0:00:29 > 0:00:31# Think about it
0:00:31 > 0:00:34# There must be a higher love
0:00:35 > 0:00:39# Down in the heart and in the stars above... #
0:00:39 > 0:00:46The host for the 2014 Commonwealth Games will be Glasgow.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48CHEERING
0:00:51 > 0:00:55# Things look so bad everywhere
0:00:56 > 0:01:00# In this whole world What's fair...? #
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Wells wins and Scotland gets the gold.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10# ..Falling behind in what could be
0:01:11 > 0:01:15# Bring me a higher love
0:01:17 > 0:01:20# Bring me a higher love
0:01:22 > 0:01:26# Bring me a higher love
0:01:27 > 0:01:32# Where's this higher love I've been thinking of? #
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Hello and welcome to this special edition of Sport XIV.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39You can feel the buzz around the city and the country.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43We're now just three days away from the start of Glasgow 2014.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46And the first chance for Scots to win medals
0:01:46 > 0:01:48will come at the men's Triathlon.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And for Hamilton native Grant Sheldon, it will be a bit special
0:01:52 > 0:01:55because he grew up just a stone's throw away from Strathclyde Park.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57I'm up on the first day.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00I guess it's a good thing, it gets it out of the way
0:02:00 > 0:02:04and then I just get to soak up the atmosphere without seeing
0:02:04 > 0:02:07anyone else do their event and just waiting and waiting.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11I can see how it would be good to get done first.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17I grew up in Hamilton, at the top of Hamilton,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Strathclyde Park's at the bottom.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Me and my family used to go for walks around it when I was little.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25And when I started triathlon training, I went out
0:02:25 > 0:02:30on my first bike rides around there, my first sort of training runs.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Yeah, so I know it pretty well
0:02:33 > 0:02:38and it will be pretty cool to race in the Commonwealth Games there.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41We've been down there recceing the place quite a few times.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43We know the course really well.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46And we've adjusted our training accordingly.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49It will also be good to have a lot of friends
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and family make the journey down...
0:02:52 > 0:02:55just for that, I need moral support.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00So, triathlon is swim, bike, run, in that order.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Swim 1,500m, 40km on the bike
0:03:04 > 0:03:06and then a 10km run.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09So it usually lasts just under two hours,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11so it's very much an endurance event.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15I've watched the Commonwealth Games since I was a little kid.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20It will be pretty cool to finally be a part of it and get in the mix.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Good luck to Grant, and there's plenty of other action to come
0:03:24 > 0:03:26in the opening two days.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Gyurta wins the gold and it's a fantastic silver medal
0:03:32 > 0:03:34for Great Britain and Michael Jamieson.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37In day one, the biggest interest could well be in the pool.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41And Michael Jamieson will be looking to go one better than silver
0:03:41 > 0:03:43in the final of the 200m breast stroke,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46but will face stiff competition from Ross Murdoch.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51While Hannah Miley will be defending her 400m medal title from Delhi.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55And Caitlin McClatchy looks to regain the 200m freestyle title
0:03:55 > 0:03:58she won in Melbourne eight years ago.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It's 12 years since judo was represented at the Games
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and John Buchanan is a survivor from that team.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08He competes in the 60 kilo weight category.
0:04:08 > 0:04:13While hopes are high for a medal from Connie Ramsay in the 57 kilo division.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18The men's singles squash gets underway at Scotstoun
0:04:18 > 0:04:19and runs until the 28th.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24Watch out for Scotland's Alan Clyne, Greg Lobban and Kevin Moran.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28While Scotstoun will also host the table tennis team competition
0:04:28 > 0:04:30which also runs until the 28th.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34Craig Howieson will be key to Scotland's hopes.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37In cycling, Aileen McGlenn
0:04:37 > 0:04:41and her pilot Louise Haston will be in action in the sprint tandem event.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Big things will be expected of Katie Archibald
0:04:44 > 0:04:46in the 500m time trial.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48While Mark Stewart will be a key member
0:04:48 > 0:04:51of the 4,000m pursuit team.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58The Hydro hosts the boxing, which begins on day two.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03First up for Scotland are Lewis Benson, Joe Ham, Ross Henderson,
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Reece McFadden, Stephen Lavelle and Scott Forrest.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15At the velodrome, Paralympic star Neil Fachie and pilot Craig McLean
0:05:15 > 0:05:19will be hard to beat in the 1km tandem time trial.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22While Charline Joiner will be one of four Scots
0:05:22 > 0:05:25going for gold in the 3K individual pursuit.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30The pool matches in the hockey competition get under way at Glasgow Green.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33The men will be relying on the goals of Kenny Bain
0:05:33 > 0:05:36in their opener against South Africa.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40While the women begin their campaign against Malaysia.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Over at the Barry Buddon shooting centre,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Sian Bruce will be aiming for glory in the skeet competition.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51Day two of the judo, and 2002 silver medallist Sarah Clark
0:05:51 > 0:05:53will be rolling back the years.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56While Scottish hopes also rest on Patrick Dawson
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and Olympian Sally Conway.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04It's gone to Robbie Renwick.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Robbie Renwick of Scotland wins the men's 200m freestyle
0:06:07 > 0:06:08at the Commonwealth Games.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Back at the pool,
0:06:10 > 0:06:15Robbie Renwick will be defending his 200m freestyle title.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And on day three, we'll see something unique in sport
0:06:18 > 0:06:21as two sisters battle it out for the gold medal.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Shooter Jen Macintosh, whose father Donald is the team manager
0:06:24 > 0:06:27and mum Shirley, a Commonwealth champion,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30is being joined on the range by younger sister Seonaid.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Chris McLaughlin has been to meet them both.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43How much different do you think these Games will be,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45given the fact it's a home Games?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48How much extra pressure do you think that brings on you?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50In some ways it brings extra pressure.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54You know, like the expectation, the awareness and everything.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56I suppose that's something that comes with being a shooter,
0:06:56 > 0:06:58that cool, calm, collected...
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I'm pretty good at being cool and calm and collected
0:07:01 > 0:07:06when I need to be, but it's generally not a core value of my personality,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I would have thought.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12How does it feel to be part of such an illustrious shooting family?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Yes, it's absolutely fantastic.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17There's a huge wealth of experience and knowledge here.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19It's great to be able to draw on that
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and also pass it on to the wee yin.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The wee yin, she's calling you.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- You've got a lot to live up to, haven't you?- Kind of, I guess.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Other people would see it that way, I don't really,
0:07:31 > 0:07:32it's just something I do.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36When you put your heads on your pillow at night thinking of Glasgow
0:07:36 > 0:07:40and the Commonwealth Games, is there one thing that keeps popping up?
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I think standing on the podium, but not by myself,
0:07:43 > 0:07:47with her standing next to me, hopefully down a step.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51You know, at the Commonwealth Games, she's just another athlete
0:07:51 > 0:07:56and I need to separate that and just focus on myself and, you know,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59just treat her like I would any other athlete.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Talk me through the dream, the Commonwealth dream.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Just...it's been one of those things, I've always been...
0:08:09 > 0:08:11always been around Commonwealth Games.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15My mum won her first medal in 1994, so I was three years old.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19I guess I just always wanted to be like...be like her
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and win medals like her and be successful like her
0:08:22 > 0:08:26and now it's kind of about personal pride, more than family pride.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Elsewhere on day three...
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Boxing continues on day three with Charlie Flynn, Aqeel Ahmed
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and Kieran Smith in action.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45But the star Scottish attraction will be
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Delhi's silver medallist, Josh Taylor.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But in a split second Euan Burton's been thrown.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55More judo, and the nation will have everything
0:08:55 > 0:08:59crossed for Euan Burton after his London 2012 heartbreak.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Also in action, Chris Sherrington, Matt Purssey and Sarah Adlington.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08The Rugby Sevens competition begins at Ibrox.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10First up for Scotland will be New Zealand.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13And in the pool,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17the 100m breast stroke final could be a race not to be missed
0:09:17 > 0:09:19with Michael Jamieson, Craig Benson
0:09:19 > 0:09:23and Ross Murdoch all in contention for gold.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Sophie Smith will be the first Scottish weightlifter
0:09:26 > 0:09:31in action at Glasgow 2014 when she competes at the Clyde Auditorium.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33And the netball competition gets under way
0:09:33 > 0:09:35at the Hydro as the Scottish Thistles
0:09:35 > 0:09:38take on New Zealand in their first preliminary match.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Athletics begins with the men's and women's marathon.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Scottish eyes will be trained on Derek Hawkins, Hayley Haining,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Joasia Zakrzewski and Susan Partridge.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57Jenny Davis, on the left, will be looking to improve her silver medal
0:09:57 > 0:10:00performance from Delhi in cycling's team sprint
0:10:00 > 0:10:03where she's paired with Eleanor Richardson.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05It's knockout time in the Rugby Sevens,
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and you can expect the mighty All Blacks to be feared
0:10:08 > 0:10:12and admired in equal measure, but could it be Scotland's day at Ibrox?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15And it weightlifting, Georgie Black,
0:10:15 > 0:10:20who has shed an incredible 15 kilos in two years, will take the stage.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Hopes are high for success in bowls,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27and in the women's singles final Caroline Brown could be in the mix.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33But look at Libby Clegg. Absolutely flying!
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Day five, and Hampden could see its first Scottish gold medal
0:10:37 > 0:10:41when Libby Clegg goes in the T12 100m.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44No Usain Bolt in the 100m,
0:10:44 > 0:10:48but England's James Dasaolu could cause a stir.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The team events in the artistic gymnastics get under way
0:10:51 > 0:10:55at the Hydro. Veteran Adam Cox will captain the home side,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58supported by Liam Davie and Frank Baines,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02as well as Olympians Daniels Purvis and Keatings.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04And the women are represented by Emma White,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06appearing in her third Games,
0:11:06 > 0:11:11Hannah Kennedy, Erin McLachlan, Carly Smith and Amy Regan.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14There they go! That's the victory dance! Yes!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16At Kelvingrove,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19don't be surprised to see Scottish pair Alex Marshall
0:11:19 > 0:11:23and Paul Foster in the shake-up for the men's pairs title,
0:11:23 > 0:11:26a prize they won eight years ago in Melbourne.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Jonathan Hammond won four medals last time out at Delhi,
0:11:31 > 0:11:35and will be hard stopped from retaining his 50m prone title.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The wrestling begins at Scotstoun, and first up for Scotland
0:11:40 > 0:11:46are the evergreen Robertson twins - Donna and Fiona, 45 years young.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Now, Hampden has seen
0:11:50 > 0:11:54so many special occasions in the history of Scottish sport, but maybe
0:11:54 > 0:11:58with athletics being hosted there it's about to write a new chapter.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59It got a taste of what's in store
0:11:59 > 0:12:02when the Diamond League came to town last weekend.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26A very warm and sunny welcome to Hampden Park in Glasgow
0:12:26 > 0:12:28for two days of top-class athletics.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Let's go live to our Commonwealth Games reporter Chris McLachlan who's
0:12:32 > 0:12:35there for us and, Chris, who are we expecting to see this evening?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Who are we expecting to see?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39The big favourite for the home fans, of course, Eilidh Child.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43She will go shortly in the 400m hurdles.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47Eilidh Child, one of the faces for Scotland of the Commonwealth Games.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Eilidh Child bringing them all home at the moment,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54and as she hits the home straight the noise will swell again
0:12:54 > 0:12:57inside Hamden, because it's Eilidh Child, the Scot,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01who's bringing them home into the sunshine towards the final barrier
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and towards the line now. This is a very impressive victory.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07How is the time? 54:39.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Here in front of your home crowd and just before the Commonwealth Games.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13A season's best. Perfect timing.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17Yeah, that was technically my best race this season.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Just to have the crowd cheering, and it's only half full.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Such an amazing atmosphere and it really got me
0:13:24 > 0:13:25fired up for Glasgow now.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Now Libby Clegg is going to be in lane four.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Mikhail is going to be running with her.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Libby Clegg gets away really well alongside Hayes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Look at Mueller-Rottgard!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Comes through for the win. Wow! 12:29!
0:13:55 > 0:13:57A season's best for Libby Clegg,
0:13:57 > 0:13:59so improving all the time, coming into good form.
0:13:59 > 0:14:0112.4, in third place.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Let's talk women's Steeple Chase,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05and Eilish McColgan will be a crowd favourite.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08She's had a bumpy ride. Trained really well but struggled
0:14:08 > 0:14:10a little bit,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12and then had this issue with her heart palpitations,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14so she's not in the best of shape.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17She knows that, but she really wants to perform well here.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23This is a hard run today for Eilish.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33Nine minutes and 43 seconds she needs to claim a place in the British
0:14:33 > 0:14:35team at the European championships.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39She might be just outside, and she will, she's punching for the line,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42but I think she got there in around nine minutes and 44.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Agonisingly, she's missed to by about a second.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Chris O'Hare in the orange, and Chris actually the man who was
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Britain's number one last year.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56What a tremendous race. He had a bit of a hamstring twinge,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58they've come back superbly well.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Yeah, I've been kind of held together by tape the last few weeks,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06and I went for it and I tied it up, tied it up with 100 to go,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09but we've got a couple of weeks left and er...
0:15:09 > 0:15:12yeah, I'll be fit
0:15:12 > 0:15:14and healthy to work on some speed for the next couple of weeks.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17So the women's 800m here at Hampden.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22So much interest, so much intrigue around this race, Mike Costello.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Yes, there is, and we're expecting prominent performances
0:15:25 > 0:15:28here from two Scottish athletes - Laura Muir and Lynsey Sharp.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41And I thought Lynsey Sharp promised a lot.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43I think Lynsey Sharp in the Commonwealth Games is going
0:15:43 > 0:15:44to be one to contend with.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Laura Muir looked a little bit disappointed further down.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50What a cracking two days of action.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53We're back here for the Commonwealth Games in two weeks' time. Can't wait.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Can't wait. Can't wait.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Now, all 310 of our competitors are serving Scotland
0:15:59 > 0:16:01in a sporting context.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03But, for swimmer Martin Cremin,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08that extends to his role as a special constable in Police Scotland.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12The 1,500m swimmer gave our cameras a glimpse into his life
0:16:12 > 0:16:14as a law enforcer in Falkirk.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18My name is Martin Cremin.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21I work as a Special Constable based at the Forth Valley Division
0:16:21 > 0:16:22of Police Scotland.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26There's a nationwide campaign to target incidents of violence.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28Today we take part in Operation Tetra, which is
0:16:28 > 0:16:31in line with Police Scotland's initiative to keep people safe,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34and today we were essentially visiting violent offenders,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36trying to pick them up, take them off the streets,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40as well as visiting victims of crime and reassuring them.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43And also being a visible police presence in the area.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47We are off to try and get a hold of a guy that's wanted
0:16:47 > 0:16:50on a warrant for assault and a hate crime.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52It's no guarantee that he'll be there,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55but hopefully we'll get a result.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Can we come in and have a word with you?- Aye.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00We're here to speak to you in relation to an assault
0:17:00 > 0:17:02that took place at the weekend.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04Yeah, well, it was just an argument.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Er...er...regarding...
0:17:08 > 0:17:11something that somebody had done that same day.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14We're going to have to take you back to the police station,
0:17:14 > 0:17:16you'll have to come back with us, all right?
0:17:16 > 0:17:18The reason for that is you're going to have to be interviewed
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- so we can get your version of events.- Right, that's fine.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23You're not obliged to answer any further questions,
0:17:23 > 0:17:25but anything you do say, I will record.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28You've already given me all your details so we're good to go.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32We're heading up to Falkirk just now, we'll take you into the custody suite
0:17:32 > 0:17:34where you will speak to the custody sergeant.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35As I said to you earlier,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37we will have to keep hold of you...
0:17:46 > 0:17:48No-one wants to see us today.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51The problem with pursuing offenders that are wanted on apprehension
0:17:51 > 0:17:54warrants is that usually they do know that we're coming
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and they conveniently make themselves unavailable by maybe being
0:17:57 > 0:18:00out for the day, and we just tackle that by being a persistent presence,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02maybe chapping their door a couple of times each shift
0:18:02 > 0:18:04until we get a hold of these people.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Yeah, this is often quite frustrating cos you can suspect
0:18:07 > 0:18:09that there is someone in there and you have no means of
0:18:09 > 0:18:12actually getting into the premises to secure that person without
0:18:12 > 0:18:14being 100% sure that they are actually there.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Could you control that dog and bring it in here, please?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Policing has changed my perspective on society.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23You do get a real insight into how certain individuals live.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24It's quite humbling.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Every time you go out on shift you are definitely helping
0:18:26 > 0:18:29the community. Whether it be just by being a police presence,
0:18:29 > 0:18:32getting people off the street, reassurance visits...
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Yeah, it's definitely a rewarding thing to do.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41So tonight we saw me taking part in a land circuit, which just
0:18:41 > 0:18:44involved some really high intensity exercises and short rests.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47That kind of high intensity workout has been devised for me.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I lost my fitness last season just as I was beginning to
0:18:49 > 0:18:52get into racing time. That was a type of work I needed to be doing
0:18:52 > 0:18:54to get myself in shape and fast.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58It worked really well, so I've just maintained that within my programme.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I'm going to be representing Team Scotland
0:19:00 > 0:19:02in the 1,500m swimming event.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I think if I can push my PB down well below sub 1520,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08then I'll be in with a chance of making the final.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Watch out for Martin on day five...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15then, on day six...
0:19:15 > 0:19:19Laura Muir, the Glasgow student, takes the win!
0:19:19 > 0:19:23At Hampden, the final of the women's 1,500m should
0:19:23 > 0:19:27see new Scottish record-holder Laura Muir in the shake-up after
0:19:27 > 0:19:29her incredible season so far.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33While our three hammer stars, Chris Bennett, Mark Dry
0:19:33 > 0:19:37and Andy Frost could give the home crowd something to cheer about.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40The singles and doubles competition in badminton begins at Scotstoun.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43The pairings of Imogen Bankier and Kirsty Gilmour,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46and Robert Blair should be hard to beat,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51while Gilmour in singles competition will be strongly favourite to medal.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Cathkin Braes hosts the mountain biking,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57and Kerry McPhee represents Scotland in the women's race.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00In squash, we turn our attention to the mixed doubles.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Alan Clyne and Franya Gillen-Butchert lead the charge,
0:20:03 > 0:20:06with Kevin Moran and Alex Clark.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Ross McFarlane and Brian Harper will be the Scottish wrestlers in action,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13while the star of Scottish weightlifting, Peter Kirkbride,
0:20:13 > 0:20:17could go one better than the silver medal he won in 2010.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Men's high jump final, and should they qualify from the heats,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27David Smith, Alan Smith and Raymond Bobrownicki
0:20:27 > 0:20:29will be the Scottish interest.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33Last year's UK champion Emma Nuttall will be in action as the women's
0:20:33 > 0:20:34competition gets under way.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38Rachel Mackenzie and Jayne Nisbet also compete.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41The qualifying rounds of the women's long jump will see Scottish
0:20:41 > 0:20:43record-holder Jade Nimmo
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and UK championship bronze medallist Sarah Warnock in action.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52The women's steeplechase features Lennie Waite and Eilish McColgan,
0:20:52 > 0:20:57and how she'd love to win gold like her mum did in 1986 and '90.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Continuing the family tradition, this time in diving.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04James Heatly follows on from grandfather Sir Peter Heatly
0:21:04 > 0:21:08who won three Commonwealth gold medals in the sport.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11The biggest day of wrestling yet - Jayne Clason and Sarah Jones
0:21:11 > 0:21:15and Viorel Etko will be Scotland's big medal hopes.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19On day eight it will be the individual finals time
0:21:19 > 0:21:20in gymnastics.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25Daniel Purvis won bronze in the floor exercise at the 2010
0:21:25 > 0:21:29European Championships, but will be a danger in every discipline.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Likewise, Daniel Keating, who has pedigree in the pommel horse.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37He's been European Champion twice in the event.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Child wins - 55.59.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Back at Hampden, newly-crowned UK champion Eilidh Child
0:21:45 > 0:21:49will be a medal contender in the 400m hurdles,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52and on her day she could well pick up gold.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57The final of the T54 1,500m could feature
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Megan Dawson-Farrell and Samantha Kinghorn.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08And the final of the men's 800m may well feature Guy Learmonth.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10It's the finals of the women's triples in bowls,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13with the Scottish team led by Margaret Letham.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16A gold medallist in 1998,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20and appearing at her fifth Commonwealth Games.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Having the nation behind you should be an asset for most athletes,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26but for some it could be a burden,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29and that is where our next guest comes in.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32He's Misha Botting, he's a former ballet dancer
0:22:32 > 0:22:35and now psychologist with the SportScotland Institute of Sport,
0:22:35 > 0:22:39and he's on board with Team Scotland to make sure our athletes
0:22:39 > 0:22:40perform on the big stage.
0:22:43 > 0:22:48I trained in Moscow Ballet Academy for ten years,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51and then I performed in Moscow professionally for five years
0:22:51 > 0:22:56before I came to Scottish Ballet, and I worked with Scottish Ballet
0:22:56 > 0:22:58for six years.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Accreditation as a sports psychologist,
0:23:00 > 0:23:03and now I work with SportScotland Institute of Sport.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06I believe that there are much more similarities rather than
0:23:06 > 0:23:10differences between, say, ballet performance and a rugby match.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Everything else is pretty much the same in terms of tough preparation,
0:23:16 > 0:23:20in terms of choreography, and in rugby they call it tactics,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24audience there, the stage, the lights, the costumes.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29Fundamentally, it is very, very similar type of activity,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32and that's why me being sport psychologist with a ballet
0:23:32 > 0:23:34background, I understand very well.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Not only in performance, not only performing on big stages,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40but also bouncing back from injuries,
0:23:40 > 0:23:43and indeed bouncing back from making errors.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47This very much was my background, and that's why
0:23:47 > 0:23:52I transfer this experience and knowledge in my work day to day.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58The key message is that we perform as a Scottish national team
0:23:58 > 0:24:01on home soil, and that is very important for us
0:24:01 > 0:24:04to feel that the crowd, the supporters,
0:24:04 > 0:24:08the nation is behind us, and it works for us rather than against us.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12We perform on home soil with a home crowd behind us.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14This is a great experience.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Control the controllables.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19It can be boiled down to three little things,
0:24:19 > 0:24:24and that is what athletes can do, what they think an what they feel.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27These three elements are under their control,
0:24:27 > 0:24:32and therefore everything else has to build around that and focus
0:24:32 > 0:24:35on their performance, on their optimum performance, is the key.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42The final three days should see plenty of excitement.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45She's got this one easily. That's a great way for the Scot.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The British champion. Well done, Lynsey Sharp.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Day nine and the final of the women's 800m should be a cracker.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Lynsey Sharp, who's been in terrific form of late, should be there,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57and perhaps, too, Laura Muir,
0:24:57 > 0:25:01who could be eyeing a second medal of the games by that stage.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04Emily Dudgeon also competes at that distance.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Three Scottish representatives are in the men's 10,000m -
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Andrew Lemoncello will be accompanied by Callum Hawkins and Luke Caldwell.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16At the Royal Commonwealth Pool, Grace Reid goes in the springboard final.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20And it's classification match time in hockey.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Will Scotland's men and women still be involved?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Final day of track and field, it's the women's pole vault final,
0:25:30 > 0:25:35and Scotland's sole representative in that event is Henrietta Paxton.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Langat's going to take the gold, Hamblin the silver,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Twell the bronze for Scotland.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Steph Twell, a bronze medallist in the 1,500m in Delhi,
0:25:44 > 0:25:49goes in the 5,000m, along with Laura Whittle and Elizabeth Porter.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52No doubt about our winner - Chris O'Hare!
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The men's 1,500m should feature last year's British champion
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Chris O'Hare. And when so many feared he wouldn't come,
0:25:58 > 0:26:03the final of the men's 100m relay will almost certainly see the fastest
0:26:03 > 0:26:08man in history, Usain Bolt, earning his first ever Commonwealth medal.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12In powerlifting, Afghanistan veteran
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and double-leg amputee Micky Yule will be in action.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18If he can lift his target of 190 kilos,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21then a medal may well be within grasp.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25And the boxing finals will take place with the home crowd hoping
0:26:25 > 0:26:27that Josh Taylor's tears of disappointment
0:26:27 > 0:26:30from 2010 will be tears of joy this time around.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37The final day of Glasgow 2014, and there could be medals in the offing
0:26:37 > 0:26:40at Scotstoun as the badminton and squash competitions
0:26:40 > 0:26:42reach their conclusion.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43And in cycling,
0:26:43 > 0:26:46the women's road race should see a strong Scotland team led by,
0:26:46 > 0:26:52from left to right, Katie Archibald, Eileen Roe and Charline Joiner.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56England's Olympic medallist Lizzie Armitstead will be hard to beat.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00In the men's events, David Millar will be out to defend the gold
0:27:00 > 0:27:04he won in Delhi four years ago, and while injury has ruled out
0:27:04 > 0:27:09Mark Cavendish, Sir Bradley Wiggins will still be a star attraction.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12It seems a long way away, doesn't it?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14But the curtain will come down and the baton will be
0:27:14 > 0:27:16passed on to the Gold Coast City.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19The next two weeks will be historic for the athletes
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and for the country, and we wish them well.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25From me and the Sport '14 team - enjoy the Games.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33In life...
0:27:33 > 0:27:35..you have two names.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37The one you were given when you were born...
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Eilidh Child.- Lynsey Sharp.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41..and the one you go and make for yourself.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- Lynsey Sharp!- Laura Muir!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- McColgan!- Eilish McColgan!
0:27:46 > 0:27:49We've sacrificed.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51We've suffered.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52And we've lost.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57But we have never been beaten.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Pain lives long in the memory.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06I've let my mum and dad and my brother down.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10But success?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12One moment of brilliance.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Success is the motto.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16What a great moment for the host nation.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19He has done it! He has done it!
0:28:22 > 0:28:24The eyes of the world have fallen on Scotland.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- They will be watching. - And we will be ready.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Because this is our moment.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35And it's yours.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Be the difference.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43Be the difference.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46Be the difference.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51And Scotland get the gold!
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Power.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Passion.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Scotland.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Power.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04She'll remember this day.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05Passion.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Scotland.