24/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Hayley and here on Newsround we have

:00:07. > :00:12.Going for gold - Team England claim their first

:00:13. > :00:24.And Mo Farah withdraws from the competition.

:00:25. > :00:26.It's only the first day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

:00:27. > :00:30.but team England have already bagged some gold medals.

:00:31. > :00:32.They won their first gold in the women's triathalon.

:00:33. > :00:35.Jodie Stimpson, who missed out on the London Olympics, sprinted

:00:36. > :00:40.ahead of everyone else to the finish and England's Vicky Holland took

:00:41. > :00:45.And in the men's triathalon the Brownlee brothers took first

:00:46. > :00:52.Older brother Alistair took gold and Jonathon claimed the silver medal.

:00:53. > :00:54.And England's Sophie Thornhill and pilot Helen Scott won

:00:55. > :00:57.the first ever para-cycling medal in the velodrome, taking

:00:58. > :01:03.Scotland just missed out on the top prize in that race

:01:04. > :01:05.but Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston claimed silver, which is the

:01:06. > :01:13.The other big story today is news that Mo Farah, England's double

:01:14. > :01:16.Olympic champion, has withdrawn from the games because of a stomach bug.

:01:17. > :01:19.Mo said it was a tough decision to make but his

:01:20. > :01:24.The 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic champ was set to

:01:25. > :01:29.He's decided to stay at his training camp in Southern

:01:30. > :01:36.France to prepare for the European Championships in Zurich next month.

:01:37. > :01:39.There's the biggest ever number of para-sports Medals to be won

:01:40. > :01:43.at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games - 22 up for grabs and for the first

:01:44. > :01:49.A couple of weeks ago Martin got a sneak preview of the velodrome

:01:50. > :01:52.and took along para-cycling fan Kieran, who also uses a wheelchair.

:01:53. > :01:55.And not only that but he also gave Kieran the surprise of his life

:01:56. > :01:58.by introducing him to his idol, Paralympic medallist David Weir.

:01:59. > :02:29.Argue -- I knew Kieran? Are you surprised to see me? Yes. This is

:02:30. > :02:33.really weird. Are you all right? Sorry to shock you. I knew you were

:02:34. > :02:41.my biggest fan so I thought I would come and say hello, as I am in

:02:42. > :02:48.Glasgow. This is amazing! I can't believe you kept this from the

:02:49. > :02:51.all-day! This is... Thank you so, so, so, so much!

:02:52. > :02:54.Well, you can hear more from Kieran on the Newsround website,

:02:55. > :02:59.he's written a diary of the day to tell us more about what