Day 1 Tonight at the Games

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your posts for tonight, Clare

Balding and Mark Chapman! -- hosts.

Wow! What a welcome! This is

unbelievable, hello, welcome, this is Today At The Games, for the whole

of the Commonwealth Games we will be based here with our studio audience

in the BBC studios at Pacific tea. So nice to see so many smiling

faces, clearly many of you have taken the son! It sounds great,

thanks to our live band, the Veneration. -- the Federation. Do

you do that every time? If she says the Federation, you do it again, do

you? Does she have that power? Ladies and gentlemen, our studio

band, the Federation! Oh, it is very good! Thank you! At least we know

who the bosses in this studio for the next few nights. Listen, we have

got a great show coming up swimming, triathlon after the opening day.

Wiggo was back on the track at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. An

unbelievable day for the judo players as well. You can see that

Clyde has been thrown a few times by the successful judokas, he is

feeling the pain, and we have the world triathlon Stanford, two record

breakers, Sir Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington. -- the world triathlon

champion, Non Stanford. You can get involved on Twitter and social

media, it is on the screen, #TonightAtTheGames, it doesn't leave

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with any questions for our medallists or guests, we will

with any questions for our medallists or guests, we try to put

them to you. Let's get on with rounding up everything that has

happened today. The first medals were won in the triathlon, the

women's and men's competitions, and we sent down our very own Katherine

Grainger to report. I am here at Strathclyde Country

Park about 40 miles south-east of Glasgow city centre, a place I am

very familiar with, the home of Scottish rowing. For today it has

been transformed into a venue for the Commonwealth triathlon. It is

fair to say that this is one to watch. Take your marks... Lucy

Holland, Jodie Stimpson lead them out of the water. 1500 metres from

the course, what a fantastic start for Team England. Lucy Hall having a

bit of a go. If she has got any chance of getting into the medals,

she has got to ride hard. The other group slightly taken aback by that

audacious move. The athletes are coming in now, the second last lap

of the bike ride, there is a 32nd gap, but the whole group as eaten it

back up again. Jodie Stimpson is in that group. Vicky Holland is making

a break for it. She is first to come off the line. Three appear to be

struggling, one of them is Lucy Hall, one of the New Zealanders as

well unable to match the early pace injected by Jodie Stimpson. Stimpson

keeps focus in front. And Stimpson appears to be moving it up yet

another gear. Onto the final stages of the Commonwealth Games

triathlon, and Stimpson is in first position for England! What an

amazing, rapturous ovation for Jodie Stimpson, the first-ever English

Commonwealth champion for triathlon. She missed out at the London

Olympics, she has made up for it in spades, a stunning performance. All

my family are there, it means so much, it is so many people's medal,

they are all here today, it is awesome. Did you think it could be

your title? That is the role for my coach, you have a check list, and if

you check the list, you are people in front at the start, and at the

finish line if you have done a good job, I checked off my list and

finished on top of it, so yeah, it is awesome! After the women's race,

all eyes were on the brilliant Brownlee brothers. They are happy to

be in the cool waters of the loch here, and the pace is significant,

with every swimmer taking his turn at the start. Along with the

Brownlee brothers, a couple of Scottish athletes, coming out of the

water in front. The South African leading out of the water, but in

transition a familiar story as Jonny and Alistair were right alongside.

One athletes down. Is that Schoeman? Yes, it was, and then there were

three. There has been another break at the front, Marc Austin has been

dropped by the Brownlee brothers, disappointment for the Scottish

crowd. All going to plan for the brothers from Yorkshire, leading the

way in. All to play for in the run. Alistair has had another kick away

from his younger brother, and this one is unmatched at the moment. A

flight in each and for Alistair Brownlee, and it will be an English

triathlon double. -- a flag in each hand. Alistair said this was his one

goal this year, and he delivered in style. We have so much time at the

end that he managed to grab English and Yorkshire flags. This was the

one left in the set of unfinished titles, so it is fantastic, I am

really pleased. Pretty impressive, two gold medals,

a silver and bronze, who was there? You were there! I was at the

triathlon today, can you tell?! No, you have got so much powder on! Non

Stanford was there, the reigning world champion, very disappointing

you weren't competing, but what a spectacle to watch and enjoy. It was

absolutely amazing, and I was devastated not to be able to race,

but to be part of it and experienced the atmosphere was fantastic. What a

day, England already had four medals, and I train with a lot of

those guys, and it was really quite emotional watching them do so well.

We can look at the finish of the women's race the first gold medal of

the Games to Jodie Stimpson. Vicky Holland did really well, you know

her well. And this last bit, I mean, she kept going, whereas we saw in

Alistair Brownlee's race, he stopped, he could walk over the

line, but Jodie Stimpson is going for it. She fights in every race

through Jodie Stimpson style, fantastic to watch. I arrived after

the women's race had finished, and I went to talk to Vicky Holland,

expecting her to be shattered and wanting to relax, but she was still

incredibly pumped up, timing the men's transitions. She still wanted

to immerse herself in it. She was on cloud nine, riding on the crest of

that, a massive breakthrough race for oh, absolutely over the moon. I

was more emotional watching her wind and when I won the World

Championships. And what about the Brownlee brothers? They are in a

class of their own, they absolutely destroyed that field today, and it

was classic Alistair Brownlee, and it is great to see him back there.

That is how we love to see him race, he is so dominant, and Jonny was

pretty impressive at the finish line, absolutely spent on the floor,

covered in ice. They put themselves to the limit. I asked Jonny what

Alistair had said to him, and he said, we smashed it, I know it

sounds ridiculous when they are brothers, but they see themselves as

a team, even when one wins and the other finishes second. Without a

doubt, they do all that training together, they have grown up

together doing that, and every race they work together, and that is why

they are so successful at the end of the day. Two of them always have

someone to rely on. We had a strange situation where we were talking to

Alistair, Jonny was lying on the floor between us, getting the ice

and water treatment, because he was so hot. It is not as hot in here but

it was boiling! Good to see him doing the interview with Gary

Lineker, talking about the team competition, what a strong line-up

for Saturday. At 12:30, England are going to run away with it, barring

anything happening. I think they are definitely be clear favourites, two

goals, a silver and a bronze between them. I would put my money on them,

for sure! You won't get great odds! Thank you for coming to talk to us,

we will talk to you on Saturday as well. Everybody thought that the

first Scottish gold medals were going to come in the pool this

evening. That was where a lot of people were going to focus their

attention. Well, judo got there first.

Well, I have heard from a reliable source that she is absolutely a

firestarter! She has done it! That is it! A

standing ovation for the crowd, they have got their first gold medal in

Scotland. Can they do the double, her and her sister?! Louise Renicks

will be hoping that she can emulate her sister, it is going to be a bit

of a catfight, I think, this. I think she's Mells blood. This is

going to go to a golden score. We have got another one, this will be

interesting. Renicks gets the gold, second gold for the Renicks sisters.

I love this look of determination from these girls, they are in it to

win it. There it is, waza-ari scored. Now down onto the tatami.

She just needs to hold for 15 seconds. Unless she can bend

herself, I cannot see it getting out of that. She won't do. Nekoda Davis

looking for it all the time. She wins it.

Here we go, the final of the under 60 kilograms category. Oh! That is a

waza-ari scored. I think the referee was halfway... Yes, he does not

know! Waza-ari, for sure. It cannot be a ippon. Ashley McKenzie wins the

gold. Colin Oates going for the

Commonwealth gold medal. Can he be stopped? Oh! That is going to be it,

yuko scored. It is all over, Colin Oates, transition absolutely superb.

So that is what happened. When the first gold-medal was won, we

thought, we would get the judo gold medallist in. We have ended up with

five of them, we need a very wide red carpet, please go mad, we are

bringing them all on together, please welcome Kimberley Renicks,

Louise Renicks, Ashley McKenzie, Colin Oates and Nekoda Davis!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE even give them all a Mike! What a

day for judo. Kimberly and Louise, I am going to start with you. You two

are sisters. Presumably, you started not fighting with each other when

you were younger, that would sound wrong, but actually wanting to be

judokas? I was four and she was 11. Our dad ran a club. I was dragged

along. There was some playful fighting in the house. Then it

transferred over. We started getting results and it took off from there.

How did it feel today to win a gold medal in front of your home crowd?

The crowd was just behind you so much. Did you go to bed last night

thinking, I could win Scotland's first gold medal? Yes, it was one of

the once, we had a look at the draw for the finals. We worked out judo

would be the first final for the finals. We worked out judo

would be the first and if I got the final then I would get the first

medal. What has dad said? He's really proud. They are already

emotional and they said we could do it. You rounded everything off,

didn't you? Does it increase the pressure or do not even know? MA do

joke before the final started, that we all came together and said, what

if we all get to the final. I said, it will be really funny for the

person going last. And then I worked it out that I would be last. I said,

if I get that far, I have got to win gold. This for you works nicely into

your readers cycle, is this part of the plan? Yes, I have kind of done a

block. I have done this and then I will be back into another training

block. This has fitted in quite perfect. It has given me the

confidence as well to finish off the rest of the year. When we talk

pressure, do you feel pressure, did you feel pressure going into it,

Colin? You were the favourite. It is a different kind of pressure. In my

weight category, I am ranked quite highly in the world. Sometimes, you

are under pressure because it is the major tournaments and this is more

an expectation. There is a lot of expectation for myself and Ashley as

well. It is sometimes quite tough to cope with that. We do some work with

some guys and there is a good amount of support to help us cope. Ashley,

who was it that got you started on the judo route? There is a little

story. You are allowed to tell it! We are all here. I was hoping

Pok?mon cards with a guy on the street and he took it off me and did

not give it back. I said, what is going on here and I got Lampert. I

said, this is not working. So I went home and judo came up. I went to the

judo club and there he was with my card flashing it. I said, that is my

card. He was helping me for my gradings and I am here today. What

has happened to him now? He's still my friend. He is up there. When you

won, you ripped your abs and pointed to your six-pack. I meant to point

to the England badge. Oh, yes! When you have a six-pack, it is difficult

to know. Nobody is going to believe that. I am going to find the people

in the audience who know our girls very well. We have a brother and a

boyfriend of Kim and Louise Renicks. Where are we? You are at the bar,

that is a surprise! First things first, otherwise this could be a

very embarrassing conversation, which one is brother and which one

is boyfriend? Tom is the brother and Andy the boyfriend. The obvious

question is, did they throw you around as well? They tried to but

always failed! Are you in judo as well? No. You No Wade e-fit in the

age range? I'm in the middle. Louise is the big sister and Kim is the

younger sister. Where you nervous? When Kimberly won her fight, I was

really nervous and then I could not eat my lunch because I was so

nervous. Did you have problems with your food as well? I do not normally

leave a sandwich but I did. Can you explain what you felt when you were

watching? It was nerves but when they got it it was massive pride.

They have worked so hard for what they have got. When Louise got on

the podium, the smile on her face, that is the last two years of hard

work. It was brilliant, really good. So glad it worked out for you. They

may have struggled to eat but they do not seem to have had problems

drinking will stop funny that! Ladies and gentlemen, our gold medal

winning judokas from England and Scotland.

Meanwhile, there was history to be made and records to be broken at the

Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome and at the centre of it all was Jill Douglas.

This was the hottest ticket in town two years ago in London and it is no

different in Glasgow. Everyone wants a seat in the theatre of dreams. No

Sir Chris Hoy racing in the velodrome that has his name. But the

Bradley Wiggins was back racing in the team pursuit for England.

And away they go, let battle commence! 11 laps to go now and

England are 1.5 seconds behind. They need to claw their way back into

this. You get a feeling it will take a mammoth effort from Wiggins Clancy

to do so. Still two seconds a gap. Edmondson round the banking for one

final time. Into the finishing straight. This will be a decisive

win for Australia. It is a sensational time! We thought they

had got more in the tank and my word, they had. It is a Commonwealth

Games record. So Bradley Wiggins and England have to settle for silver.

You cannot win all the time. Four weeks ago we sat in a room for the

first time and we'll said, where do you think we're and where can we get

in Glasgow? We have had limited preparation. We will look back on

two years with medals around our neck and say, this was a start point

for us all. That is what it is all about.

In the 500 metres women's time trial, Australia's Queen of the

track, Anna Meares was making history.

Will she cling onto gold? Here comes Anna Meares over the line. It is a

games record. She wins gold for Australia, her fifth Commonwealth

Games gold in an illustrious career. England's Jess varnish picked up the

bronze medal and Steph Morton took silver but it was Anna Meares who

entered the record books. In the qualifiers for the men's team sprint

earlier in the day, England had set their stall out by breaking the

Commonwealth record. Their New Zealand showed they were also in the

mood for record-breaking. Gold for New Zealand. The Commonwealth Games

record has gone! What a fantastic opening day at the velodrome.

Commonwealth Games records tumbling. The pursuit team have picked up a

silver medal and they are already planning ahead for Rio.

That was not the end in the velodrome and we will come back to

that. Now let's get the views of an 11 time Paralympic champion and a

six time champion. Please welcome Sir Chris Hoy and Sarah Storey.

CHEERING That was nearly horrendous. There

were people falling over citys. There is an awful lot to talk about.

First, for my breakfast tomorrow, could you just open my jam, that

would be great! Your wife did tweet about it. She did. It was one of

those things, I was standing there last night. You have got a little

earpiece in. I thought I had done my job and it was over and then I heard

a voice saying, somebody help in! So I went in but I did not know what to

do. It was not as if I had the miracle instructions about how to

open the baton. As far as we are concerned, you solved the problem.

You are the go to man. In a crisis, you go to Chris Hoy. The other funny

thing that happened, that was worryingly funny, the other funny

thing was when you went to the velodrome named after you, what did

they do? It was this morning and it was a little bit blown out of

proportion. I came in and I had the path on but it was back to front. As

I walked through the doorway, a lady said, can I check your pass. Turned

it round, new go and I did not think any more about it. But somebody

behind me was with the BBC and they spotted it. They put it on Twitter.

Before you know it, it is in the papers. This poor woman was just

doing her job and she was accused of stopping me from coming into my

velodrome. Let's talk about cycling. Let's start with Anna Meares. The

third consecutive women's title and she has won medals at four

Commonwealth Games. She is an incredible woman. She's just a

legend. It was amazing to see her in that velodrome today, storming

around and winning again. There is an awful lot of stuff being talked

about so Bradley Wiggins but how difficult do think it has been for

him to go from road back to track? It is completely different. A

three-week grand tour and a four K pursuit, completely different. But

he has started on the track and it sounds like from his interviews

today he would like to wrap it up on the track as well. He gave a great

quote: I do not want to sound like Roy Hodgson but there were plenty of

positives. We are obviously disappointed but Rio is the goal for

this team and we are obviously disappointed but Rio is the goal for

this team and we're only that is the point.

Always with cycling, whether it is England, Scotland, Wales or Northern

Ireland, it is about recycling. It is but you have to remember this is

the Commonwealth Games, it is a massive event. Dashmack it is about

the cycling. They were quite upbeat about it. They were really quite

happy. They do not want to lose but they came second and it is a step

towards Rio. Tonight, they have a silver Commonwealth Games medal in

their hands and that is special. How pleased were you with the way they

rode? Records being broken left, right and centre. The crowds got

behind all the riders. That is nice when it is not just the home team. I

think tomorrow will be even better. But I say that because I am a

sprinter and I like to watch the sprinting. What, for each of you was

the performance on day one? For me, it is hard to look past Anna Meares.

The time she took out after the London Olympics and then she came

back to it, that is not easy to do. I think she did bury well. I would

pick that as my favourite. I think I would take the performance from the

English girls. Sophie Thornhill on the rear of the tandem, she is 18

years old. She goes to the same high school I went to last century! There

are amazing riders. Piloted by Helen Scott who has nearly won a gold

medal. Anna Meares was my second of the day, the first was Scotland

winning the tandem. APPLAUSE

. Commonwealth Games debut, and the

first event was the B tandem, where blind or partially sighted ride is

copied by a fully sighted ride, and it came down to a cross-border

battle, England and Scotland making it to best of three final where

Sophie Thornhill road with Helen Scott against Scotland's Aileen

McGlynn, former Paralympic I'm trial champion, and Louise Haston. The

first race went all the way to the line. -- time trial champion. 1-0,

England, could the Scots pushed it to a decider? Aileen McGlynn giving

it everything she has got, but Helen Scott and Sophie Thornhill at too

much speed for them, and it is gold for England, gold for world champion

Sophie Thornhill, piloted by Helen Scott.

England! A gold medal as well for England.

Please welcome Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston! Many congratulations.

Sophie, first off, talk us through how you felt today went. Well, it

went very well! Yeah, no, we came into it this morning, thinking we

have to be confident in our ability, trust in what we can do, and we went

through the processes. We looked to qualify first in the 200, that is

where you want to be in a competition like this, and it stood

us in good stead for the rest of the competition. Helen, were you happy

with the way everything was executed? I know you like the

detail, every top sports woman does. Definitely, the preparation has been

fantastic, we were putting in PBS macro in training. -- PBs. We are

often very critical, so I said, we had a little wobble, the pressure

was on me to keep us going in the right direction! But it all turned

out OK in the end. And it is slightly odd, isn't it, because

people have had to swap pilots for this? Yeah, you two won Paralympic

silver together, and yet because you split the home nations, you have to

change partners. It has been good, though, I have been riding with

Louise Fors seven months now, not a long time together, but we have

gelled really well, it has not been difficult. Does that put more

pressure on you? I have never been more petrified! Obviously, she has

got the experience, the biggest competition for me was the British

Championships with just a handful of people in the crowd. Did you sleep

last night? I did, for the first time ever. And how did she do?

Really good, she has not had a lot of sprinting experience, but really

pleased. This is the first time you have won the Scottish trip, raised

for Scotland. I have been competing for 12 years at international level,

this is the first time I have represented Scotland, so I am really

proud. I noticed on your Twitter profile, don't look scared, it is

not that bad! You said, if you could have chosen a name for yourself, you

would like to be called Beyonce. Who wouldn't?! You and me both,

honestly! Do you do a few Beyonce moves? Don't

worry! We have got a band here, you know! Just on a quick one, to all of

you, how much of a difference do you think it has made to have cycling as

an event that you can take part in in the Commonwealth Games? Oh, it

has been great, still have our sport on the same level as the able-bodied

guys, showing off that we are just as fast, we train just as hard, and

we put on a great show today, and hopefully we can build on that in

future games to come. Was the atmosphere more special than

anywhere else? Yeah, to have the Scottish support cheering us on was

immense, really pleased, I would like to thank everyone who came

along to the velodrome. I think everyone here would like to thank

you for terrific performances in winning gold and silver, thank you!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Some other stories from today, and

there was an India 1-2 in the women's 48 kilograms weightlifting.

The English athlete was fifth. The netball began with defeats for two

of the home nations, Northern Ireland lost against Malawi, Wales

Los Ticos the Australians, running out... Wales lost to the

Australians. South Africa thrashed Trinidad and Tobago 16-0, the second

biggest victory in Commonwealth history.

And one more thing to tell you is that India also won a gold medal in

the men's weightlifting. I was at the pool earlier, what a night of

action! Hannah Miley looking set for this

one. The start of the women's 400m individual medley. Well, it is

faster than Hannah Miley has ever gone out before. The crowd are going

nuts! She is looking to the left, the right, sorry, it looks like she

has got it. Well, let's not give it up yet, this is very tough, the

atmosphere is extraordinary, the Scottish team is on their feet, the

crowd is on their feet, no Scottish person has won a gold medal in the

swimming pool in Scotland! Hannah Miley is streaking away, a brilliant

swim, the British record is going to be... She has got the gold, she wins

gold for Scotland, what a start for the Commonwealth Games here in

Glasgow! This is a great race, a world-class

field, world-class 400m. Cochran is defending his title, I would be

really surprised if he gets it, but the momentum is with him. He is

coming back very fast, he is overtaking David McKeon on, he has

won it, just an incredible swim, absolutely brilliant! It wasn't even

close! What a test for this young lady,

18-year-old Siobhan-Marie Our Conor of England. -- Siobhan-Marie

O'Connor. She must have taken about half a metre off the Australian and

has kept going. It is all down to the last 20 metres. The rest of the

field coming back very fast, make the own of Australia is going to get

it, Siobhan-Marie oh, is coming back. -- Siobhan-Marie O'Connor.

What a great swim that is from her. The world record is held by Rowan

Crothers of Australia, the 16-year-old, can he get close to the

time? 54.95, he has done it by over half a second, a new world record

for the men in the S9 100m freestyle, he breaks his own world

record, Rowan Crothers of Australia. Murdoch, Jamieson, I hope the two of

them push each other. A great, clean start, and the crowd, a huge roar as

they started off, Ross Murdoch looking brilliant at the moment. The

20 old from stilling University is coming through, he is coming away.

-- the 20-year-old from Stirling University. He is going to take the

gold for Scotland, and utterly brilliant swim! Look at that, he is

just realising what he has done! A new British record. There is no way

that just happened, absolutely no way, I can't believe it. That was

amazing, just to have that in the last 100, with those guys in the

stand, amazing, a dream come true! They are ahead of the time, the time

that we are looking for, she has to go 3:31.72, she has got it, I am

sure, yes, she has, my goodness, by three quarters of a second, a huge

world record! That is what has happened today, our

crowd liked Ross Murdoch's reaction, but let's talk about Hannah Miley, a

relieved and tired man, Patrick Miley, her dad, everybody. I walked

over here and we had a little chat, and he said, what do you need from

me? Are you feeling drained? Yes, I am feeling pretty tired at the

moment but really happy, obviously. It is not just about tonight, is it?

There is a whole process behind getting too tonight. A huge process,

and the story from our perspective is huge for us. It may not be

interesting to others, but it has been a long journey. It is huge and

it is interesting, that is one of the beauties of Games like this, we

have had so many great stories, and we have focused a lot on siblings. I

know when you are coaching and that it training partners are her

brothers. Yes, she trains in a small club north of Aberdeen, they all

worked really hard. Did that impetus come from you, or did they ask? The

hard work? The impetus to use her brothers as well. Well, they were

around about her, she will always race and train against people who

are faster than her, so she has to work harder. A lot of the training

is done on our own, so when she has others in, she gets excited about

having a bit of head to head work with them. On eight nights like

tonight, very quickly, you are watching is a dad and a coach or

just a dad? A bit of both, definitely. More dad than coach?

Sometimes. We can see you on the screen as you are watching it.

Yeah, that is me. Now, that is watching as a dad. That is watching

as a dad. Nobody told me about that! We have to have that, I will get you

a drink from the bar. Clare! A brilliant reaction, like Ross

Murdoch, we will reflect on both with two-time Commonwealth champion

and two time Olympic champion, Rebecca Adlington is here!

APPLAUSE There you go! Is that the best

welcome you have had so far? I think that is the best welcome I have ever

had! What a night! It has been incredible, good all round, watching

you guys, the whole show, the whole day has been amazing. The swimming

pool is extra special, because we did not have the best Olympics ever

is so nice that we are getting loads of medals, the Scots doing so well

as well. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

Hannah Miley starting things in style, Ross Murdoch, I missed his

medal ceremony, which I understand was really emotional. I think it was

always going to be for a number of reasons. I just loved when he

finished and he was in utter shock! I can't believe that just happened!

He was not gloating at all, and that helped Michael, he was so upset. It

was really nice, because he really deserved it and worked so hard, and

he was so shocked himself, and I think it was a nice moment for both

of them, actually. Look at him, oh no! Just let it happen! Just feel

the moment! I mean, this is absolutely

encapsulating how much it means to win a gold medal at your home games.

And it is the start of his career. He has come on so much over the last

year. He has still got the 100 metres to go which I think is his

best event. It must be so daunting for everyone competing against him,

going into the 100 metres thinking, this guy is on form, how will I beat

him? If you are going to start your career, what a place to start it.

And a thought for Michael Jamieson because there was so much attention

on him and he was the poster boy of Team Scotland. A silver medal at the

Olympics was a real joy for him and a silver medal here was not. I know,

it is so hard. I know what it was like for me in London getting a

bronze medal. As much as I was proud of that bronze medal, it was still

gut-wrenching. Full. I know how he will be feeling tonight, he will be

gutted. He will be thinking the exact same things and you learn more

from the tougher moments. He will move on from this and bounce back,

no doubt. Another silver medallist, Siobhan-Marie O'Connor who is 18. I

love hurts so much, I want to hug her all the time. Don't do that you

will slow her down! She is a breath of fresh air for the team. She is

always positive. She has just got the best skills in British swimming,

I think at the minute. Her start is insane. She blows the field away on

her skills. She has learned how to race and the tactics behind it. She

has got a busy week. Three races tonight. And more to come. Will you

come back on the show because the band really like you and we really

like you. As long as you don't make me seeing! The four medals means it

is a more successful Commonwealth Games already than when Scotland

hosted it in 1986. Four gold medals on day one. That means Glasgow is

quite happy tonight. In the thick of the action in the city is Lee

McKenzie who I suspect cannot hear a thing. The fray much. Welcome to the

fruit market. We are right in the heart of Glasgow city centre. You

can probably tell, this is a lively night venue. At the moment, we have

a ceilidh going on. There has been a lot of fun and dancing. In the day,

this is where they show wore the sport in Glasgow city centre. You do

not need a ticket to come, you do not even need a Scottish accent.

There have been so many appropriate moments today. It has been a really

strong start for Team Scotland. The eyes of the world have been

watching. Ten medals have been incredible. There have been six in

swimming and also judo and cycling. Hannah Miley, Ross Murdock, it

depends what their energy levels are because this ceilidh goes on until

three o'clock in the morning. If you have energy, you could pop down

after the show. No we could do that. I am thinking you should not judge

people by your own standards. You thought Lee would be outwith the oil

oil brigade but she is in a classy venue. She is a classy lady. When I

watched you earlier, I thought Clyde had lost the will to live so I will

fit him up a bit. By the way, if you come to Glasgow, you do not have the

have tickets for the events. There is a real buzz about the place. We

said Nithal Arthanayake out to find out more.

Glasgow is the fourth biggest city in the UK with a population of

approximately 600,000. Those numbers have been swelled by the numbers of

people coming here for the Commonwealth Games. If you missed

out on a ticket for a sporting event, worry not, because this city

is putting on a huge programme of arts and cultural events just for

you. There is so much to see and do in Glasgow. One place you have to

visit is the merchant city festival. For 11 days, this will be a creative

hub where you can see street performances, lively music and eat

some great food. Another cultural hotspot is the Kelvingrove

Bandstand. It fell into disrepair but after a ?2.1 million face-lift,

it is back to its former glory. Welcome to Glasgow Green. This is

where Glaswegians that people of the Commonwealth can come and hang out.

You can add music, food and drink and also have a chance to race the

fastest man on the planet, Usain Bolt. I think that clearly after

that, now we know why Usain Bolt pulled out of the 100 metres, he

knew what was coming. He knew. If all of that is not enough for you

culture vultures, why not come and hang out with us here. There is live

music, a funfair, a huge screen where you can watch the sporting

developments unfold before your very eyes. And all of that is made

beautiful by this cool breeze wafting over us all. In fact, it is

making me a bit thirsty so I am off for a drink.

Let us remember that Lee McKenzie is classy and Nithal Arthanayake is a

big kid. There something I am genuinely very excited about. They

have given me a map and I love a map. It is a map of the Commonwealth

Federation. I did not say the federation, I said the Commonwealth

Federation. One, two, three, four. , love countries. Ollie Williams is

with me. We have set you a challenge. That is you in Canada. I

have a challenge. I have to get around the 71 nations and

territories and find an athlete to interview in each of them. Can you

please find one of those and put that on Malaysia because the first

person I have found in this challenge is from Malaysia. He is a

cyclist. You may remember him from Manchester 2011. He is back and he

is fine. A splinter went into his leg when he was competing. Here are

some of the athletes we have been checking out today. There is a bit

of a Scottish accent breaking in now and again. You are no stranger to

Glasgow? I can do the accent. I have been here for 14 years. RU related

to Alistair and Jonny Brownlee? Apparently. Yes, he is! It was

getting to me. What are your thoughts on technique? A lot of

people would go freestyle. I was going to do breaststroke but I had

to do it slow. going to do breaststroke but I had

Good effort. We have got Garner. Kenya as well and Belize, Jersey and

I feel like we are missing one. The Falkland Islands, well remembered!

We can find out more about everyone we have seen that on the BBC Four

website. And did you see this photo which might interest you? It is Mark

Chapman. It looks as if he is leading the Scottish team out. It

looks as if he is carrying the Saltire. Mark is frightened of dogs.

I would have loved it. He said, keep them away from me!

Lets give you a round-up of the rhythmic gymnastics.

Very polished stuff. Beautifully elevated legs. The flexibility is

astonishing. An important moment coming up now, the first appearance

of Canada. Lovely spins. The classic statement, they make the difficult

look easy. So beautifully elegant. A great job done by Laura Halford.

Magic. Canada will surely get the gold? There is the flag bearer for

Wales. The last Welsh gymnasts. A fantastic routine for Jones. An

historic day for rhythmic gymnastics for Wales.

She is certainly going for it. Beautifully done. That is an

dashmack a remarkable routine. Fast and furious. She is moving well.

Could not have asked for better. Malaysia will pick up the bronze

medal. So, day one is done and that is the

medal table. Australia have won more golds than

they won in the whole of Edinburgh in 1986. Wales are there with their

silver from today. All home nations have taken a medal on the opening

day. And more chances tomorrow. We have home nation interest in the

track cycling. In shooting, remember 16-year-old Amber Hill who won Young

sports personality of the year. She is in action in the Skeet. And there

is more judo. We know how good we are at that. We still have some of

our medallists with us as well. The coverage is across the BBC. It will

be on BBC One and BBC Three as well. The website is really good. BBC

Radio five Live. A massive thank you to our studio audience, our bands

and most of all, to those who came in, our medallists. Thank you very

much. Join us again tomorrow evening,

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