As the sprint is not part of the Rio programme, she will focus on the kilo at next year's World Championships in the Netherlands as she builds towards But will she partner Helen Scott, whom she joined forces with in Glasgow, or link up again with Rachel James, who represented Wales in Glasgow? His success in the pool, winning gold in the m individual medley, was every much as surprising as that of fellow Scot Ross Murdoch.
Regarded as a bit of a tearaway after being arrested for urinating on a police car in the United States earlier this year, the Edinburgh talent was almost excluded from the Scotland team for Glasgow Based in Florida, where he trains with US star Ryan Lochte, he vowed to use the "negative experience" to help him "grow as a person and as a swimmer".
He has certainly done that. The winner of races in a row as a junior, Williams has suffered an injury-ravaged two years. But the former World Junior m and m champion is starting to motor again and a silver in the m, albeit in the absence of the top Jamaicans, in a time that puts her second on the British all-time list, is a major fillip for the Welwyn Garden City sprinter, who has "Pain is temporary" and "Victory is forever" tattooed on her wrists.
The latest fresh-faced gymnast to emerge from Britain's conveyor belt. Still a junior, he said he was the happiest year-old in the world after winning gold in the high bar, adding to the team gold, parallel bars silver and all-around bronze he had won.
Max Whitlock, the Commonwealth all-around champion and Wilson's team-mate, has spoken highly of his compatriot: "He'll be pushing on our door soon. His skill level is very high for his age and in a couple of years' time he will be amazing. Northern Ireland also enjoyed amazing success in the boxing ring and on the bowls rinks at Kelvingrove, but their athletes are not included in this list as their fighters will compete for Ireland at the Rio Games while lawn bowls is not an Olympic sport.
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Manage notifications. Write For Us. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Glasgow began preparing for the Games, which features 18 sports across 11 days of competition, in , when it beat Nigeria's capital Abuja in the vote to stage the event. He said that London had set "a very high bar" when staging the Olympics but added: "It will be our task over the next 10 days to see if we can leap over that bar.
There will be some big names missing from the Games, though, because of a combination of injury, choice or other circumstances. Welsh hopes have taken a major hit in particular, following the loss of James, athlete Gareth Warburton, boxer Fred Evans and triathletes Non Stanford and Helen Jenkins.
Jamaica sprint star Usain Bolt, winner of the m and m at the past two Olympics, will be in Glasgow but says he will only run the relay after minor foot surgery and a hamstring injury.
Distance runner Mo Farah, a double Olympic champion, and diver Tom Daley, who won a bronze medal at London , will be in action too, while Sir Bradley Wiggins, winner of the Tour de France and Olympic gold in , will compete in the velodrome.
Scotland have several possible gold medallists, among them Jamieson and runner Eilidh Child, as they seek to better their medal haul the last time they held the Games, in Edinburgh in Team Scotland chef de mission Jon Doig said new national heroes would emerge during the next 12 days. Scotland is staging the Commonwealth Games for a third time, after Edinburgh played host in and Andreea Clapa , , , , , Sreeja Akula def.
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