Day 1 Commonwealth Games Sportsday

I'm Katherine Downes, welcome to Commonwealth Games Sportsday,

of all you need to know from day one in Glasgow.

Scotland celebrates as Hannah Miley clinches gold,

and there'd be more success for the host nation in the pool.

Alastair Brownlee adds Commonwealth Gold to his Olympic title,

his younger brother Jonny settles for silver.

Jodie Stimpson wins the women's event.

And we'll bring you the best of the international action,

plus some other things you might have missed.

here on the banks of the River Clyde.

We'll be here every night during the Games,

bringing you every home nations gold medal, and plenty more besides.

We start tonight in the pool, where Hannah Miley raised the roof

when she won the 400m individual medley.

And there was more Scottish success, young Ross Murdoch snatching a gold

that was supposed to go to the poster boy of the games,

Here's our chief sports correspondent, Dan Roan.

They had come to bask in what they hoped would be a golden night. To

sport, thousands flocking here to Glasgow's swimming venue with all

the expectation that comes with playing host. It would be great to

get the Games off to a fantastic start and win some medals. Who you

looking forward to seeing? Michael Jamieson and Hannah Miley. Can they

do it for Scotland? Definitely! They were not to be disappointed. Miley

overhauled England's Aimee Willmott in the final leg of a thrilling 400m

individual medley. Hannah Miley wins gold for Scotland! This is what it

meant to be 24-year-old's jubilant father and coach watching from the

stands. That is what the Glasgow crowd were so desperate to see, gold

for Hannah Miley, successful Team Scotland, helping to get these

Commonwealth Games off to a flying start. Miley had a new Games record,

but Scotland's night was about to get even better. Here in the pool

where he learned to swim, Michael Jamieson was firm favourites to win

a race he had waited seven years four, 200m breaststroke. But he was

beaten into silver by 20-year-old Ross Murdoch. Ross Murdoch is going

to dig gold for Scotland! A standard Jamieson could barely believe it,

and nor could the new British record holder. There is no way that just

happened, that was amazing. I didn't think I could do that, if I am

honest. I am so surprised, it has just happened! With that gold,

Scotland can celebrate the arrival of a new swimming sensation, and the

kind of night that host nations can only dream of.

So the pool for now belongs to Scotland.

But when it came to triathlon, England dominated.

Jodie Stimpson won the women's event with Vicky Holland taking bronze,

while Alistair Brownlee saw off his brother Jonny in the men's.

Here's our sports correspondent Natalie Pirks.

Official programmes! This weather has shocked even the locals, but it

is showing no signs of letting up. Sport and sunshine equals a happy

crowd, but with the Bradley brothers be as content with this challenging

course? -- Brownlee. Two laps around the loch and everything was calm,

and with the Spanish world champion missing, no surprises who were the

red-hot favourites. They dominated the podium in London, but Jonny

leads the rankings in the field. It is those two right in the mix at the

first transition. But Scotland's Marc Austin was not letting them out

of his sight. The 20-year-old revelled in the home crowd's cheers.

The Brownlees proved too strong, though, and nothing could separate

them at the final transition. The pleasantry stopped and a race

them at the final transition. The out, Alastair opening up a lead so

big he could afford to take his time, savouring the moment,

Commonwealth gold added to his long list of titles. This was my goal for

the season, it is all I wanted to do, really. Now I have done

everything, I don't know what to do, I might as well retire! Earlier in

the women's race the first gold of the games was up for grabs. After a

tactically cagey by C-section, Jodie Stimpson muscled their way into the

lead, and the others couldn't quite match up pace. -- bike section. This

is like all year, and I have got to thank so many people, they really

got me through, it is awesome. Compatriot Victoria Holland took

bronze. The smiles of spectators and athletes were as wide as the loch

they swam in. Over at the Exhibition Centre,

the Scottish sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks won two gold medals

in the space of an hour in the judo. In all, Scotland won six medals

in judo this evening. Elsewhere, there was delight

for England's Paralympic cyclists But disappointment for Sir Bradley

Wiggins in the team pursuit. I'm afraid we cannot bring you that

report at the moment, hopefully we will be able to come back to it

later. it wasn't the best day

for Sir Bradley Wiggins. at being left out of Team Sky

for the Tour de France, tonight he told

the BBC's Jill Douglas he'd become disillusioned

with road cycling. I have stopped enjoying the road, it

has become so political and so much red tape and things. I don't know,

really. The track feels much more like a family, a closer knit group

of people, where you have to work for each other. I don't know, the

road is quite cut-throat, really. As we have seen this year, really,

there is no loyalties in cycling, it is about the strongest guys winning

the bike race, and that is fantastic, it is a proven success,

really. But it is not necessarily the most enjoyable thing to do.

Some big news there from Sir Bradley Wiggins. Mo Farah will not feature

at these Games at all. He says he is not able to race and will focus on

regaining full fitness for the European Championships next month.

No Mo Farah to watch, then, but there are top athletes

from around the world here to do their thing.

Tim Hague takes look at the rest of the action,

and a few memorable moments you might have missed.

You wait four years for your chance at a major competition, gold is the

dream, and then you forget to pack your racket. A little bit amusing, I

think he has arrived without a racket! Not a great start for Xavier

Koenig in the squash, but a much better one for the South African

female hockey team, who put 16 past Trinidad and Tobago, and they are

not even favourites for gold. Their opponents did not have much luck in

the velodrome either, a big blow for Quincy Alexander, thanks to a blow

out. Fortunately, no such mishaps in the women's 48 kilograms

weightlifting. Sanjita Khumukcham secured India's first gold of the

games, and then her male compatriot got the second. The men's 56

kilograms event, he lifted a total of 248 kilograms. That is nearly 40

stone. No such weight on the shoulders of Australian swimmers,

though, three goals secured, including a special performance from

Para athlete Rowan Crothers. He broke his own world record in the S9

100m freestyle. This was just as impressive, back and forth for

nearly 30 seconds in the table tennis. What a rally! But for every

piece of genius, there is the odd calamity too. Take the rhythmic

gymnastics, for example. Oh, my goodness! That is sport for you,

highs and lows as we kiss goodbye to day one in Glasgow.

A pair of flowers of Scotland cut from the same branch. The Renicks

sisters became two of the faces of the Games on its first day. First to

the floor was Kimberley, the the Games on its first day. First to

and lighter sibling up against an Indian opponent. She took less than

a minute and a half to unleash judo's most decisive move. Ippon

scored! She has done it! But this sport is not always sudden. Louise

Renicks had a very different final against Kelly Edwards, settled by

slight mistakes, not big moments, but the result was another Renicks

gold. England emerged from the night with three golds, Ashley McKenzie

was first, his roommate matched him later, and Nekoda Davis got the best

of Stephanie Inglis, who took second. The hosts finished the judo

with six medals in all, while Northern Ireland forced their way

onto the podium too. Lisa Carney's bronze was the province's first

medal of the Games. Wales pick up theirs, leading the rhythmic

gymnastics until late on, but settling for silver. Track cycling

requires trust and cooperation, the kind of takes it to an extreme. It

is for blind and visually impaired athletes who have a guide. The final

was Scotland versus England, on the night it was red and white. Sophie

Thornhill guided to gold, Aileen McGlynn has silver, the first

Scottish cycling medal in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. England's

cycling knight never won Commonwealth gold, and Sir Bradley

Wiggins was in the market, but pursuit is no procession when you

are chasing the Australians. The start line was as close as they got

to them. Australia lost start line was as close as they got

halfway through but never lost the lead. A sensational time, a

Commonwealth Games record! Meanwhile, Wiggins and company look

to Rio. Jess Varnish will also be a force at the next Olympics if their

performance today is anything to go by. She put in a strong showing in

the 500 metres time trial, if not as strong as the fearless Anna Meares.

The Australian took gold and Games records in Melbourne, Delhi and now

Glasgow. Varnish finished with bronze, shoulder to shoulder with

the best. So it's been an action packed

day one. Let's see how the medal table

looks tonight. Team England are the early leaders

with 16 medals, six of them gold. Australia are in second place with

14, Team Scotland in third with 10 Wales are joint eighth, thanks to a

silver in the rhythmic gymnastics. While Northern Ireland are joint

10th, Lisa Kearney picked up their So that's all the action

from the various venues, but now it's time to take a look at all the

action on social media and find out what the crowds, and athletes, have

been making of the Games so far. Our Commonwealth Games reporter

Chris McLaughlin joins me now. As you can imagine, Twitter has been

absolutely buzzing since the start of the the Commonwealth Games. Let's

look at Sir Chris Hoy, he has been taking to Twitter today, saying some

great racing at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, congratulations to

Scotland's first medal winners, Aileen McGlynn and Louise Hazel on.

We have also heard from Greg Rutherford on the news that Mo Farah

will not be competing, he says, gutted to hear England have lost

another athlete and it is Mo, hoping for a speedy recovery for a national

treasure. Finally, Jayde Taylor, the Australian hockey player, it doesn't

get much better than this, just try to take a selfie, and Aluko photo

bond! She is good at it, a broad smile on her face! Those are the top

stories on social media this evening.

Let's take a look at the stories making tomorrow

On the back of the Times, they're celebrating England's

A great picture of Jodie Stimpson celebrating as she crosses

A bright moment in what they say has been a summer of discontent

The Mail continues on a similar theme, though

their back page stars Alastair Brownlee and Ashley McKenzie,

who struck gold in judo today, two of England's six gold medallists.

And this is the front page of tomorrow's Scotsman,

celebrating a great first day of the Games for Scotland.

Let me tell you, or four of the Scottish gold medallists are on the

front page. This is only day one, plenty more to come, what do we have

to look forward to tomorrow? Well, fantastic action in the velodrome,

Sir Chris Hoy tweeting about it. I have picked out an interesting race

tomorrow, the women's individual pursuit. England's Joanna Rowsell,

of course, was a medal winner at London 2012. She takes to the

individual pursuit tomorrow, that could be very interesting, because

she's up against Katie Archibald of Scotland, who only took to racing

around three or four years ago, very interesting, especially given the

Scotland-England need all that comes with that. That is one to watch

tomorrow. Anything else to flag up? Moving on from the Renicks sisters,

who did well for Scotland, very well for Scotland in the judo today, we

have Euan Burton, the flag bearer, his very last competitive event. He

is in the 75-81 kilograms, some time between six o'clock and eight

o'clock tomorrow night. He told me earlier in the week that he is

absolutely desperate to do well in front of the home crowd, so that is

one to watch. I have to ask you quickly, what is your highlight from

today? The highlight was Ross Murdoch, I mean no-one gave him a

chance, everyone was talking about Michael Jamieson, the poster boy.

His face, his tears at the end were just absolutely unbelievable, who

would have thought a 20-year-old that not many people had heard of

would come from behind and picked the poster boy? Chris, thank you

very much, a great opening day. That is all from Commonwealth Games

Sportsday, back tomorrow, same time, same place, and the home

nations will be hoping to build on the hard-fought victories of this

opening day. Good night for now.