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Key events
At the pool now, and into the 50m freestyle heats for the men.
The bowls is underway, too, with Scotland’s Jason Banks, in natty shorts, taking on Fiji’s Rajnesh Prasad, who beat the Englishman, Sam Tolchard, on Thursday. Prasad is playing well here, too, having won the first set 6-2.
Final score: Scotland 44-74 New Zealand. The Kiwi team looked very strong though the Scots put in a decent display. Plenty of appreciation from the crowd at the Hydro.
In the netball, New Zealand are headed for victory over Scotland. In the fourth quarter, it’s 63-40, with time running out.
Sean Ingle has been enjoying his time so far in Glasgow.
But do you know what? Despite these initial teething problems, and a fair number of empty seats, it didn’t matter. These Games might be “reimagined” – which is management speak for “made smaller”. But, as the first full day of action showed, they retain plenty of soul and glow.
The soul? That was provided by the Botswanan lawn bowler Diza Mphotho, who delighted the crowd at the indoor SEC arena with his bucket hat and languid style, even if he ended up being on the reverse of a 10-3, 16-1 thrashing by Guernsey’s Jason Greenslade.
More action from Tollcross to follow but here’s the news from the pool.
To make Scott’s victory even sweeter, he also broke the Commonwealth record. No wonder he lifted his arms up in the air and started to pound his chest like a silverback after leaving the pool. “I was a wee bit nervous before that,” he said. “Being one of the senior members of the team, the onus is kind of me. Those boys made it tough.”
The big news on Friday in Glasgow was this incident.
After initially lying motionless, Langton responded to medical staff, moving his legs and later his hands. A dozen medical personnel carefully stabilised the England gymnast before lifting him on to a stretcher about 11 minutes after the fall. He was applauded by the crowd as he was taken from the competition floor.
Preamble
Good morning. The track and field is yet to start so we get underway with bowls, netball, 3x3 basketball and boxing. And there’s action from the pool, where later on, Adam Ramsay-Peaty – or is it Adam Peaty-Ramsay? – defends his title in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke.
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