Live Coverage: Commonwealth Games - July 27 - as it happened

Good morning ladies and gentlemen and thanks for joining us on what promises to be another pulsating day of the Commonwealth Games.

The men's marathon is underway in the heart of Glasgow folks and this man, Steven Way, is among the participants. In 2007, the runner weighed some 16 stone and smoked over 20 cigarettes every day. Today, he is bidding for a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games. On behalf of the Sports Mole team I duff my cap to you, sir.

On the bus to the start #Raining #Excited #Nervous pic.twitter.com/swSWk3QyLK — steven way (@marigold_bac) July 27, 2014

Euan Burton has reveled in the "special moment" of coming out of retirement to win gold for Scotland in his Commonwealth Games judo event. The Scot's flag bearer returned to the sport in order to compete at the Games following a disappointing second-round exit in the London Olympics two years ago.

The champ is here. Usain Bolt touched down in Glasgow yesterday ahead of Friday's 4x100m relay heats. Here's what the legendary Jamaican has had to say on the event.

"@JamaicaGleaner: Usain Bolt & personal manager Nugent Walker arriving in Glasgow,http://t.co/f6jnoa0WSr [f] pic.twitter.com/DvEpKW5kxM" — Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) July 26, 2014

England weightlifter Zoe Smith has revealed how a back injury almost forced her to retire before winning gold in this summer's Commonwealth Games.Smith saw off the challenge of Nigeria's Ndidi Winifred to win her -58kg category in Glasgow on Saturday, before celebrating the triumph with a backflip.

Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt has reiterated an ambition to fulfill his "big dream" of one day playing for Manchester United. The 27-year-old, who is poised to represent Jamaica in the Commonwealth Games, has previously expressed a desire to move into football upon retiring from athletics. We reckon that if it didn't happen last season it won't happen at all, mate.

Sports Mole's very own Neil Wilkes is up in Glasgow as the weather descends into what we typically associate with Scotland. Their heatwave may be coming to an end but let's hope that their medal rush doesn't dry up. The Scot's sit third in the table behind Australia and England with 11 golds and 25 overall.

For the first time the sun isn't shining as another day gets underway at #Glasgow2014 pic.twitter.com/tSjqUKc6J8

— Neil Wilkes (@neothecat) July 27, 2014

It's getting messy over at the National Hockey Centre as Scotland's women trail Australia 6-0. They'll need Malaysia to do them a big favour by preventing an England victory. That game begins at 11am.

Peter Kennaugh has admitted that winning the Isle of Man's first silver medal in cycling at the Commonwealth Games feels "pretty special". Kennaugh finished behind New Zealand's Thomas Scully in the men's points race to become the first Manx cyclist to seal a second-placed podium finish at the Games.

England swimmer Adam Peaty has set a new Commonwealth Games record for the 50m breaststroke in qualifying for tonight's semi-final. The 19-year-old pipped Cameron van der Burgh to register a new Games record of 00:27:00 and beat the South African's previous best of 00:27:18 from Delhi four years ago. Click here for story.

GOLD MEDAL: Australia's Michael Shelley claims gold in the men's marathon. We'll have more on this shortly.

As promised, we've got a little more on Michael Shelley's gold in the men's marathon as Australia surge seven clear of England in the medals table.

GOLD MEDAL: Flomena Cheyech Daniel has won the women's marathon ahead of Kenyan teammate Caroline Kilel. It marks quite a successful quite last hour for the African following Stephen Chemlany's silver in the men's event. Stay tuned for more on this soon.

And on that note, I must leave you. Thanks for joining me but I'll leave you in the very capable hands of Sian Cowper now, who'll be your host for the next few hours. Cheers!

Thank you Shane. Good afternoon, there's plenty of action coming up in Glasgow in the next couple of hours, with the track and field event getting underway today, as well as more action in the pool and at the velodrome. Let's start by bringing you a bit more on the women's marathon, which finished a few minutes ago. It was a one-two for distance-running giants Kenya, while Australia's Jess Trengove completed the podium.

Looking ahead to today's cycling events, the Isle of Man would have been hoping to add to their medal count today following Peter Kennaugh's silver in the points race yesterday. However, Jonny Bellis has announced that he has pulled out of the scratch race with an ongoing knee injury.

MEDAL! It's been a good morning already for Australia, with a gold and a bronze from the marathon events, and now they've got another third-place finish. Table tennis player Ziyu Zhang, whose known to her teammates as Sally, has beaten India's Madhurika Suhas Patkar in the bronze-medal match, winning her country's 54th medal of the games.

Sticking with Australia, marathon champion Michael Shelley has been talking to the media following his win earlier today. The 30-year-old is understandably "over the moon" with his victory.

GOLD! England have their 18th gold of the games and it's come in the shooting. Charlotte Kerwood has won the women's double trap shooting. We'll bring you more details in the next couple of minutes.

As promised, here's the report from the women's double trap shooting event. English champion Charlotte Kerwood may find herself joined on the podium by teammate Rachel Parrish as she goes in the bronze medal shoot-out later.

It's been a good morning in the pool for Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin, as she's smashed the 36-year-old Commonwealth Games record in the heats for the 800m freestyle with a time of 8:22.69

CONFIRMED! Team Wales's @JazzCarlin has just smashed a 36-year-old record during the 800m freestyle heats pic.twitter.com/7KsEwLnirl

— Sports Mole (@SportsMole) July 27, 2014

BRONZE! It is a double medal success for England in the women's double trap shooting as Rachel Parish beats Canada's Cynthia Meyer in the third-place shoot-off to join champion Charlotte Kerwood on the podium.

We told you all about the medal winners in the marathon earlier, but there was success for England's Steve Way too. The 40-year-old, who only took up running seven years ago in a bid to lose weight, broke the British record for a veteran as well as setting a new personal best on his way to 10th place. He's said that it "doesn't get much better".

In the women's marathon, Louise Damen was England's highest-placed finisher, coming in seventh with a time of 2:32.59. She admits that she's already looking ahead to the Olympics in two years.

Earlier, we told you about Jazz Carlin's new Commonwealth Games record in the 800m freestyle. The Welsh swimmer spoke to Sports Mole's Danielle Joynson following her heat.

The rugby sevens quarter-finals have been taking place at Ibrox this morning, and it's not been going well for the Brits. Wales threw away a 14-point lead to lose to Australia earlier, and England are out as well, following a 15-14 defeat to Samoa.

England's Aimee Willmott secured a place in the final of the women's 200m individual medley this morning. The 21-year-old narrowly missed out on gold in the 400m event earlier this week is expecting another close contest in the final later today.

Another English swimmer who will be in the hunt for a medal this evening is Elizabeth Simmonds. The backstroke specialist set the second fastest time in the heats this morning and is hoping to set a season best when she races in the final tonight.

England's Sophie Taylor has also revealed that she is hoping to win a medal, having progressed in the 100m breastroke this morning. The English swimmer, missed out in the 200m, while picking up bronze in the 50m. She beleives that starting in lane four in the semi-finals later will be a big advantage.

Earlier we brought you news of England's Charlotte Kerwood winning the double trap shooting event. It's the second time that she has won the title, having also picked up gold in the 2006 games in Melbourne. She's said that this victory "feels amazing".

RUGBY SEVENS UPDATE: More bad news for the home nations in the rugby sevens. England and Wales both lost their quarter-finals earlier today, and now Scotland have followed, losing 35-12 to South Africa. That means that New Zealand will face Australia, and Samoa will take on South Africa in the semi-finals.

The first athletics events at Hampden Park will be getting underway shortly, with a number of qualifiers and heats scheduled for this afternoon. Scottish Athletics shared this image of the stadium on the Twitter feed.

Well here we are... Hampden's filling up, there's anticipation in the air. Been a long time coming - Bring it on! pic.twitter.com/E8wEnxjEkz

— scottishathletics (@scotathletics) July 27, 2014

Of course, two athletics medals have already been handed out in the marathon events this morning. England's Steven Way hopes that his performance in the men's event will inspire coach potatoes to take up running.

Back to the rugby, England Sevens head coach Simon Amor has been speaking following his side's defeat in the quarter-finals to Samoa earlier. The coach admits that the loss is "hugely disappointing" for a side that had hoped to win the competition.

While double trap champion Charlotte Kerwood was delighted with her gold medal, England teammate Rachel Parish has admitted that she was disappointed with her performance, despite winning a bronze.

Among the many events taking place today, the early rounds of the boxing competitions are continuing. Wales's Joe Cordina has been in action this afternoon, beating David Gauthier to seal a place in the quarter-finals.

Our correspondents in Glasgow are keeping an eye on the action in the opening session at Hampden Park. The men's 100m heats are underway, along with the women's para-sport long jump

We're now over at Hampden Park as the #Athletics2014 gets underway in Glasgow pic.twitter.com/9jokSX4NJZ — Sports Mole (@SportsMole) July 27, 2014

Earlier today, Sports Mole's Barney Corkhill was following the action in the rugby sevens quarter-finals. He's been speaking to New Zealand's Ben Lam following their win, as well as Wales captain Adam Thomas about their "heartbreaking" defeat to Australia.

MEDAL UPDATE: England are guaranteed two more shooting medals shortly as Steve Scott will face Matthew French in the shoot-off in the mend's double trap competition. India's Asab Mohd has taken bronze.

GOLD! It's Steven Scott who picks up England's 19th gold in Glasgow, edging out teammate Matthew French in the double trap shootout this afternoon.

England's women's hockey team beat Malaysia 5-0 earlier today to maintain their unbeaten start to the contest. Forward Ellie Watton has said that the win was the result of a "great team performance", but coach Danny Kerry believes that the team will need to improve for their game against Australia tomorrow.

There's good news for England in the athletics as Adam Gemili has coasted through his heat in the 100m. Richard Kilty is also through after finishing joint second in his heat, but Harry Aikines-Aryeetey will have to wait to see if he goes through after finishing third.

Well all of the 100m heats are over now and there's good news for Aikines-Aryeetey as he is one of the fastest losers, so all three England sprinter are through to tomorrow's semi-finals.

MEDAL UPDATE: Australia have won their 20th gold of the games in the women's T37/38 para-sport long jump. There are also medals for England and Namibia in the event. We'll bring you more details shortly.

Men's double trap champion Steven Scott has been speaking following his victory earlier today. He's been praising his England colleague Matthew French, who he beat in the gold-medal shoot-off.

Well that's all from me this afternoon, but stick around as Matt Domm will be here for the next four hours to keep you up to date with all the action from Glasgow.

Thanks Sian! Matt here to see you all through until 8pm. There is plenty of action this evening - much of which is on the track. The women's 100m heats will shortly be getting underway as well as the 400m. The men's 5000m final also happens this evening.

Some good performances in the last half-hour or so on the track for Team England's athletes. Sophie Papps, Asha Philip, Bianca Williams all finished inside the top three in their respective heats to get into the next phase. We'll have a roundup of those heats on site shortly.

GOLD! England take another top prize in the velodrome, as Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott win the B2 1000m tandem. They beat the hosts Scotland in the final and set a Games record time of 1:08.187. Good work!

Here is our report on England's latest victory, which brings them to 20 golds and back level with Australia.

We also have reaction from Denise Lewis, who was very impressed with Bianca Williams's effort in the 100m heats.

MEDAL! Well, England weren't level for long. Jess Varnish takes bronze in her minor medal final in the women's track sprint at the velodrome but - of course, as it was two Australians competing in the final - Stephanie Morton's gold against her compatriot Anna Meares sees them move back ahead with 21 to England's 20.

100% of the English entrants to the 400m have also reached the semi-finals. Kelly Massey, Shana Cox and Margaret Adeoye will all line up in the semis on Monday having successfully got through their respective heats.

GOLD! It's another one for England, and boy was that one close. Laura Trott just, and I mean just, beats Elinor Barker of Wales in the 25km points race. They were level on points, but the Englishwoman took it by virtue of beating her opponent in the final sprint. Report of the race up shortly.

We have some reaction for you from Team England boxer Warren Baister following his win over Steven Ward to reach the quarter-finals of the heavyweight competition.

He says that it was a "great first win" and denied that the cut he received would stop him fighting in the next round.

Another all-#TeamEngland semi-final in squash with @ljmassaro taking on @Aliwat1 this evening at Scotstoun. pic.twitter.com/DBbN8OWwCI — CommonwealthGamesENG (@weRengland) July 27, 2014

Another strong showing from the Southern hemisphere in the men's 20km scratch race, with New Zealander Phil Archbold beating Glenn O'Shea of Australia to gold. Remi Pelletier finished behind them in third.

The pool is about ready now for the evening action, with some real chance of medals for England today.

Australia are cleaning up at the moment! To add to Archbold's win, they have taken two medals in the pool - Belinda Hocking in the 200m backstroke and James Magnussen in the 100m freestyle - with Matthew Glaetzer just pipping the keirin final on the line. They suddenly have a very strong lead in the medal table.

Lizzie Simmonds "gutted" not to be amongst Glasgow medal winners after coming fourth, but upbeat about her future: pic.twitter.com/bJo5aZlthV — Nick Hope (@NickHopeBBC) July 27, 2014

Plenty of home nations swimmers have made it into the 50m breaststroke final, which will take place tomorrow, including Adam Peaty of England who had the second-fastest time across the two heats.

That's all from me this evening, folks. Simon Sinclair is here to guide you through the rest of the evening's action, with plenty more to come from the pool. Over to you Simon.

Cheers Matt. Evening everyone, I'm here to guide you through all the action in the pool this evening and the finals of the Rugby 7s. So a very exciting evening in store so stay tuned.

MEDAL UPDATE: England's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor has won her first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games as finished first in the women's 200m individual medley. Scotland's Hannah Miley claimed bronze in the event.

More good news from the pool for Team England as Adam Barrett has qualified fastest from the semi-finals in the men's 100m butterfly for the final tomorrow. His teammate James Guy also reached the race tomrrow.

England's Siobhan-Marie O'Connor has been speaking about her triumph in the women's 200m individual medley as she won her first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games.

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BREAKING! England's Francesca Halsall has won her second gold medal of the Commonwealth Games as she has recorded victory in the women's 50m butterfly in Glasgow.

More success from the pool for Team England as Liam Tancock secure the bronze medal in the men's 50m backstroke, while Australia's Ben Treffers and Mitch Harkin won the gold and silver respectively.

Team England's Adam Peaty has insisted that he feels that the pressure is off him now in the Commonwealth Games following his gold medal win last night. The 19-year-old has admitted that he is now determined to enjoy the rest of the Games.

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Team England's Liam Tancock believes that the attitude of swimmers in his country's squad is helping them achieve success at the Commonwealth Games.

He told Sports Mole: ""It's fantastic. I've been around the block, I've been on these teams for years and years - third Commonwealth Games, I've been to two Olympics and the relaxed [nature] of the team is something pretty special."

HISTORY IS MADE! South Africa have ended New Zealand's dominance of the Rugby 7s at the Commonwealth Games as they inflicted the first-ever Games defeat on the All Blacks.

Adam Gemili is confident that if he executes to the best of his ability he feels that he has a chance to winning at the medal tomorrow in the 100m. The 20-year-old was the fastest qualifier from the heats earlier today.

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Team England's Bethy Woodward has revealed that she surpassed even her own expectations as he recorded a personal best in the T37/T38 long jump to secure a silver medal at the Games.

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Team England netball head coach Anna Mayes has admitted that she was delighted with the way her side responded to their narrow defeat to Australia as the beat South Africa.

She told reporters: "Winning ugly is absolutely fine when you have got a win under your belt. I think the girls showed real character and real grit after the Australia match.

"They showed real strength of character and lot of people after the game were asking how we would get them back up but they get themselves up."

Chris Walker-Hebborn has been speaking with Sports Mole this evening and has revealed that is using his experience at the Commonwealth Games as a springboard to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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Thanks for joining Sports Mole's coverage of the Commonwealth Games today on a day when Team England secured gold medals in the Velodrome and Tollcross Swimming Centre. Australia still lead the medal table to start the week, so it will be interesting if England can close the gap. Join us again from 9am with our coverage from Glasgow, until then, goodbye.