Live Blog - Day 1 Glasgow 2026
A full day here in Glasgow for Day One of the Games! Follow along for Lawn Bowls, 3 x 3 Bball, Boxing, Swimming and Gymnastics!
Artistic Gymnastics update
Two New Zealand athletes have qualified for the men's Artistic Gymnastics apparatus finals.
Daniel Stoddart has qualified 9th in the Rings and Alex Istock 7th in the Horizontal Bar.
William Fu Allen is Reserve 1 for the Floor finals, just missing out by .050 after an epic performance.
Misha Koudinov had a tough day in the office and was unable to progress through.
Last game of the evening
Para-Sport B2/B3 Mixed Pairs - Kerrin Wheeler and Colin Wheeler (Director) alongside Sonya Woodrow and Kimberly Carraher (Director) take the rink against hosts Scotland.
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Hazel Ouwehand and Zoe Pederson through to the 50m butterfly finals
Hazel finished second in the semi final, and Zoe finished fourth.
3x3 men's basketball win their third game of the day against Nigeria
Final score 21-10!
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Swimming: Men's 200m IM final
LEWIS CLAREBURT CLAIMS THE SILVER IN THE POOL!
What a race! So proud
Women's 400m Free final
ERIKA FAIRWEATHER WINS SILVER THE FIRST MEDAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
Deans 6th
Thomas 8th
Swimming Finals are about to start!
Tune in as Caitlin Deans, Erika Fairweather and Eve Thomas race in the 400m freestyle final.
Lewis Clareburt will race in the Men's 200m individual medley final soon after.
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Second win for women's pair
Following their miraculous escape against Kenya in their first match, the New Zealand women's bowls pair had a much more comfortable time of it against Botswana.
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Artistic gymnastics mens team wrap up qualification
The mens team will wait until this evening to see if they make it through to the finals. Daniel Stoddart finished top of his group for the rings and all round.
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3x3 men take out the win over Guyana
Men's Basketball Game 2
The men take on Guyana in their second match -
Josh Book on fire with the 2s!
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Mid point update - Artistic Gymnastics
The men's team are well underway competing in the Team and Individual Qualification.
A great result on the Rings for Daniel Stoddart and Alex Istock and Stoddart perfroming well on the Horizontal Bar.
A couple of set backs on other apparatus'
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Lawn Bowlers with an early loss to England
The para bowls team of Sonya Woodrow, with Director Kimberly Carraher and Kerrin Wheeler with Director Colin Wheeler are defeated by England on the rink.
Final score:
6-4, 5-2
Connor Campbell wins opening bout in Boxing
Connor defeated his Fijian opponent in the 2nd round after the referee stopped the fight. On to the next!
Para Lawn Bowlers B2/B3
Sonya Woodrow, with Director Kimberly Carraher and Kerrin Wheeler with Director Colin Wheeler are taking on England in their first match of the Games.
England take the first set 6-4
First Boxing bout underway
Connor Campbell takes on Fiji in the ring.
First Round goes the way of Connor!
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Gymnasts ready for the Men's Artistic Comp
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From the Pool - 50m Butterfly Women
Hazel Ouwehand 2nd in heat in a tight race.
Zoe Pedersen third in final heat with 26.60s. Both through to final, Hazel fifth fastest, Zoe seventh fastest.
From the Pool - 200m Individual Medley Men
Lewis Clareburt with a strong opening swim finishing 2nd in his heat
From the Pool - 400m Freestyle Women
Erika Fairweather with a strong opening swim coming 1st in heat 3.
Great swim Caitlin Deans coming 3rd in the same heat.
Eve Thomas finished 3rd in her heat too.
Strong start for the kiwis with all three females qualifying for the final.
Kiwi swimmers ready to go!
The swimming heats are underway with Caitlin Deans and Erika Fairweather up first!
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Australia take the win against NZ 21-15
Onto the next.
The NZ Team will take on Guyana in their next match today at 4:25pm UK time.
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7 mins to go and New Zealand is in the lead against Australia 8-7
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The boys are ready to go!
Aidan Tonge scores first for New Zealand
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The first men's 3x3 basketball game is about to tip off
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Tough day in the office for Mcilroy
Shannon Mcilroy gave it his all in the rink today but it was a case of opposition Gary Kelly from Northern Ireland not missing a single trick.
Final Score:
1-10
5 -7
Shannon Mcilroy in tough battle with Birmingham Silver medalist
Shannon Mcilroy has his work cut out for him heading into the second set as he goes down 10-1 in the opening
Mcilroy underway at the Lawn Bowls
Mcilroy takes on Northern Ireland in his second match of the Games - Let's go!
Big Game here for Mcilroy. He is playing the 2022 Silver medalist and only the pool winner goes through.
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