singles and Doubles Preliminary Rounds.
10.00–13.30
18.30–22.30
TABLE TENNIS
9.00–15.00
18.00–20.45 Men’s 1m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony.
LAWN BOWLS
Men’s Singles Round 4. Women’s Pairs Rounds 4 and 5. Women’s Triples Round 5.
Emirates Arena
Wednesday 30 July
Para-Sport Open Triples B6/B7/B8 Semi-finals. Women’s Triples Quarter-finals. Men’s Singles Round 5. Men’s Fours Round 5.
9.30–14.30
16.00–21.30 Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round. Women’s Singles Preliminary Round. Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round.
NETBALL
SECC Precinct 9.30–13.00
WEIGHTLIFTING
Clyde Auditorium
Preliminaries. Australia v South Africa. New Zealand v Jamaica.
15.30–18.00
17.00–20.30
19.30–22.00
Preliminaries. Scotland v Northern Ireland. Barbados v England.
Men’s 105kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony.
SQUASH
SECC Precinct
Women’s +75kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony..
WRESTLING
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.30–16.00 Women’s Doubles Pools. Mixed Doubles Pools.
10.00–12.30 Men’s 61kg, 97kg. Women’s 53kg, 58kg, 69kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
17.30–21.00 GYMNASTICS: ARTISTIC
The SSE Hydro 13.00–16.30 Men’s Individual All-Around Final & Medal Ceremony.
Men’s Doubles Pools. Women’s Doubles Pools.
16.30–19.30 Men’s 61kg, 97kg. Women’s 53kg, 58kg, 69kg. Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremonies.
18.30–22.15 Women’s Individual All-Around Final & Medal Ceremony. HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 9.00–12.30 Women’s Preliminaries. Scotland v England. Malaysia v Wales.
14.00–17.30
Nwoye Ifeona, Nigeria’s Gold medallist in the 51kg division of the Women’s Wrestling at Delhi 2010
Women’s Preliminaries. New Zealand v Canada. India v South Africa.
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Day 8
Thursday 31 July
AQUATICS: DIVING
CYCLING: ROAD
HOCKEY
TABLE TENNIS
Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh
Glasgow City Cycling Time Trial & Road Courses
Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Scotstoun Sports Campus
10.00–13.30
10.00–16:00
9.00–12.30
Men’s 3m Springboard Preliminary. Women’s 10m Platform Preliminary.
Women’s Individual Time Trial Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Individual Time Trial Final & Medal Ceremony.
Men’s Preliminaries. England v Canada. Malaysia v New Zealand.
18.00–21.30
GYMNASTICS: ARTISTIC
Men’s 3m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 10m Platform Final & Medal Ceremony.
The SSE Hydro
Men’s Singles Preliminary Round. Men’s Doubles Preliminary Round. Women’s Singles Preliminary Round. Women’s Doubles Preliminary Round. Mixed Doubles Preliminary Round.
14.00–17.30
ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
18.00–22.45 Men’s 200m Semi-finals, Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 800m Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Para-Sport 1500m T54 Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 400m Hurdles Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Discus Throw Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 200m Semi-finals, Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Para-Sport 1500m T54 Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 400m Hurdles Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Long Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Hurdles Round 1. Women’s Discus Throw Qualifying Rounds. Women’s Pole Vault Qualifying Round. BADMINTON
Emirates Arena
Men’s Preliminaries. Australia v Scotland. South Africa v India.
15.00–19.00 Men’s Floor Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Vault Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Pommel Horse Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Uneven Bars Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Rings Final & Medal Ceremony. Rising star Andrew Osagie may represent England in the 800m
19.00–23.00 Women’s Classification 7 v 8. Women’s Classification 9 v 10. LAWN BOWLS
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
18.30–22.30 Singles and Doubles Preliminary Rounds.
16.00–21.30 Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Women’s Singles Quarter-finals. Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals. Men’s Singles Preliminary Round.
8.45–15.45 Para-Sport Open Triples B6/ B7/B8 Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Singles Quarter-finals & Semi-finals. Men’s Fours Quarter-finals. Women’s Pairs Quarter-finals & Semi-finals. Women’s Triples Semi-finals.
17.30–20.45 Women’s Triples Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Fours Semi-finals.
Current Commonwealth 105+kg Weightlifting champion Damon Kelly of Australia
NETBALL
WEIGHTLIFTING
SECC Precinct
Clyde Auditorium
17.00–21.00 Classification matches. SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.30–16.00 Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Men’s Doubles Knock out 1-16.
13.00–17.00 Singles and Doubles Preliminary Rounds.
9.30–14.30
15.30–18.00 Men’s +105kg Group A Final & Medal Ceremony. WRESTLING
SECC Precinct 10.00–12.30 Men’s 65kg, 86kg. Women’s 55kg, 63kg. Preliminaries, Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Repechage.
17.30–21.00 Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Men’s Doubles Knock out 1-16. Mixed Doubles Pools.
16.30–19.30 Men’s 65kg, 86kg. Women’s 55kg, 63kg. Gold & Bronze Medal matches &. Medal Ceremonies.
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Day 9 AQUATICS: DIVING
18.30–21.30
Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh
Singles and Doubles Quarter-finals.
10.00–12.45
BOXING
Men’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 1m Springboard Preliminary.
SECC Precinct
18.00–20:45 Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 1m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony.
13.00–16.30 Men’s Fly (52kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Bantam (56kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Semi-finals.
Friday 1 August
Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) Semi-finals. Women’s Fly (51kg) Semi-finals.
17.45–21.00
18.30–22.30
NETBALL
Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Light (60kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Welter (69kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Middle (75kg) Semi-finals. Men’s Heavy (91kg) Semi-finals. Women’s Light (60kg) Semi-finals. Women’s Middle (75kg) Semi-finals.
SECC Precinct
GYMNASTICS: ARTISTIC
17.30–21.00
The SSE Hydro
Women’s Doubles Semi-final. Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals.
Men’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
9.30–13.30 Classification matches. SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.30–16.00 Women’s Doubles Semi-final. Men’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals.
ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
Hampden Park Presenting Partner
14.00–18.00 Men’s Vault Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Beam Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Parallel Bars Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Floor Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Horizontal Bar Final & Medal Ceremony.
18.00–22.45 Men’s 10,000m Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Pole Vault Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 800m Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Hurdles Final. Women’s High Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Discus Throw Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 1500m Round 1 Men’s Triple Jump Qualifying Rounds. Men’s Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds. Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1. Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1 Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Round 1. Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Round 1. BADMINTON
Emirates Arena 13.30–16.30 Singles and Doubles Quarter-finals.
HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Joelle King and Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand won Gold in the Squash Women’s Doubles in Delhi 2010
10.00–16.15 Women’s Classification match 5 v 6. Women’s Semi-final match 1. Women’s Semi-final match 2.
18.00–22.00 Men’s Classification match 7 v 8. Men’s Classification match 9 v 10. LAWN BOWLS
Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre Mo Farah is sure to be the star attraction at Hampden should he run in the final of the 10,000m
8.45–16.00 Men’s Fours Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Pairs Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
TABLE TENNIS
Scotstoun Sports Campus 9.30–14.30 Women’s Singles Semi-finals. Men’s Doubles Semi-finals. Mixed Doubles Semi-finals. Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals. Men’s Singles Preliminary Round. Women’s Doubles Preliminary Round.
16.00–21.30 Women’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Singles Quarter-finals.
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Day 10 AQUATICS: DIVING
Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh 10.00–13:30 Men’s 10m Platform Preliminary. Women’s 3m Springboard Preliminary.
Men’s Doubles Bronze Medal match. Women’s Singles Bronze Medal match. Women’s Doubles Bronze Medal match. Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match
HOCKEY
Saturday 2 August PARA-SPORT POWERLIFTING
Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Clyde Auditorium
10.00–16.15
10.00–12.30
Men’s Classification match 5 v 6. Men’s Semi-final match 1. Men’s Semi-final match 2.
Women’s Lightweight (up to 61kg) Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Heavyweight (from 61.01kg) Final & Medal Ceremony.
18.00–21.30
18.00–22.30
Men’s 10m Platform Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 3m Springboard Final & Medal Ceremony.
Women’s Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
14.00–16.30 Men’s Lightweight (up to 72kg) Final & Medal Ceremony.
NETBALL
SECC Precinct
ATHLETICS: TRACK & FIELD
10.00–14.00
Hampden Park
Semi-final matches.
Presenting Partner
18.00–20.30 Men’s Heavyweight (from 72.01kg) Final & Medal Ceremony.
SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.30–17.00
18.30–22.15 Men’s 1500m Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Triple Jump Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Javelin Throw Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 5000m Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Pole Vault Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final & Medal Ceremony. Women’s 100m Hurdles Medal Ceremony.
Layla Guscoth and England will be hoping to compete in the Netball Medal matches
SECC Precinct 14.00–17.30 Men’s Light Fly (49kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Fly (52kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Bantam (56kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Light (60kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Light Welter (64kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Fly (51kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Light (60kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony.
19.00–22.00
Emirates Arena
Men’s Welter (69kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Middle (75kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Light Heavy (81kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Heavy (91kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Super Heavy (+91kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Middle (75kg) Finals & Medal Ceremony.
Men’s Singles Semi-finals. Men’s Doubles Semi-finals. Women’s Singles Semi-finals. Women’s Doubles Semi-finals. Mixed Doubles Semi-finals.
17.00–22.00 Men’s Singles Bronze Medal match.
All eyes will be on Tom Daley in the 10m Platform Diving Final
TABLE TENNIS BOXING
BADMINTON
9.00–14.00
Women’s Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Doubles Semi-finals. Mixed Doubles Semi-finals.
Scotstoun Sports Campus 9.30–14.30 Mixed Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Singles Semi-finals. Women’s Doubles Semi-finals.
16.00–20.30 Men’s Singles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
Yakunu Adesokan of Nigeria secured Gold in the Powerlifting Bench Press at Delhi 2010
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King of the road The conclusion of the Commonwealth Games will feature one of the greatest British sportsmen of recent times when Mark Cavendish goes for Gold on the streets of Glasgow. Representing the Isle of Man having been born and brought up in Douglas, Cavendish is the star attraction of the Cycling Road Race where his biggest threat is likely to come from the Australians and Canadians. Cavendish, 28, is rated the greatest road sprinter
around, having won 25 Tour de France stages and the 2011 World Championships Gold Medal. The final day of Glasgow 2014 will also feature all of the Badminton and Squash Finals, while the Gold Medal matches will take place in Hockey and Netball. The curtain will then come down on the greatest sporting event in Scotland’s history in a fantastic party atmosphere at Hampden Park with the Closing Ceremony featuring a host of top stars and some surprises. Big rivals New Zealand and Australia are likely to contest the Netball final
Sunday 3 August
BADMINTON
NETBALL
Emirates Arena
The SSE Hydro
10.00–16.00
10.00–15.00
Men’s Singles Gold Medal match & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Doubles Gold Medal match & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Singles Gold Medal match & Medal Ceremony. Women’s Doubles Gold Medal match & Medal Ceremony. Mixed Doubles Gold Medal match & Medal Ceremony.
Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. SQUASH
Scotstoun Sports Campus 11.30–16.00 Men’s Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony. Mixed Doubles Gold & Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
CYCLING: ROAD CLOSING CEREMONY
Glasgow City Cycling Time Trial and Road
Hampden Park
8.00–17.00
19.30–23.00
Women’s Road Race Final & Medal Ceremony. Men’s Road Race Final & Medal Ceremony. HOCKEY
Glasgow National Hockey Centre 10.00–14.30 Men’s Gold and Bronze Medal matches & Medal Ceremony.
India’s Saina Nehwal won Gold in the Women’s Singles Badminton match at Delhi 2010
Road race star Mark Cavendish could be the man to beat on the streets of Glasgow
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