AFP, Glasgow :
Australia will look to build on their three golds from the opening day of competition in the Commonwealth Games pool on Friday with the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team out to defend their title.
Thomas Fraser Holmes is also well-fancied for the men’s 400m individual medley, whilst Cameron McKay will battle with home favourite Robbie Renwick in the men’s 200m freestyle.
Alicia Coutts will be looking to claim her sixth Commonwealth Games gold in the women’s 100m butterfly, but she had to settle for third fastest in qualifying behind England’s Siobhan O’Connor and Katerine Savard.
Australia also have a strong medal chance in the men’s 100m backstroke after Mitch Larkin qualified fastest ahead of English duo Chris Walker-Hebborn and defending champion Liam Tancock.
South African Olympic champion Chad le Clos goes for his first gold of the Games in the 50m breaststroke, but will have his work cut out to overcome England’s Benjamin Proud who qualified fastest on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Alia Atkinson will be aiming for Jamaica’s first swimming medal of the Games after breaking the Games record twice in qualifying fastest for the women’s 50m breaststroke.Four golds are up for grabs on the second day of track cycling.
England’s sprint king Jason Kenny, who claimed silver in the team sprint event on Thursday, will have his work cut out in his individual sprint quarter-final where he faces Australian Matthew Glaetzer, who set a new Commonwealth Games record in qualifying.
England’s Laura Trott will be the one to beat in the women’s 3,000m individual pursuit.
The double Olympic champion will face competition from Scotland’s Katie Archibald, who in recent months has gone from virtual unknown to becoming a world and European champion in the team pursuit.
New Zealand’s men brought a 12-year gold medal drought on the Commonwealth Games track to an end with victory in the team sprint and could add more in the 4,000m individual pursuit.
Veteran Marc Ryan remains a quality performer shown by his bronze in the World Championships in Colombia in February and he is likely to be joined by youngsters Patrick Bevin and Dylan Kennett, who are tipped as ones to watch.Friday sees two more weightlifting medals up for grabs in the Clyde Auditorium, in the women’s 53kg and men’s 62kg.
In women’s competition, there will be new names on the podium, with the three medallists from Delhi 2010 all absent from the tournament in Glasgow.In their absence, Papua New Guinea’s Dika Toua will be considered the favourite for gold, with competition expected from Malaysia’s Azizah Fadzil.
The men’s competition threatens to be a South Seas battle between Samoan Vaipava Ioane and Tuvalu’s Lapua Lapua.
Australia will look to build on their three golds from the opening day of competition in the Commonwealth Games pool on Friday with the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team out to defend their title.
Thomas Fraser Holmes is also well-fancied for the men’s 400m individual medley, whilst Cameron McKay will battle with home favourite Robbie Renwick in the men’s 200m freestyle.
Alicia Coutts will be looking to claim her sixth Commonwealth Games gold in the women’s 100m butterfly, but she had to settle for third fastest in qualifying behind England’s Siobhan O’Connor and Katerine Savard.
Australia also have a strong medal chance in the men’s 100m backstroke after Mitch Larkin qualified fastest ahead of English duo Chris Walker-Hebborn and defending champion Liam Tancock.
South African Olympic champion Chad le Clos goes for his first gold of the Games in the 50m breaststroke, but will have his work cut out to overcome England’s Benjamin Proud who qualified fastest on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Alia Atkinson will be aiming for Jamaica’s first swimming medal of the Games after breaking the Games record twice in qualifying fastest for the women’s 50m breaststroke.Four golds are up for grabs on the second day of track cycling.
England’s sprint king Jason Kenny, who claimed silver in the team sprint event on Thursday, will have his work cut out in his individual sprint quarter-final where he faces Australian Matthew Glaetzer, who set a new Commonwealth Games record in qualifying.
England’s Laura Trott will be the one to beat in the women’s 3,000m individual pursuit.
The double Olympic champion will face competition from Scotland’s Katie Archibald, who in recent months has gone from virtual unknown to becoming a world and European champion in the team pursuit.
New Zealand’s men brought a 12-year gold medal drought on the Commonwealth Games track to an end with victory in the team sprint and could add more in the 4,000m individual pursuit.
Veteran Marc Ryan remains a quality performer shown by his bronze in the World Championships in Colombia in February and he is likely to be joined by youngsters Patrick Bevin and Dylan Kennett, who are tipped as ones to watch.Friday sees two more weightlifting medals up for grabs in the Clyde Auditorium, in the women’s 53kg and men’s 62kg.
In women’s competition, there will be new names on the podium, with the three medallists from Delhi 2010 all absent from the tournament in Glasgow.In their absence, Papua New Guinea’s Dika Toua will be considered the favourite for gold, with competition expected from Malaysia’s Azizah Fadzil.
The men’s competition threatens to be a South Seas battle between Samoan Vaipava Ioane and Tuvalu’s Lapua Lapua.
