Righto, that concludes today’s coverage ... but join us again in the morning for more Commonwealth joy. Ta-ra.
Ah, that superb swim from Australia – they put their fastest bloke first and defended the lead – was a Games record. England seem pretty happy with their silver, and the number of British lads in the top four – 12 of them – augurs well for the Olympics.
Australia win the men's 4x200m freestyle relay!
England take silver and a tremendous final leg from Duncan Scott secures bronze for Scotland, but Wales swum brilliantly to come fourth.
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Dean is catching the Aussies but Scott is catching him, taking bronze away from Wales....
Australia are 3.8s ahead as they change for the last time; Tom Dean is on the anchor for England, but he’s got a lot of work to do, while Scotland’s Duncan Scott eats up water behind him. Australia lead by three seconds with 100m to go...
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This is a really fun race, and Wales are producing a terrific performance, 1.52s behind with England in third now – and reeling them in.
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Australia have a lead as we reach 400m; they lead from Wales from SA from England.
Now Chad le Clos takes SA into the lead, but at 300m it’s Australia leading again, SA second and England third. But England have their best men to come...
But Australia lead now, from Wales, from South Africa, from England as we near 300m.
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Australia stick their fastest guy first, but he’s not got a lead as they reach 100m; Wales lead, from the Aussies.
And, as the late Ron Pickering would say, “Away we go!”
Time for the final final of the night: the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Australia are big favourites, but England have a chance.
Back in the pool, Lara van Niekerk qualifies fastest for the women’s 100m breast final, almost half a second quicker than Tatjana Schoemakerm, her teammate. Behind them aere Hodges and Strauch of Australia, Renshaw of England, Harkin of Australia, Corbet of South Africa and Hanlon of Scotland.
Wheelchair basketball: Englandmen lead Australia 11-10 in overtime ... but as I type that, Australia’s Dalton lands a two-pointer for the match! England are distraught!
In the pool, we’ve got the semis of the women’s 100m breast.
Help me: anyone got any remedies for a chesty cough? I’m crook here.
The wonderful Maisie Summers-Newton has received her gold medal, and watching her win again, it really was an incredible swim. She and Grace Harvey look so happy; it’s extremely affirming to see.
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McKeon is relieved to be more than halfway through her programme. She loves racing but wasn’t sure if she was going to race at this level this year, but dropped the worlds for this meet as she needed a bit more time off after the Olympics and grew up watching the Commonwealth. I guess we have to note that there’ve been reports of grief between Chalmers, who won gold earlier, and Cody Simpson, another Aussie swimmer; McKeon is, it is said, going out with Simpson after previously seeing Chalmers, and Chalmers has threatened to quit the sport if “false headlines” persist.
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Australia's Emma McKeon wins her 12th Commonwealth gold and 17th medal overall in the 50m butterfly!
She’s now the Games’ most successful swimmer ever. Behind her, Erin Gallagher takes silver ... and Holly Barratt of Australia shares it with her!
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McKeon gets a decent start but Gallagher of RSA comes back at her...
Emma McKeon is back...
Next in the pool: the women’s 50m butterfly final
Andrew Jeffcoat of New Zealand wins the men's 50m backstroke!
Coetze of South Africa takes silver and Acevedo of Canada, who made a brilliant start, hangs on for bronze.
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Jeffcoat leads through 25m....
Right, time for the men’s 50m back final. There’s only half a second splitting all eight competitors, so it’s really up for grabs, but Andrew Jeffcoat of NZ looks like the Coetze’s strongest challenger.
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Weightlifting: She can’t get it over the head but she won’t mind, celebrating the moment with her team.
Sarah Davies of England wins the women's 71kg weightlifting!
And sets a Games record of 126kg in the process! She’s coming back, though, for another go at 130kg.
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Adam Peaty has been speaking to BBC: “It’s only a 50m breaststroke, I’m not going to overthink it. It’s one length of the bath. It doesn’t feel amazing but it doesn’t feel bad either ... I’m not bothered about it. In the grand scheme of things, it’s about two years’ time. That’s no disrespect but … I’m still four weeks into my programme, I can’t put too many expectations on myself.”
Next in the pool: the men’s 50m backstroke final. South Africa’s Pieter Coetze won the 100m version and will fancy himself to add another gold. But one mistake, and there’s not much time or space to redeem it.
Harvey talks about the atmosphere in the village, and that seeing the Team England successes is inspirational. Summers, meanwhile – who’s training to be a primary school teacher – talks about her love for Ellie Simmonds, who’s in the BBC studio and loves her back. It’s lovely to hear the way they talk about each other.
Maisie Summers-Newton wins the women's 100m breaststroke SB6
She controls the race to win adds Commonwealth to her Olympics, World and European gold; that’s a ludicrously brilliant piece of work, and she’s followed home by Grace Harvey of England and Camille Bérubé of Canada.
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Next in the pool, the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final.
Basketball: England’s women have beaten Australia 21-15 to reach the final! They’ll meet New Zealand or Canada in the final, and if they play then as they played just now, the gold could be theirs!
Matthew Levy of Australia wins the men's 50m freestyle S7!
He led from the start then hung on; Wei Soong Toh of Singapore took silver and Christian Sadie of South Africa bronze.
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Basketball: England are all over Auastralia now, 17-13 ahead with just 1.11 left! The gold-medal match is within reach!
Time for the men’s s7 50m free...
Basketball: England lead Australia 11-10 with 2.40 left...
That was such a good swim from McIntosh. She absolutely murdered the first two legs, allowed the others back in with a weak fly length, then monstered the free to win going away. Fifteen years old!
Summer McIntosh wins the women's 200m medley for Canada!
McKeon of Australia takes silver, Wood of England bronze.
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But here comes McIntosh again, she is powering through the free! Can Wood hang on for silver?
...but Wood is reeling her in in now, McKeon too. McKeon leads with 50m to go...
McIntosh of Canada, aged 15, leads after the fly, and she’s absolutely taking to the field now, still in front after the back...
We’re away in the women’s 200m medley...
Basketball: England lead Australia 9-7, with 4.38 to go.
Back in the pool, the women’s 200m medley final is imminent. Kaylee McKeown, who won the 200m back earlier tonight, will fancy herself, but Abbie Wood of England will fancy her chances.
Judo: Christa Deguchi of Canada has beaten Acelya Toprak of England in the women’s 57kg judo final.
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Beach volley: England’s men have beaten Cyprus and are through to the knockouts with a pool-game still to play.
Basketball: The women of England and Australia are taking to the court for their semi.
Judo: Toprak of England is currently rucking Deguichi of Canada for the women’s 57kg judo gold; it’s 0-0 with three minutes left.
Basketball: Australia’s men lead Scotland’s men in their semi-final ... and right as I put it on, it’s over.
Foster says that Peaty doesn’t look sharp, but he did enough to go through and him giving it a go is impressive; he could’ve said he was injured and lozzed it off.
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We’ve got a little break now – the men’s 100m butterfly semi-finals are next in the pool, but not for 15 or so minutes.
McKeon qualifies fastest, O’Callaghan and Jack behind here. Hopkin and Anderson of England are fourth and fifth, with Canny of RSA, then Smith and Savard of Canada completing the field.
In the second semi, O’Callaghan of Australia comes from behind to beat Jack of Australia, just. I’m not sure she’ll get away with that tactic against McKeon in the final.
Table tennis: Singapore have beaten England 3-2 in the men’s team semis.
Australia’s McKeon comes out of the blocks blazing, on world-record pace for 50m. She ends up with 53.1s, Anderson, Canny, Savard and Hindley following her home.
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The 100m free women are off and, I should note, a place in the final goes to the right fastest finishers - it’s not four from each heat.
Yet more gold for the big man and another tour de force press conference. #CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/20V2lKA8p5
— Adam Collins (@collinsadam) August 1, 2022
Oh, and the final of that men’s 100m breast is tomorrow evening.
Netball: England have beaten NI 71-27. That is an absolute tousing.
Next: women’s 100m freestyle semis.
Williamson, Houllie, Benson are the first three, of Australia, South Africa and Scotland respectively; Williamson’s time is 0.2s quicker than Peaty’s.
Next up: the second semi.
Peaty, Wilby, Butler and Murdoch take the first four sports the first three are English, the other Scottish.
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Murdoch is away well, then Peaty slips into stroke, easing away to win by plenty. That’s more like it – his time is 27.0s, and he looks as happy as anyone with a pencil mustache can look.
The swimmers in the first semi of the men’s 50m free are out, Adam Peaty among them. He’s not sounded happy with life these last couple of days – he’s got the speed but not the speed endurance, reckons Mark Foster - who also thinks he should have enough to see this one away.
Netball: England lead NI 64-23 with five minutes left.
That was really good from Shanahan. Before the start, there was chat of a race within a race, and McKeown’s winning time of l2.05:60, a Games record, justified that. Shanahan stayed close enough, then had plenty left to clinch her place on the podium in the final 30m.
Kaylee McKeown wins gold in the women's 200m backstroke for Australia!
Masse of Canada takes silver ... and Shanahan bronze! She adds that to her bronze in the 400m individual medley, and looks very satisfied with life.
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McKeown leads at 100m, and as the glide through the third length, she looks good. Masse of Canada is second, and here comes Shanahan...
And they’re off! Katie Shanahan of Scotland could be in the mix, but Kaylee McKeown, the Australian Olympic champ, is favourite.
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Next: the women’s 200m backstroke final.
Swimming: Dean is really happy with his silver, saying he can’t stop smiling when he comes out and hears the “adoration” of the crowd. He knew he’d have to try going with Chalmers, but the Aussie is so strong, whole Scott says he had a tough day yesterday, missing out on a medal after expending a load of effort Told that the camaraderie between swimmers is great, he explains that you can’t affect the bloke in the next lane and everyone knows how hard everyone else trains. We’ll see both again this evening, in the 4x200m free relay.
Kyle Chalmers wins gold in the men's 100m freestyle!
Sam Dean takes silver for England and Duncan Scott third for Scotland. Dean was coming back in the final 20m, but Chalmers was pretty comfy really.
Swimming: Chalmers goes out quick and Liendo Edwards is second, Dean third at the turn...
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Away they go!
Here come the 100m free boys.
I always look forward to these.
Swimming: Mark Foster favours Dean over Scott, but thinks both might lose out to Chalmers. Chalmers has a heart condition, and has had enough of answering questions about it; he seems to be doing OK.
Swimming: In just five minutes’ time, the men’s 100m free will be upon us. The battle there is Duncan Scott of Scotland against Sam Dean of England; Scott beat his close mate to take the 200m version and is the defending champ, but Australia’s Kyle Chalmers will also have something to say.
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Netball: England are stretching away from NI now, 43-16 in front with 10 minutes still to go in Q3. But their next match, against NZ, will give us a better idea of how they’re doing; Australia, the favourites, are in the other pool.
Oh yeah, and swimming is imminent; this evening’s first race is but 20 minutes away.
There’s not loads of sport going on at the moment – the main BBC coverage is showing weightlifting from this afternoon. But Ashley McKenzie of England has just received his gold medal for the 60kg judo; in the netball, England lead Ni 38-15 at the half; and in the men’s team table tennis semis, England lead Singapore two sets to love in the first match,
A great win for, by all accounts, a great bloke.
Ellen Ryan of Australia wins gold in the women's bowls singles!
She beats Lucy Beere of Guernsey 21-17, but what an achievement to win your country’s first medal since 1994.
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Netball: England now lead NI 24-12 with 9.50 to go in the second.
Bowls: Earlier this afternoon, we learnt that Lucy Beere had secured Guernsey’s first Commonwelath medal since 1994. Well, she’s now playing for the gold against Ellen Ryan of Australia; Ryan leads 19-17 after end 22.
Netball: England lead Northern Ireland 16-7 with a minute left in the first quarter.
Aaron Gate of New Zealand wins gold in the men's 40km points race
And Corbin Strong, also of NZ, pinches silver from Wood.
Cycling: The final event of the meet is nearly over; in the men’s 40km points race, Aaron Gate is about to win gold for NZ, but can Oliver Wood of England hang on for silver?
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This evening's swimming (all times BST)
19.07 – men’s 100m freestyle final
19.13 – women’s 200m backstroke final
19.20 – men’s 50m breastroke semi-finals
19.31 – women’s 100m freestyle semi-finals
19.57 – men’s 100m butterfly semi-finals
20.08 – women’s 200m individual medley final
20.16 – men’s 50m freestyle S7 final
20.22 – women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final
20.37 – men’s 50m breaststroke final
20.43 – women’s 50m butterfly final
21.04 – women’s 100m breaststroke semi-finals
20.16 – men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final
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Hi again! This evening, we’ll mainly be focused on the swimming, but in the meantime, the England v Northern Ireland netball match is underway.
England win it 21-12. 3x3 basketball... it’s good stuff! Back to Daniel Harris now, who’s refreshed and ready to return to action.
England have stretched their lead over Kenya to 20-12. It’s absolutely frenetic, this. Switch over now if you want to catch the end of the game.
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There’s women’s 3x3 basketball going on as we speak. It’s hard to keep up, isn’t it? Don’t worry, that’s what this live blog is for. England lead Kenya 11-6 in the quarter-finals as things stand.
What’s going on in the judo, then? Here’s what: South Africa’s Michaela Whitebooi has won gold in the women’s 48kg final after overcoming India’s Sushila Devi Likmabam.
England push hard for a winner, but can’t break down their opponents’ defence. It ends 4-4, with India clinging on for the draw.
What a moment 🏑 pic.twitter.com/YN8eQpVVwQ
— England Hockey (@EnglandHockey) August 1, 2022
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Jack Waller wins a penalty corner with a canny flick but England squander their opportunity. There’s a little over a minute remaining on the clock.
Bandurak sweeps home from close range! England are back on terms at 4-4 and have snowballing momentum behind them.
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India are now two players down after Gurjant Singh sees yellow. The comeback is on! England win a penalty corner and it looks like they might level it, but Bandurak sends a shot whistling narrowly wide.
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And another! India, who are down to 10 men, are under unbearable pressure now. England get another goal back through Phil Roper, who celebrates wildly.
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But wait a minute! England have cut the deficit via Nick Bandurak.
GOAL!
— England Hockey (@EnglandHockey) August 1, 2022
Just moments after an Indian goal, @NickBandurak23 gets a lovely touch to keep the deficit to two goals with 13 minutes remaining
ENG 🏴 2-4 🇮🇳 IND pic.twitter.com/HmArBXmwjk
In the men’s hockey, we’re into the final quarter and India have just gone 4-1 up against England. It was a nicely taken goal by Harmanpreet Singh and England are in trouble now.
Right, I’m off for a break. Will Magee is back with you for the next bit.
Hockey: England’s men have reduced their arrears, now trailing India 3-1 with two minutes left in the third.
Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand wins the women's keirin!
Sophie Capewell and Millicent Tanner, both of England, take silver and bronze respectively.
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Laura Kenny now has 46 major medals. Not bad, all things considered, and Chris Hoy reckons this will fortify her for Paris: she’s had a tough year, but he’s sure she’ll be there in 2024 – and probably beyond, given that in women’s endurance sports, athletes can stick at the top into their mid-30s.
Cycling: Kenny saw Adam Peaty lose last evening and told husband “Jase” that he’s her, thinking today would be her last race. She doesn’t find training easy, but wanted to win today, and then the whole race went as she wanted it to – when Evans went with two laps to go, she knew it was over. In the toilet before, she kept telling herself she could do it because when she’s not feeling good she can’t perform. But on the line, a random bloek said to her “You’ve got this Laura,” and she thought “Yeah, I have!”
Cycling: Oh man, Kenny is so delighted. In comms, they reckon she wasn’t expecting to win and maybe she wasn’t, but I’m not sure that’s how champions work. Drummond is second and Coles-Lyster of Canada third; Evans can’t hang on for fourth, but the way she animated the race was bold.
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Laura Kenny takes gold for England in the women's 10km scratch race!
She timed that to perfection, hanging back, then exploding! She’s not been in great nick lately, but that was absolutely vintage.
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Cycling: Evans takes the bell, Laura Kenny chasing her and passing! Drummond of NZ is behind, but Kenny is gonna win!
Cycling: Four laps to go, Neah Evans in front and yanking the field round in her wake...
Cycling: Emily Sherman of NZ hits the front with nine laps to go. This is a break for gold, and Sophie Lewis of England goes with her...
Cycling: I was on the nastics at the time, so didn’t quite see what happened – they’re showing it as live now on the main BBC show, but on iPlayer, they’re just away again, with 20 laps to go.
Cycling: The women’s 10km scratch race – 40 laps of the tracks and done – is away, but a crash soon leads to it being neutralised. Laura Kenny, by the way, is in this.
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Gymnastics: Shannon Archer says that her bronze in the vault makes all the effort worthwhile. She’s so, so, so happy and it’s lovely to share just a scintilla of that.
Gymnastics: More on Tulloch from Whitlock, who says his man is so naturally-suited to the sport that he barely has to do any strength and conditioning, and has his own move named after him, the Tulloch.
In the BBC studio, Max Whitlock pulls no punches. Earlier, he noted that Fraser was capable of greater difficulty on the horse, after he won gold, and now he says that Tulloch has done way better in training than he did today. That kind of expert honesty is so refreshing.
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Courtney Tulloch of England wins gold in the men's rings!
England’s men have taken every available gold medal! That is ridiculous. Dolci’s go is only good enough for fifth; Pilakouris of Cyprus takes silver and Kaji of Canada bronze.
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Georgia-Mae Fenton of England wins gold in the in uneven bars!
As she did in 2018. Godwin of Australia takes silver and Rooskrants of South Africa bronze. She’s in tears, as you might be.
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Gymnastics: We’re also waiting to see if Georgia-Mae Fenton’s go at the uneven bars is enough to deliver England another gold...
Gymnastics: Yeah, Dolci absolutely schmeisses it. His dismount is near perfect, he loves it, and I think this might be gold. Here it comes...
Gymnastics: Sokratis Pilakouris has just taken second place in the men’s rings. Can Dolci, the last to go, better Tunnoch?
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Hockey: England’s men trail India 2-0 with two first-quarter minutes left.
Gymnastics: Georgia Godwin, who won the women’s vault an hour or so ago, now leads in the uneven bars.
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Gymnastics: 14.400 for Tulloch – he leads and there are just two competitors left! But one of them Felix Dolci, achieved that score in qualifying.
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Maud Charron of Canada wins the women's 64kg weightlifting!
Zoe Smith misses bronze by two kilos.
Gymnastics: Goodness me, he is a solid endeavour. He delivers a terrific performance – I’m not what you might call an expert in the rings, but that looked easily the best to me...
Gymnastics: Here comes Courtney Tulloch, 14.266 to beat...
Gymnastics: White Smith was doing her thing, Chris Kaji of Canada nipped ahead of Fraser in the men’s rings.
Weightlifting: She cannot, so Islamiyat Yusuf of Nigeria hangs on.
Weightlifting: Smith returns to try 125kg. Lift it and it’s bronze...
Gymnastics: 12.366 for Archer; she’s in the bronze-medal position.
Weightlifting: Zoe Smith nails 122kg and is still in with a shot at the podium.
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Gymnastics: 14.100 for Fraser! He is bang in this! Meantime, Shannon Archer has nailed uneven bars...
Gymnastics: “He could not perform that routine any better than that!” Fraser nails his double twist, double pike dismount; what will the judge think?
Gymnastics: Righto, here comes Smokin Joe Fraser...
Matthew Gaetzer wins gold in the men's 1000m time trial
He’s last to go and he filches gold from Cornish, who buries face in hands. Gaetzer crashed yesterday in blood-curdling style, so what a comeback that is! Nicholas Paul of Trinidad and Tobago takes bronze.
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Gymnastics: off we go with the finals of the men’s rings and women’s uneven bars.
Cycling: Thomas Cornish of Australia currently leads the men’s 1000m time trial, his time 1:01.285. England’s Hayden Norris sits third.
Gymnastics: Rhys McClenaghan seems a very sound lad. He refuses to make excuses for his silver, though he didn’t agree with the judges’ verdict on the difficulty-level of his routine, and says he came up with Joe Fraser so is really proud of his achievement in taking gold.
Weightlifting: the women’s 64kg final is starting to get warm. Christie Williams of Wales has just taken out 101kg, and she likes it a lot. She’s third.
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Cycling: that scratch race, by the way, features Laura Kenny and Neah Evans – who took silver in 2018.
The rest of today’s cycling finals:
16.28pm BST: women’s 10km scratch race final
16.48pm BST: women’s keirin finals
17.03pm BST: men’s 40km points race final
Cycling: Matthew Richardson of Australia has nailed his go at the 1000m time trial. He doesn’t have the right handlebars, apparently – this isn’t his event, he’s just having a hack at it. But he’s in nick having already won sprint and team gold, and he’s in the lead here.
Bowls: Lucy Beere has won Guernsey’s first medal since 1994! She’s into the final of the women’s lawn bowls singles, so is guaranteed something. But Ellen Ryan of Australia, a genuine great of the game, awaits her in the final.
Oh and Chris F Hoy is in the studio.
Cycling: that 1000m time trial is away now.
On which point...
Cycling: the men’s 1000m time trial is imminent, and news is that Joe Truman, who broke his collar bone in that nasty crash yesterday, won’t be competing.
Memo to commentators: it’s GhaNEEan, not GhaNAYan.
Scotland now lead SA 4-3 in the men’s hockey; neither side can escape the pool.
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In those uneven bars – sounds a bit like Nas’ recent records – we’ll see England’s Ondine Achampong. She won all-around silver yesterday, while the men’s rings features Fraser, now a double gold-medalist, and Courtney Tulloch, the defending champ.
Oh, and at the same time as that, it’s the final of the men’s rings.
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Next in Gymnastics: we’ve got the women’s uneven bars final at 3.45pm BST.
In the men’s hockey I mentioned earlier, Scotland, who led South Africa 1-0, are now level at 303.
Ah, that’s great to hear: in the studio, Beth Tweddle notes what a sound bloke and hard worker Fraser is.
Archer dabs at her eyes and rightly so. She’s delighted with that bronze and the first Scottish woman to win any medal in gymnastics at the Commonwealth. Godwin, meanwhile, adds her gold to the one she won yesterday in the all-around; Laurie Denommée of Canada takes silver.
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Joe Fraser of England takes gold in the men's pommel horse!
His second of the Games! He wasn’t able to take part in the all-around final, but he’s getting his own back and then some! McClenaghan, the defending champ, is second, and Rampersand snaffles a surprise bronze.
Georgia Godwin of Australia takes gold in the women's vault!
And average of 13.083! Shannon Archer of Scotland takes bronze!
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Her landing isn’t perfect but it’s decent; we wait, while Jayson Rampersand of Canada takes third in the vault, meaning only Ethan Dick of NZ can take gold from Fraser of England...
Her landing isn’t great so she loses a point for stepping into the red zone and will have to absolutely batter this second go...
Back to the women’s vault, Shannon Archer of Scotland is having her go, and she’s a proper chance of a medal...
Yup, 13.433 for Hall! He’s in the bronze-medal position with two competitors to come.
But she fails again, so will have to wait and see what her 88kg lift brings. Meantime, Georgia Godwin of Australia takes the lead in women’s vault, while James Hall of England puts together a lovely horse routine that could well be enough for a medal. he likes it, a lot.
Smith has now failed her second go at 91kg but doesn’t look too disheartened.
Jesse Moore of Australia is the latest to come off the hoss in the middle of what looked like a medal-winning go. There are four competitors to come.
The final of the women’s 64kg weightlifting is away, and England’s Zoe Smith, champ in 2014, has just nailed 88kg first go.
McClenaghan did indeed investigate ... and as been summarily rebuffed.
I’m not sure if he’s just taking a moment, but McClenaghan looks extremely unhappy, stood at the side with legs making a triangle, foot on opposite knee. Apparently he’s not happy with his mark – in particular, that the difficulty rating was inaccurate. Presumably, therefore, he’ll appeal.
Ah, it’s 14.133 for McClenaghan. That puts him second, while Fraser is close to gold...
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Bit of separation from McClenaghan just prior to dismount, and though he keeps things going, dismounting well, it seems unlikely that he’ll get enough marks for gold.
Oh wow! It’s 14.833 for Fraser, he’s into the lead, and here comes Rhys!
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Oh that was very very good! I can’t say I’m expert in the field, but there was nothing scruffy: he looked so calm up and down there, like he was enjoying himself, and Mcclenaghan will have to go some to beat that.
Here comes Joe Fraser on the horse...
I was just getting settled when England won that bowls triples gold, so didn’t name the champs. They are Louis Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney.
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Oh man. Marios Georgiou of Cyprus disburses a medal-winning routine in the horse ... only to clip ann edge doing something easy – no not for me, but relatively speaking. It brings him off and smiles ruefully before getting back on, a full mark down. He takes it well, but.
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Sophie Capwell, who won 500m time-trial bronze yesterday, wins her heat in the keirin.
In the men’s hockey, Scotland trail South Africa 1-0 at the start of the second period.
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McClenaghan almost didn’t compete as he competed for Ireland at Tokyo 2020, but he’s here. However, and once again, he’s not favourite and will have to go some to beat England’s Joe Fraser.
Coming up, more or less now: we’ve got the finals of the women’s vault and men’s pommel horse. The latter features Rhys McClenaghan, who famously won gold in 2018 – Max Whitlock looked overjoyed when Hazel reminded him of that
Phew, that was dramatic. Thanks Will and afternoon all!
England win the gold in the lawn bowls triples!
Australia made a row of it, after looking like they might get wiped, but have to make do with the silver after losing 14-12.
Right, that’s my stint done. I’ll hand you over to Daniel Harris who, believe me, knows his lawn bowls.
In the men’s triples lawn bowls final, England have just edged 13-12 ahead after allowing Australia to claw their way back to 12-12. It’s pure drama, this.
Wales win men’s triples lawn bowls bronze! They’ve seen off Fiji 21-7. Llongyfarchiadau, lads.
What’s going on in the women’s team table tennis final, you ask? Singapore have won it, beating Malaysia 3-0. Sorry, spoilers much.
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A word for Giarnni Regini-Moran, who won bronze in the men’s floor final to make it a double for England. Another impressive showing and well-deserved medal.
It's Commonwealth floor BRONZE for Giarnni Regini-Moran for Team England 🥉
— British Gymnastics (@BritGymnastics) August 1, 2022
Several brilliant tumbling passes secure a brilliant bronze for Giarnni!#B2022 @TeamEngland pic.twitter.com/BDRtRtCC5J
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Jarman wins another gold!
Having burst onto the scene at his first Commonwealth Games with gold medals in the team and individual all-around events, England’s Jake Jarman has a third gold to his name after winning the men’s floor final.
It's Commonwealth floor GOLD for Jake Jarman from England 🥇
— British Gymnastics (@BritGymnastics) August 1, 2022
He's done it again! In an outstanding final, Jake comes out on top 🏴#B2022 @TeamEngland pic.twitter.com/Ocx9dIVLNc
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In the lawn bowls men’s triples final, England lead Australia 12-10. The Australians have launched a comeback, however, and it’s still all to play for.
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“Someone told me: ‘It doesn’t matter how you win, people only remember that you won,’” King says in her post-match interview.
“I thought: ‘Even if I lose, I want to make myself and everyone proud.’” She didn’t have to settle for valiant defeat, as it turned out.
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Turmel defends match ball at 8-10, working the angles beautifully. She saves another with a shot which nestles in the back corner of the court, forcing the tie-break.
King earns another match ball, but squanders it with a mishit. Turmel pulls ahead, but then leaves a shot after a near-tangle with her opponent which, on review, is given as no let. That gives King the little boost she needs to cinch it. She sees out the game 14-12 and celebrates with a clenched fist before embracing her rival.
King has pulled ahead of Turmel now. While both players remain ultra-competitive, the New Zealander has incredible sting in her shots and leads 9-6.
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Over in the badminton, England are losing their mixed team semi-final against Malaysia 1-0. Toby Fenty trails Ng Tze Yong 12-17 in the second set of match two, the men’s singles.
After a fizzing rally which ends with Turmel bamboozling her opponent with a clever shot, King finally sees out the game to make it 2-1. This is a seriously hard-fought contest.
Thanks Martin. This squash is a bit spicy, isn’t it? It’s currently game ball to King.
There you go, I got through my Commonwealth Games stint today only dropping one major clanger, and I didn’t even mention once that I was at Wembley yesterday and bore you with that. Here were my ten favourite things about Euro 2022.
I will see you here tomorrow. Will Magee is stepping up to the plate now, so I will leave you in his capable hands.
Squash: This squash match is the best thing I’ve seen so far at the games, apart from Duran Duran who I have an eternal soft spot for. New Zealand’s King eventually took that second game 18-16, so it is 1-1 against England’s Turmel. And both of them look like they could happily thwack the other round the head.
Women’s hockey: Scotland beat Kenya 11-0 in the end. I think earlier I gave the wrong pool standings. Scotland are now tied on six points with Australia and New Zealand, having played one game more. Only two teams go through. And thank you to Joanne Harris on Twitter for spotting where I had erred.
Squash: The quarter-final between Lucy Turmel (Eng) and Joelle King (NZ) has got a bit of needle to it and Turmel has been vocally contesting some of the calls. King held game ball for ages but Turmel managed to bring it back to 11-11. It is now 15-15, with Turmel having successfully defended 10 game balls.
Table tennis: If you missed it earlier, in the bronze medal match of the women’s team event, Australia had too much for Wales.
The final, which sees top seeds Singapore hoping to go one better than 2018 and to upgrade their silver to a gold, has started, and the’ve got off to a winning start 3-1 in the first doubles match.
The second match will be a singles match, pitching Feng Tianwei of Singapore against Alice Chang Li Sian of Malaysia.
Women’s hockey: Scotland now lead Kenya 9-0 after three quarters of their pool match.
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Squash: This morning’s squash session has got underway, because there weren’t already enough sports happening for me to follow. The show court has the women’s singles quarter-final. Joelle King of New Zealand against England’s Lucy Turmel. It is close so far at 9-9, but Turmel has just been given a conduct warning.
Judo: There is an awful lot of judo knock-out contests going on this morning, but we don’t get into the medal matches until the evening session, when the men’s -60kg and -66kg finals are, along with the -48kg, -52kg and -57kg finals for the women. That session starts at 5pm.
Georgios Balarjishvili for Cyprus is the first person with a berth in the -66kg men’s final. He defeated Scotland’s Alexander Short in his semi-final, so Short will now have a chance for a bronze medal.
Badminton: It is Malaysia who have won the second mixed doubles game in the mixed team event, to level that 1-1 with England. That goes to a third and deciding game now.
Women’s hockey: Scotland have eased up a bit against Kenya, only adding one goal in the second quarter, so they lead 7-0 at the halfway point.
Gold in men's 81kg weightlifting for England's Chris Murray!
Men’s 81kg weightlifting: England’s Chris Murray set a Commonwealth Games record of a combined 326kg to go into first place, then Kyle Bruce of Australia tried to beat it. It wasn’t the cleanest of lifts, and the judges wanted a replay – then failed it. Bruce appealed – unsuccessfully.
Nicolas Vachon of Canada then had the last lift – he put 7kg on the bar, when he only needed 6kg for gold. An inexplicable decision. He dropped the bar behind him after a wonderful lift, so it is no lift.
Gold for England! Silver for Australia! Bronze for Canada! Confusion for me!
(I also feel like Team England may have been casting aspersions on my weightlifting expertise on Twitter.)
Anyone else have someone with them who is suddenly an expert in weightlifting!?
— Team England (@TeamEngland) August 1, 2022
COME ON CHRIS MURRAY!!!#BringItHome
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Men’s 81kg weightlifting: This contest has got to the sharp end and in contention for the medals are Chris Murray of England, Kyle Bruce of Australia, Ajay Singh of India and Nicolas Vachon of Canada. Singh is ahead on 319, Murray and Bruce are tied on 318.
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Women’s hockey: Scotland are leading Kenya 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Kenyans have previously been beaten 16-0 by New Zealand and 8-0 by Australia at these games, so you fear for them here again.
Badminton: I’m going to confess I’m not a Badminton expert, but I do know that England have just won the opening game in the mixed doubles in the semi-final of the mixed team event against Malaysia. Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith beat Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See 21-12. They’ve started the second game now.
Women’s hockey: Earlier in Pool A, Wales’ women won their first match of the group stages, with a 4-0 win over Ghana.
A brilliant 4-0 win for our Hockey Women against Ghana!
— Team Wales 🏴 Tîm Cymru (@TeamWales) August 1, 2022
Ymlaen i gêm hanfodol v Lloegr ar ddydd Iau. #TîmCymru | #TeamWales @HockeyWales pic.twitter.com/DlhzmdraC8
If you need a reminder of how it works, there are two pools of five teams in a round-robin format. The top two in each pool go through to semi-finals which are on Friday.
The Pool A standings are currently England and India tied on six points each after two matches, Canada and Wales both have three points, but Wales have played a match more than the Canadians. Canada play Ghana tomorrow at 11am, while England and India will play at 2pm in a match likely to decide who wins the group.
Women’s hockey: Scotland are playing Kenya and we are currently having a video referee referral. Scotland were already leading 1-0, when a goalbound shot was cleared off the line, but with the wrong side of the stick. The resultant penalty stroke has been converted, so Scotland now lead 2-0. And in fact Jennifer Eadie has just immediately made it 3-0 while I was typing that. There are nine minutes remaining in the first quarter.
Good morning, it is Martin Belam here. A curious beast, the Commonwealth Games, but one thing you can’t complain about is the sheer volume of sport going on. Give me a moment while I set up my 1,057 different iPlayer streams.
Thanks for joining me for the early stint. The good news for you is that Martin Belam is lined up to take you through the coming hours.
Peaty: “I didn’t even do a warm up, I wasn’t that bothered. I only had two hours sleep.
“I am going to have a strong winter, I haven’t had one in two years. I need to reset.
“People don’t appreciate it, why would they? Going through a five-year period as Olympic champion is pressure.”
Swimming: Peaty and Houlie finish in a dead heat. He looked in reasonable nick over the shorter difference but still plenty to do.
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Swimming: Here comes the men’s 50m breaststroke heats. James Wilby, the 100m champion, takes second in the fourth heat. Australia’s Grayson Bell speeds through in first.
Surely the loser should buy the dog ...
Men’s bowls: Wales and England shake hands. England looked in fine fettle and the Welsh could not keep up, resulting in a 15-5 victory.
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Some athletics news ...
Men’s bowls: It is 14-5 to England against Wales in the triples semi-final. The standard is incredibly high and the English seem to be edging every end at the moment to extend their lead. We are 15 ends down, can Wales get back into this?
Table tennis: Australia have seen off Wales in the women’s team bronze match opener 11-5 11-5 11-8.
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Beach volleyball: There might not be a beach in Birmingham but there will be some sand at Smithfield today and the teams will have the weather for it. It’ll be like the Copacabana come 7pm.
Men’s bowls: It is 10-5 to England against Wales in the triples after 12 ends in their semi-final.
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Swimming: Adam Peaty is back in the pool in the 50m breaststroke heats at 10.45am or so. He finished fourth in the 100m final yesterday so will be hoping to do better today.
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Men’s bowls: Tomlinson nails it with the final roll of the 10th end to earn three points for Wales to move the score on to 8-5. It’s a tense one.
Cycling: Some reaction to yesterday’s crash at VeloPark.
Men’s bowls: England are 7-2 up on Wales after eight ends in their triples semi-final. It is a pretty tight contest at Victoria Park in the sunshine.
Preamble
It is another action-packed day in Birmingham. We will have everything from hockey to weightlifting with a little bit of gymnastics thrown in for good measure.
There are medals up for grabs in all sorts of events, including bowls and cycling. Hopefully it will be a calmer day on the track after the dramatic crash which saw Matt Walls going over the side and into the crowd during a race, resulting in the curtailing of the session. Thankfully, he and everyone else seem to be all right.
Going into the evening we will have some pretty exciting swimming on our hands. We start with the 100m men’s freestyle final and conclude with the 4x200m relay of the same discipline, with plenty packed in between.
It should be another cracking day aided by some decent weather to boot in Birmingham.
