Wales at the Commonwealth Games

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The 10th and final day of competition has arrived in Glasgow with Team Wales concentrating on cycling and judo.

Wales still have a chance of recording their most successful Commonwealth Games medal tally.

Day nine saw Wales surpass the 28 podium positions achieved in Birmingham four years ago, with the 2026 medal total currently standing at 30, including eight gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze.

But Wales' most successful Games were on the Gold Coast in 2018 where they won 36 medals, including 10 golds, 12 silvers and 14 bronze.

Three more gold medals today and that record set in Australia eight years ago would be toppled.

Cycling duo Emma Finucane and Anna Morris and judoka Ollie Barratt could hold the key to that quest.

All eyes will again be on the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome where Wales have had so much success in the first three days of action.

Finucane has already achieved a record-breaking Games with three gold medals and will aim for a fourth in the keirin, while Morris will hope to add to her tally of two golds and a bronze when she tackles the elimination race.

Away from the cycling, Barratt and Josh Whitehouse are in action as they aim for the first judo medals of the Games.

Judo

From 10:00: Josh Whitehouse, men's +100kg

From 10:00: Ollie Barratt, men's -100kg

Track cycling

09:00: Emma Finucane, Lowri Thomas, Rhian Edmunds, women's keirin qualifying, (final at 16:05)

09:15: William Salter, William Perrett, William Roberts, men's 40km points race (final at 16:39)

10:57: Rhys Britton, Steffan Lloyd, Jonah Jenkins, men's 1,000m time trial

15:00: Anna Morris, Jess Roberts, Carys Lloyd, women's elimination race final

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Jake Heyward finished fourth in the men's mile as home hero Josh Kerr was crowned Commonwealth Games champion in Glasgow.

World record holder Kerr claimed gold in a time of 3:54.12 ahead of Australian Cameron Myers and Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot.

Heyward recorded a time of 3:55:54, just outside the medals in a thrilling world-class race at Scotstoun Stadium.

It is reward for Heyward who has battled back after suffering an injury-plagued couple of years.

An ongoing foot problem saw the Welshman undergo double Achilles surgery in 2024.

The 27-year-old spent nearly two years on the sidelines before he could run again and only restarted his athletics career in January 2026.

"It was amazing to be part of that race," said Heyward.

"To not run for 18 months, start again in January and be at this point is pleasing.

"But it's also gutting. I wanted to win a medal, I wanted to win a gold medal, but I wanted to win a medal.

"Being that close is tough to take but it is sport and we'll move on to the next thing.

"There's also some top-class athletes that finish behind me so someone has to win and someone has to lose, that's the way the sport goes."

Heyward, who finished fifth in the 1,500m in Birmingham four years ago, thought he got his tactics wrong in the mile race in Glasgow.

"It's an improvement [on Birmingham] but I think this one was there for the taking," said Heyward.

"I think I had the ability to at least medal in that race and I made quite a lot of tactical errors and that probably shows the lack of racing over the last four years.

"I ran wide for a lot of the race and it's not ideal but you never want to be boxed in in a race like that when it is a slower pace.

"You're always making these calculated decisions. In hindsight, and I think I'd have to watch the race back, but I probably should have taken ownership of the race.

"But hindsight is a wonderful thing and what ifs don't matter in this sport."

Ava Lloyd finished sixth in the women's one mile race behind an Australian 1-2-3 of Abbey Caldwell, Jessica Hull and Claudia Hollingsworth.

Lloyd, 20, is coached by Jenny Meadows who also trains Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter-Bell.

Thomas Walley finished fifth in the men's pole vault final with a best attempt of 5.30m.

The 28-year-old was making his Commonwealth debut and started confidently, clearing 4.90m with ease with his first vault.

As the bar was raised to 5.10m, Walley failed on his first attempt but cleared again with his second go at the height.

The Wrexham native achieved 5.30m at the final attempt but failed to clear 5.40m which would have been his personal best.

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Amy Williams has missed out on a Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow after losing her women's singles pool decider 2-0 against Malaysia's Emma Firyana Saroj.

Both bowlers had won their first four group matches so it was a winner-takes-all contest to see who would reach the semi-final.

Williams lost the first set 6-5 before being beaten 8-1 in the second by the world number one.

It was another near miss for Williams after she and partner Lauren Gowen lost the bronze medal match in the women's pairs.

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James Ball claimed his second silver of these Glasgow Games after once again falling to Scottish rival Neil Fachie in a dramatic tandem B sprint final.

Ball qualified third fastest this morning but needed just two of the three semi-final races to seal victory over Australian Kane Perris.

Once again, he faced Fachie in the final after the Scot claimed gold in Thursday's time trial when the Welshman came second.

The 35-year-old from Ponthir hoped to repeat the 2022 final, where he defeated his foe to claim a first Commonwealth gold.

In the first race, Fachie and pilot Aaron Pope caught Ball and Matthew Rotherham off guard by attacking with a lap and a half to go and winning comfortably.

The Welsh pair seemed to find an extra gear in race two, striking back to force a decider.

The third race had to be restarted after the Scottish pair crashed, clipping the back of the Welsh wheel.

Fachie and Pope, with cuts, bruises and rips in their cycling suits, then rode to glory to the delight of the home crowd.

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Anna Morris and Jess Roberts secured a one-two for Wales in the women's 25km points race.

Morris followed up her individual pursuit success with another gold, that after she had won team pursuit bronze alongside Roberts.

The qualified doctor bossed the race from start to finish, picking up points in each of the first three sprints before lapping the field to claim 20 points with around 60 laps left.

Roberts followed in lapping the pack and climbed the points table.

In the second half of the race, the lead switched back and forth between the Welsh pair several times before Morris took command to lead her team-mate by six points.

She claimed the 10 points in the final sprint to finish on 66 while Roberts clung on to second, picking up two points to hold off Australian bronze winner Georgia Baker, who was just one point back.

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Wales judoka Ben Moore missed out on a podium position after losing to Northern Ireland's Josh Green in the men's -73kg bronze medal contest.

"It's tough," said Moore.

"I felt like I could have got the medal, but it's good. I'm happy. The experience has been out of this world."

Afterwards, Moore was carrying a teddy in memory of his close friend Jago Ford who passed away from a brain tumour last year. Jago's Mum was watching Moore in action in Glasgow.

Holly Devall had earlier lost the in repechage category in the women's -73kg category to Northern Ireland's Rachael Hawkes.

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Wales boxing silver medallist Orlando Holley-Sotomi felt he could have been awarded gold after his 70kg final loss on Saturday afternoon.

Speaking after his split decision defeat against Northern Ireland's Jon McConnell, the light-middleweight said: "He was a good boxer, a good mover and he moved all three rounds.

"I felt the judges should have scored my aggression a bit more but sometimes, you can't always trust the officiating.

"You have to always give credit to your opponent and it's part of boxing."

Holley-Sotomi suffered a second-round one-point deduction for his head being too low but felt his opponent could also have been penalised.

"I felt he fell over how many times so he should have been warned," he said.

"It was only fair if I have a warning, he has a warning as well, but sometimes it's not fair."

Holley-Sotomi, who lost on his 23rd birthday, dedicated his medal to his father who died earlier this year.

He believes this Commonwealth Games is just the start of his career as he eyes a potential switch to the professional ranks.

"It means the world representing Wales," he said.

"I think I've proved to what type of exciting calibre of fighter I am.

"I think everyone should watch out. I might have a look at the pro game. Maybe we'll see a deal. Maybe Eddie Hearn or Frank Warren. Make some money.

"What I possess is one of the best right hands in boxing today is. So we'll see."

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Team Wales will leave Glasgow without a Commonwealth Games boxing gold medal after heavyweight Connor Williams had to settle for silver.

The Swansea fighter was defeated by England's Isaac Okoh in the 90kg category final by a unanimous decision just after Orlando Holley-Sotomi lost his gold medal bout.

Williams has made a rapid rise since joining Welsh boxing's elite programme last year and silver might well have exceeded his expectations.

The Wales boxing squad finish the Glasgow campaign with four medals with Saturday's pair of silvers sitting alongside bronze for Rosie Eccles and Owain Harris-Allan.

Wales won six medals in Birmingham in 2022, consisting of two gold, three silver and a bronze.

They leave a Games without a boxing champion for the first time since 2014.

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Welsh light-middleweight boxer Orlando Holley-Sotomi secured a Commonwealth Games silver medal after a split decision defeat by Northern Ireland's Jon McConnell in the 70kg final.

The first round went 3-2 in Holley-Sotomi's favour but he lost the second round and also had a point deducted after earlier warnings by the referee for his head being too low.

Holley-Sotomi tried to force the decision in the final round and landed a blow on his opponent's chin.

But McConnell, who skipped the chance to be on Love Island to make his Commonwealth Games debut, was crowned champion by the judges as Holley-Sotomi lost on his 23rd birthday.

The Welsh boxing squad will finish with four medals after Rosie Eccles and Owain Harris-Allan had claimed bronze, while Connor-Williams is guaranteed a silver or gold as he prepares for his final straight after Holley-Sotomi.

Holley-Sotomi has been Wales' breakout boxing star of these games after starting with a last-16 victory over his more-fancied English opponent Paddy Hewitt.

The Newport boxer really announced himself in the quarter-finals with a thunderous first-round knockout of Lesotho's Refiloe Thai.

Knockouts of such brutality are rare in amateur boxing but the man nicknamed 'The General' looked every bit the professional.

His statement knockout set up a semi-final against Mauritius' Merven Clair, which he won unanimously to set up the final.

Holley-Sotomi was a promising rugby player when he first began boxing at 15.

He was in the Dragons rugby academy and picked up the sport in order to improve his fitness, and became a three-time Welsh champion before this Commonwealth campaign.

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Welsh record holder Charlotte Henrich finished fourth in the women's 400m final at Scotstoun Stadium.

The 19-year-old's time of 51.16 seconds was just 0.16 seconds off the medal positions in her Commonwealth Games debut.

The race was won by Jamaica's Dejanea Oakley in a time of 50.21, with Barbados' Sada Williams in silver and Nigeria's Ella Onojuvwevwo taking bronze.

Henrich said she was "so happy" with her effort in Glasgow:

"I'm not even frustrated I was so close to a medal," she said.

"I'm sure I'll look back on it and see if I could have done something else, but right now I've come fourth at my first Commonwealth Games, I couldn't have asked for more."

Henrich broke Michelle Scutt's Welsh record, which had stood since 1982, at the UK Athletics Championships in June and then again two weeks later at the London Diamond League event.

Earlier this week she was named to the British team to compete at this month's European Championships in Birmingham.

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Welsh Para-cyclist James Ball is guaranteed a silver and will race for a gold medal in the men's tandem B sprint final with pilot Matthew Rotherham later today.

Ball qualified third fastest this morning but needed just two of the three semi-final races to seal victory over Australian Kane Perris.

He will once again take on rival Neil Fachie in the final after the Scot claimed gold in Thursday's time trial, with the Welshman in second.

The 35-year-old will be hoping for a repeat of the 2022 final, where he defeated Fachie to claim his first Commonwealth gold.

"He'll get a massive boost from the crowd," Ball said of Fachie.

"It's inevitable really and I don't blame them. They are going to be fighting for it but we're going to fight right back."

Elsewhere, all three Welshmen, Rhys Britton, William Perrett and William Roberts, qualified for tonight's men's 10km scratch race final.

Medal hopeful Britton said: "I find the qualifiers a lot more nerve-wracking than the final.

"I'd love to get a medal and it's something that's pretty possible as long as we do everything right.

"It would mean the world, it's a lifelong dream. Representing Wales is the pinnacle, I've dreamed of it since I was a kid."

In the men's sprint, Ioan Hepburn, Steffan Lloyd and Jonah Jenkins finished 11th, 15th and 19th respectively, though Hepburn was pleased to set a new British junior record in qualifying.

"I'm absolutely over the moon," he said. "It's been a goal of mine for a good couple of years and to break that with a crowd like this is absolutely incredible."

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The penultimate day of the Commonwealth Games is here and Wales will be looking mainly at medals in track cycling, boxing and athletics.

Team Wales have 24 medals so far with six gold, six silver and 12 bronze and they will add to that on day nine in Glasgow.

Emma Finucane will be aiming to build on her two gold medals from the opening two days in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, where James Ball and Anna Morris could also increase their medal tally.

Orlando Holley-Sotomi and Connor Williams are the two Welsh boxers to have made the finals so know they will leave Glasgow with silver or gold. The pair will know which colour by mid afternoon.

Four Welsh athletes are in action which includes a lunch time final for 400m runner Charlotte Henrich, while Jake Heyward is competing this evening in the men’s mile which could be one of the moments of the Games as home hero Josh Kerr looks to light up Glasgow.

Ava Lloyd competes in the final event of the track and field in the women's mile.

Ben Moore and Holly Devall are in judo action, while Amy Williams will be hoping to make the semi-finals of the women’s bowls singles.

Athletics

12:20: Charlotte Henrich, women's 400m final

19:05: Tom Walley, men's pole vault final

20:55: Jake Heyward, men's mile final

21:45: Ava Lloyd, women's mile final

Bowls

08:30: Daniel Salmon and Ross Owen, men's pairs, vs Jersey

16:25: Amy Williams, women's singles, vs Malaysia's Emma Saroji

Boxing

13:15: Orlando Holley-Sotomi v Northern Ireland's Jon McConnell, men's 70kg final

13:45: Connor Williams v England's Isaac Okoh, men’s 90kg final.

Judo

From 11:00: Ben Moore, men's -73kg

From 11:00: Holly Devall, women's -70kg

Track cycling

From 10:00: Steffan Lloyd, Jonah Jenkins and Ioan Hepburn, men's sprint qualifying (semi-finals and finals from 15:08)

From 10:42: James Ball and Matthew Rotherham, men's tandem B sprint qualifying (final at 15:00)

11:49: William Perrett, William Roberts and Rhys Britton, men's 10km scratch race qualifying (final at 18:20)

15:55: Anna Morris, Carys Lloyd and Jess Roberts, women's 25km points race final

16:33: Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds and Megan Barker, women's 1000m time trial final