England at the Commonwealth Games

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England gymnast Luke Whitehouse earned his third medal of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with silver on the vault.

The 24-year-old had already picked up a gold on floor and silver in the team event.

He performed two clean, well-controlled vaults to earn his place on the podium with a score of 13.749, but was pipped to gold by Canada's Felix Dolci who later also won the horizontal bar title for his fourth gold of the Games.

"I did think I'd just got it [the gold medal] but another silver to add to my collection, over the moon," Whitehouse told BBC Sport.

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There were also medals for England in the women's floor event as Abi Martin and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah won silver and bronze respectively behind Wales' Ruby Evans.

"It's amazing for British gymnastics that we had three of us on the podium – we put so much effort into our landings together and everything in general, so for it to be an all home nations podium shows just how hard we do work and how much we all put in," Martin said.

"It's a big thing for British gymnastics."

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England's Sarah Davies Smale had to settle for Commonwealth Games silver in the final of the women's 63kg weightlifting as Canada's Maude Charron claimed gold in Glasgow.

The 33-year-old from Preston, a gold medallist at the Birmingham Games four years ago, was in trouble early in the competition when she failed with her first two lifts in the snatch section of the competition.

A lift of 95kg with her third attempt put her through to the clean and jerk where she managed 122kg to guarantee herself at least silver.

With Canada's Charron leading the way, Davies Smale needed to raise the bar to 138kg with her final effort to take the gold but could not complete the lift.

Femily Crystie-Notte of Nauru took the bronze medal.

"The snatch portion was on brand, I felt strong but just couldn't quite feel where the bar was today," Davies Smale told TNT Sports.

She now has two silver medals and a gold from her four Commonwealth Games but is not ruling out competing at the 2030 competition in Ahmedabad.

"I'm lucky to be in the position I am and have the support I have. The National Lottery stuff allows me to keep training, keep my coaches, nutritionists and the whole team so as long as we can keep doing it we'll see where we end up."

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It has been a long journey for England sprinter Elliot Jones to make his Commonwealth Games debut, but finally he will be able to take centre stage in Tuesday's 100m finals.

The 28-year-old is the only England athlete competing in the men's final and earned his place after Louie Hinchcliffe pulled out, one of 11 withdrawals in the athletics for Team England including Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita.

Jones isn't just there to make up the numbers though, winning the final heat to progress through to the finals with the third quickest time of 10.07 seconds.

He'll be hoping to make his way on to the podium as he looks to put his name in the mix for the upcoming 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles following a testing career so far.

Having been ruled out of running for a full year with an Achilles injury and having hip surgery, the sprinter feels his injury struggles have built his resilience to become a better athlete.

"Although [setbacks are] incredibly frustrating, that maturity, and what I learned during that period, has enabled me to become the athlete that I am today," Jones told BBC Bitesize.

Jones will be in action in Tuesday's men's 100m final at approximately 21:14 BST.

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Sam Tolchard and the women's pair team of Amy Pharaoh and Sian Honnor have won England's first bowls gold medals at the Commonwealth Games.

Tolchard took a resounding 8-0 win over Malaysia's Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple in the first set and quelled a gutsy comeback from his opponent in the second to win 8-6 after being 6-3 down.

It marks a first gold for the five-time Commonwealth Games athlete, who now completes his collection having previously taken three bronzes and a silver across pairs and fours events in the past three Games.

Pharaoh and Honnor had a harder battle in their gold medal event, also against Malaysian opponents.

The English pair took a slender 5-4 lead to win the first set and held on for a 5-5 draw in the second to take a 1.5-0.5 win.

"That will take a little while to sink in, the adrenaline is still absolutely pumping," Honnor told BBC Sport.

"I personally was just very pleased I didn't have to bowl any more bowls."

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Chris Murray was unable to defend his Commonwealth Games title in the men's 79kg weightlifting final but he did claim the bronze medal in Glasgow.

The 27-year-old won gold in Birmingham four years ago when he lifted a personal best 325kg in total in his snatch, and clean and jerk lifts.

Murray matched that total on Monday, but Malaysia's Erry Hidayat Muhammad was triumphant with a 331kg total - a Commonwealth Games record.

"The last Games was a mental challenge, this one was a physical one," said Murray. "It's just good to be back lifting relatively pain free after a number of injuries. I won't lie, it aches a bit already but that's nothing a few beers won't fix.

"Lifting 325kg won me Commonwealth gold in 2022, so I can't complain. I'm really, really happy.

"I'm buzzing, it's obviously not the colour I wanted, I would have loved to have gone back to back but two very worthy people to have beaten me."

Muhammad, 26, follows in the footsteps of his father, Hidayat Hamidon, who won weightlifting gold at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

India's Valluri Ajaya Babu took the silver with a total of 330kg, which included a 149kg snatch.

Meanwhile, Jonathan Chin finished fourth in the men's 71kg category with a total score of 299 and Eliza Pratt came fourth in the women's 58kg with a score of 196.

Chin, from Northampton, balances competing in weightlifting with a medical career.

"I've just finished my last rotation of foundation training and my last rotation was a GP rotation, which helped me massively during training," said the 32-year-old.

"It was a bit more regular with my work pattern - no nights, no weekends - and it allowed me to train a lot more consistently.

"I think the entire GP practice I'm working at all tuned in to watch me. They've been super-helpful with allowing me to have time to train after work and adjust my schedule slightly to benefit me."

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England's Sam Tolchard will be aiming to win his first Commonwealth Games gold medal after reaching the men's singles bowls final.

Tolchard beat Northern Ireland's Gary Kelly 2-0 in the semi-final and will face Malaysia's Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple in the gold medal match on Tuesday morning.

The Torquay bowler, an electrician by trade, is competing in his fifth Games and has previously secured bronze and silver medals for England.

It will also be England against Malaysia in the women's pairs final after Amy Pharaoh and Sian Honnor and beat Wales on a tie-break in their semi-final.

Meanwhile, England will face Scotland in the Para-bowls mixed pairs B2-B3 final following a 2-0 win over Wales in the semi-finals.

Both of those contests will also take place on Tuesday morning.

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Sprinters Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn picked up gold medals for England on the opening night of athletics at the Commonwealth Games.

Both won their races in the men's and women's 100m T38 finals in Glasgow with Young doing so to mark his 26th birthday in style.

Young, who missed out on the 2022 Games with an injury, recorded a season's best and Games record time of 11:11 seconds.

"It might be the best birthday I've ever had," he said. "It's actually joint with Fulham winning in the play-offs on my 20th, but it's probably this to be fair. Just. I've not had my birthday cake yet. I was eyeing up a chocolate cake in the hotel so if they're still open I'll have some of that."

In the women's final, Hahn beat Team Wales captain and defending champion Olivia Breen into second place, triumphing with a time of 12:79, with England team-mate Maddie Down posting a personal best of 12:86 to secure a bronze medal.

"This is very special," said Hahn. "It's been a long time since I last won a Commonwealth Games back in 2018. This means a lot to come here in a home Games and to win."

British champion Sam Bennett won silver in the men's 110m hurdles final with a personal best time of 13:30 as he was beaten by Jamaica's Demario Prince. England's Tade Ojoro missed out on a medal in fifth.

Kimani Jack, 22, secured a bronze in the men's high jump final with a jump of 2.20m, with the gold medal going to Jamaica's Romaine Beckford who cleared 2.25m.

"I really really loved it out there, it was a great experience," said Jack. "I've said it multiple times but shout out Glasgow, they know how to put on an event."

In round one of the women's 800m, Olympic silver medallist Georgia Hunter Bell won her heat in two minutes 02.61 seconds to finish ahead of Scotland's Jemmie Reekie as both qualified.

"I was happy to control it and I felt really good," said Hunter Bell. "I'm happy and it's job done.

"I've never done the Commonwealth Games before, so it's obviously my debut. For me, it was always going to be a no-brainer that I do it."

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Three of England's 3x3 basketball teams have progressed through to the semi-finals on Wednesday after topping their groups.

The women's wheelchair team kicked off the day with a dominant 21-2 victory against South Africa to top Pool A with three wins and 52 points.

But the men's wheelchair team went even better in their game against Kenya.

England did not allow Kenya to score even a single point, taking a 21-0 victory to also top Pool A with an unblemished record and 57 points.

England's men's team won all five of their games to top Pool B, equalling Pool A winners Australia's points total of 105.

The men's wheelchair team will face either South Africa or Canada at 13:00 BST before the women head on court at 15:00 BST to take on the winner of Wales v Canada.

England men's team could face Singapore, who they beat 21-13 on Monday to secure their place in the semi-finals, or New Zealand at 11:30 BST.

England's women team will have to book their place in the semi-finals the hard way after finishing second in their group beneath New Zealand.

They will meet Jamaica on Tuesday at 20:00 BST in the play-ins for a chance to meet Australia on Wednesday at 14:00 BST.

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England's Adam Ramsay-Peaty will have the chance to defend his men's 50m breaststroke title at the Commonwealth Games after qualifying third fastest for the final.

The 31-year-old, who broke down in tears after taking bronze in the 100m on Saturday night, finished second in his semi-final with a time of 26.82 seconds.

World record holder Ramsay-Peaty will have to close the gap to South Africa's Michael Houlie - who set the pace with 26.61 - when he races in the final on Monday at 20:07 BST.

Australia's 100m breaststroke gold medallist Sam Williamson and Jersey's silver medallist Filip Nowacki will also line up in the final.

"I think I've still got a little bit more to grow. I think there was a massive lesson in yesterday," three-time Olympic gold medallist Ramsay-Peaty told BBC Sport.

"I can't change anything obviously, so we have to get over it. I also know the trajectory I have to be on now and it's a little bit different to what I thought it was.

"I've also got to remind myself that I haven't swam a championships in two years. I put a lot of expectation on myself coming into this games.

"But as you know, the best athletes in the world, you don't do it in training, you have to actually compete well and that is a skill on its own and we have to get used to that.

"I'm enjoying it and we'll have to see what that result is tomorrow."

Ramsay-Peaty's team-mate Max Morgan finished sixth in the same semi-final race and was eliminated.

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Alice Tai clinched gold for England in convincing fashion in the women's 100m backstroke S9, while Oliver Morgan and Luke Greenbank were in the medals in the men's 200m backstroke.

England also picked up a team silver medal in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay, while Adam Peaty-Ramsay qualified third fastest for Monday's 50m breaststroke final.

Tai, 27, successfully defended her 2022 Commonwealth Games title by finishing 2.13 seconds clear of Australia's Gemma Sellic, who claimed silver, and more than three seconds ahead of Sellic's compatriot Victoria Belando Nicholson in third place.

"I just went and swam my own race and I'm grateful that it got me a gold," said Tai.

"Throughout my whole career, my relationship with swimming has been quite turbulent, and it's only really since Paris that I loved it again like I did when I was 12 or 13, so it's really special."

Greenbank, who was England's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, set the fastest qualifying time in the semi-final of the men's 200m backstroke but finished 2.36 seconds behind South African winner Pieter Coetze.

The 28-year-old was narrowly beaten to the silver medal by his team-mate Morgan by just 0.14 seconds.

Morgan, 23, who is competing at his first Commonwealth Games, has now claimed three silver medals, following on from second-place finishes in the 50m backstroke and 4x100m freestyle team relay.

"My whole family was stood at the end there after the medals," Morgan told BBC Sport. "They've been on this rollercoaster with me for my whole life and they've got me to this moment. It's really special to share this with them."

Greenbank, who is from Cumbria, said: "In terms of the time, I wanted more and I expected more, but it's a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games.

"I'm not going to be too upset with that. I'm really happy and just glad to be on the podium. It's almost a bit of a relief, I haven't medalled at a major championships since 2022 so it's great to be back up there."

In a tense relay final, England clawed their way in front to lead favourites Australia at the end of the third leg thanks to a fine effort by James Guy, after Tom Dean and Gabriel Shepherd had kept them within reach.

Max Litchfield entered the water for England's final leg but Kai Taylor produced an excellent performance to give Australia a 3.51-second victory, while Wales finished third, 4.61 seconds behind England.

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Sprinter Louie Hinchliffe and 400m runner Charlie Dobson have withdrawn from England's athletics team one day before the competition begins at the Commonwealth Games.

Both runners won bronze medals in relay events at the 2024 Paris Olympics but now will not feature in Glasgow's track and field competition, which starts on Monday.

Nine English athletes, including Olympic silver medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Dina Asher-Smith, had already withdrawn.

England's only remaining sprinter in the 100m heats is Elliot Jones, who has a personal best of 10.04 seconds.

Jones will also run in the 4x100m men's relay alongside Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Romell Glave and Ebuka Nwokeji.

Dobson was not due to participate in the men's 400m race but was part of the mixed 4x400m relay squad.

Matthew Hudson-Smith, who won Olympic silver in Paris, had also already dropped out, meaning the squad is currently made up of Laviai Nielsen, Poppy Malik, Alicia Regis, Louise Evans and Toby Harries.

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Gymnast Adam Tobin said it "made his heart full" to see his English team-mate Gabriel Langton healthy and walking after a shocking fall at the Commonwealth Games on Friday.

Langton fell three metres to the floor after missing his catch on the horizontal bar in an incident which overshadowed England's silver medal in the men's team gymnastics final.

The 19-year-old was cleared of serious injury on Saturday and was back at Glasgow International Arena on Sunday to support Tobin and Luke Whitehouse in the men's all-around final.

"I think it was a moment for all of us as a team, seeing him walk into that hotel and put the medal over his neck, because we didn't know what was going on after his fall," Tobin, 25, told BBC Sport.

"He left and then we had a job to do. So since then, we didn't really know what was going on. It made my heart full seeing him walk in healthy and getting that medal round his neck, which he deserved.

"He's back in the team, I heard him in the crowd earlier, so it's just nice to have him back. I'm extremely happy that he's fit and healthy."

Tobin, who is from Devon and trains in Nottingham, narrowly missed out on a bronze medal by just 0.200 points to Australian Jesse Moore in a dramatic men's all-around final.

Scotland's Reuben Ward took the gold medal on home soil, while Canadian Felix Dolci's remarkable late comeback earned him silver and Whitehouse finished seventh.

Tobin has three more attempts to secure another medal with the pommel horse, rings and parallel bars finals still to come.

"Of course I'm gutted," Tobin added. "It's two tenths away from being on that podium, but I left it all out there.

"It's a bit of a tough pill to swallow, but I'm walking away happy. It came down to the fine margins in the end. Too close."