By Paul Osborne, Nick Butler, Gary Anderson and Duncan Mackay in Glasgow and Zjan Shirinian in London
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Good night!
22:30 Join us tomorrow at 09:00 to see if Australia can make up any ground. As well as for all the other sporting, mascot and beard-related news from Glasgow 2014.
Until then, it's good night!
22:29 Speaking of medals, the latest table is happy reading for England fans. Daylight has well and truly opened up at the top, while Canada are now nailed on in the third place. Will Scotland hang onto fourth? India, New Zealand and South Africa are all chasing hard...
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22:28 Semi-finals action is also getting underway in boxing. Scroll down to 13:23 for Gary Anderson's preview...
There will be plenty more action in athletics, as well as in the racket and team sports, as we get near the medal rounds.
22:26 Coming up tomorrow, we have our first glimpse of Olympic bronze medal winner Tom Daley in action. He is competing in the synchronised 10m platform competition with new partner James Denny.
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22:23 In netball, Scotland ended its Glasgow 2014 campaign with a 46-28 triumph over Trinidad and Tobago in the ninth place play off while Barbados secured 11th place with a 53-27 victory over winless Saint Lucia.
And finally, in women's hockey, Wales scored its first goals of Glasgow 2014 to record its first victory in the tournament with a 4-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago to claim ninth place.
22:16 All the medals action has finished now in Glasgow. We are going to provide a quick round-up of some of the other sports no, starting with the racket ones. An excellent performance by 42-year-old Lay Jian Fang of Australia to reach the women's singles semi-final, where she will be up against a trio of formidable Singaporeans. But England had the best of the day in the mixed doubles, guaranteeing themselves at least two medals after qualifying three pairs into the semi-finals.
Early stages of doubles action in squash, where one of the highlights of the day being an encounter between Adrian Grant and men's singles champion Nick Matthew, the top seeds, in the men's doubles, which at one stage looked like it might end with a shock result. The duo were were 6-2 down in the opening game of their round of 16 match against number 15 seeds Chris Binnie and Bruce Burrowes before fighting back to seal a 2-0 win.
In bowls, there will be another England versus Scotland final tomorrow, as David Peacock, Neil Speirs, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall of Scotland claimed a 15-10 semi-final victory over Australia to advance to the final against Andrew Knapper, John McGuinness, Stuart Airey and Jamie Chestney. England defeated India 14-12.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay with a final update on the music at Hampden Park
How do the English beards compare?
22:10 More on the discussion we were having at 20:23 about the best beard in sport. England have been beating Australia at most things here over the last few days. Do they on beards as well?
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- Claire Furlong, head of media for Team England gives her input on the best beard in sport.
I still think Damon Kelly's is better. What d'you reckon?
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- Editor Duncan Mackey hears from legendary Scottish sprinter Allan Wells at Hampden Park.
Jamaica...can you hear us? We're coming to get you!!
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- Omatseye Nesiama, technical director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, perhaps getting a little carried away by his team's success at Glasgow 2014...
Controversy, what controversy?
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21:53 Any fears that the furore surrounding Sally Pearson after she was criticised by Australia's head coach Eric Hollingsworth, leading to him being suspended, having his accreditation revoked and sent home (see 11:45), would affect her defence of her 100m hurdles title have proved to be spectacularly unfounded.
The Olympic gold medallist has just cruised through her opening heat in an extremely impressive 12.69, just 0.04 off the Games record set by Jamaica's Brigitte Foster-Hylton at Melbourne in 2006. It would seem Pearson knows exactly the right way to train, whatever Hollingsworth may have said.
Searching for Clyde
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@insidethegames @VirginTrains still have some #clyde left to sell!
- As I am sure you remember, we told you earlier today (see 17:53) that Glasgow 2014 had declared that all 50,000 of the small Clyde mascots had officially sold out. But, as this Tweet reveals, Virgin Trains still have some to sell. It will be worth paying the ridiculously expensive fare just to get your hands on one of the cuddly thistles
Reaction to Amos' 800m victory over Rushida in their own words
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Botswana's Nijel Amos delivers a truly unique present to his brother, a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 800m
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- A humble Amos on his plans for 2015
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Dwyer stops the clock at 20.14 ahead of team-mates Weir in 20.16 and Livermore in 20.32.
21:10 As the runners settle into their blocks for the 200m final at Hampden, among those taking a front row seat is Allan Wells, the Scot who shared a gold medal with England's Mike McFarlane in this event at Brisbane in 1982
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Silver goes to Rinong Pamg of Malaysia while another Canadian takes bronze in the form of Roseline Filion.
20:58 Away from the athletics for one moment, as there is a big win in table tennis for Scotland to report. Gavin Rumgay, the host nation's top player, has beaten Andre Ho of Canada 4-1 to make it through to the third round.
We are also momentarily distracted as cycling gold medal winner Alex Dowsett has appeared in the Main Press Centre...
Medals galore in athletics on day eight
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It was a double of sorts for England in the minor medals as Jodie Williams takes silver and Bianca Williams the bronze.
20:49 No doubt what the highlight has been tonight, that 800m final, but there is plenty more to come. Next up is the women's 200m final...
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Sawyers won a silver medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck.
20:39 No surprises in the 400m hurdles as far as the women are concerned. Child was getting a lot of hype but Spencer was always the favourite. A good performance by the Scot nonetheless.
A shock, of sorts, in the men's race as runner-up Jehue Gordon is the reigning world champion. But Fredericks had run quicker than him this year, so the smart money was always on him.
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Spencer clocks in at 54:10 just under a second clear of Child who takes her second consecutive Commonwealth Games silver.
20:32 Hampden erupts as Eilidh Child is introduced before the start of the women's 400m hurdles final
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Jamaican Annsert Whyte had been right in contention but clipped a hurdle on the final bend to crash out.
Best beards in sport?
20:23 But the Australian has a way to go to match cricketing legend William Gilbert (WG) Grace. who played first class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908.
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20:16 The Australian has got us thinking about the best beards in sport...
Remarkably, there is a website on this very theme - BeardWatch.
New Zealand rugby sevens captain DJ Forbes is the only person who comes close here in Glasgow, we feel...
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- Australian Damon Kelly on his 'Ned Kelly' look (see 17:37) after winning the bronze medal in the over 105kg weightlifting
Amos shocks Rudisha to win 800m title
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20:03 What a performance by the young Botswanan in surely one of the moments of the Games so far. I was lucky enough to watch him win gold at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona and that same summer who won a shock Olympic silver, behind Rudisha, in a magnificent London 2012 Olympic final.
The time he ran in the Olympic final, 1:41.73, was a world junior record and puts him equal third in the all-time senior rankings, with somebody called Sebastian Coe. The name rings a bell...
Second behind Rudisha is the Kenyan born Dane, Wilson Kipketer.
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Rudisha takes silver while South African Andre Oliver takes bronze.
19:51 And David Rudisha is in the lead with 200m to go...
Weightlifting reaction
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- Canada's George Kobaldadze is glad to finally have struck gold in the over 105kg weightlifting
19:47 Next up is one of the biggest names at Glasgow 2014, Olympic champion and world record holder, David Rudisha over 800m.
The softly-spoken Kenyan gets a thunderous reception from a packed Hampden Park.
Another England win over Oz, this time on the track...
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Weir and Fearnley were wheel-to-wheel taking the bell but the Englishman turned on the gas in the back straight and coming round the final bend he began to stretch his lead and crossed the line in a time of 3:21:67 nearly one-and-a-half seconds clear of Fearnley.
19:36 A frantic few minutes of medals action around the grounds there. But all finished now in the wrestling. Canada and India have dominated competition here, and both country's take to the mat in a post competition celebration...
Now for the tag-team contest...
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Jones had been vying with Roy coming around the last bend but the Australian found an extra gear with 60m to go and flew passed the other two to cross the line.
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Athletics action underway
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Eunice Sum of Kenya leads the qualifiers for the women's 800m final elsewhere at Hampden Park. English teenager Jessica Judd is also through, as is veteran Jenny Meadows. Emily Dudgeon of Scotland, who has just finished her second year at Cambridge University incidentally, misses out.
Rings history for Canada and more success for England
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- Rebecca Downie after England's latest gymnastics victory in The Hydro, this time in the women's uneven bars
Gold for England in lawn bowls triples
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The match came to a conclusion after 15 ends, with Australia conceding to the 'mercy' rule due to the one-sided nature of the scoreline.
19:04 Into the closing stages of the diving now and, oh gosh, I was just about to say it will take a failure akin to Peter Kay's belly-flop dive in that memorable John Smith's beer advert of a few years ago to deny England's Jack Laugher gold, but he's only gone and completely messed it up.
It was the dreaded forward 4.5 somersault and it all went wrong unfortunately. Ooi Tze Liang of Malaysia is our new leader.
"After looking comfortable in the gold medal position for four rounds he's now down to second and some 10 points behind Malaysian rival Ooi Tze Liang. This is a big surprise, but team-mate Oliver Dingley is performing above expectations and currently in the bronze medal position."
18:59 Another good day for Canada. As well as the rings win just now, Danielle Lappage secured one of two Canadian victories on the final day of wrestling action.
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The Canadian finishes on 15.100 to top team mate Kevin Lytwyn, while Scotland's Daniel Purvis finishes third.
That result is exactly the same as that seen in qualifying, with Morgan, Lytwyn and Purivs taking first, second and third to ensure they took to the rings last.
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So Canada level things up with India as far as today is concerned. Two gold medals each by these two Commonwealth powerhouses of the sport.
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- Scotland's Daniel Keatings reflects on a brilliant gold medal won on the pummel horse.
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- Brilliant Indian support at the SECC where reporter Nick Butler is watching the wrestling.
18:30 Here's a nice story for you now..
After England hockey player Simon Mantell collided with ball girl Anna Walmsley during England's match with New Zealand on Tuesday, with the latter suffering a broken arm during the collision, Mantell has gifted her with a Team England shirt.
Good on you Simon!
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18:22 As the men's rings final gets underway at The Hydro, gold medal action is also ongoing over in Edinburgh where the men have taken to the board in the 3m springboard finals.
England's Jack Laugher is continuing his fine form in that as he sits well clear at the top with a score of 172.40 after two dives. His closest competitor is Malaysia's Ooi Tze Liang who has a combined score of 150.30.
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While the two Indian victories were greeted by the sounds of "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Panjabi MC, the latest win is greeted by "Rock Star" by Canadian band Nickelback. Another fitting choice.
As well as the one won by Mantila Epanga of Cameroon, the other bronze medal was taken by Blessing Oborududuof Nigeria
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- Reporter Nick Butler bringing us all the latest from the wrestling.
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This time it's Rebecca Downie who takes top honours as she wins the women's uneven bars!
Her score off 14.666 was just enough to beat Australia's Larrissa Miller on 14.566, while England's Ruby Harrold takes the bronze.
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BREAKING NEWS
17:53 We have received a statement from Glasgow 2014
"The small Clydes have now sold out in all venue stores as well as the George Square store – 50,000 altogether."
They add: "Our Commonwealth haggis are still available to buy via our online store."
You better get online quick, those haggis' will sell out quicker than Glastonbury tickets...
17:45 One of the most impressive things about Louis Smith's bronze medal performance in my opinion, is not the fact that he only announced his return to the sport in January of this year, but the fact that he can keep his hair looking so pristine even after a routine on the pummel horse. Every time I stand up mine looks like I've driven through a wind-tunnel. At 300mph...
Triple gold for Whitlock and Fragapane
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'Literally, I never think it's going to be good when it's actually amazing. I was just waiting for the scores to come through and when I saw it, my heart just sank.'
- Claudia Fragapane on her third gold medal of the Games, this one in the vault.
17:37 Australia's Damon Kelly has just taken the lead in the over 105kg weightlifting by lifting 203kg relatively comfortably in the clean and jerk.
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Another final defeat for Canada as Jevon Balfour has to be content with silver. He got smashed 10-0 in the first period.
17:32 Alex Gladkov holds on to win bronze by a margin of 22-16 in the loudest roar seem in this arena since the Renick sisters were in judo action last week.
He was wrestling like a rampaging Ukrainian bear, with just a hint of Robert the Bruce.
17:30 A thriller of a bronze medal match going on at the moment as Alex Gladkov of Scotland leads Sri Lankan opponent Chamara Perera 15-13 after the first period. The first bronze medal was awarded to Sampson Clarkson of Nigeria a few moments ago.
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17:28 These lifters from the Pacific Islands are great showmen. Niue's Daniel Nemani has just narrowly failed an attempt in the clean and jerk at 182kg but you had the crowd on their feet doing it.
17:25 England's Max Whitlock must have gotten lost as he made his way onto the silver medal position of the medal podium. The every-handy Early of Wessex is on hand to show him the way, however.
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- Reporter Nick Butler has made his way to the SECC for tonight's wrestling.
Remember that there are two forms of wrestling on the Olympic programme - freestyle and Greco Roman - but only the former is featuring on the programme here in Glasgow.
In case you are unfamiliar with the sport, the winner is declared by the addition of points accrued over two periods, with bouts declared over automatically if one wrestler takes a 10 point lead.
17:18 After that gold, it's time for I'm On My Way by The Proclaimers, obviously.
Don't worry if you haven't heard of that one, it took at least four of us journalists here at The Hydro to identify this one...
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The Scot's score of 16.058 is enough for the gold as Max Whitlock scores 15.966 in the final attempt of the contest.
Massive cheers inside The Hydro. That's the first gold to fall outside of England in this artistic gymnastics competition here in Glasgow.
Louis Smith finishes in third with his effort of 14.966.
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- I think some volunteers over at the Armadillo forgot to do their angles homework back in their school days.
17:09 A valiant effort by Smith as he moves into second on 14.966. Quite a ways off Daniel Keatings in first, it must be said.
17:06 A big moment for England's Louis Smith as he takes to the pummel horse, an apparatus he won gold on during Melbourne 2006, not to mention medals at both Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
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- Back to on the music vibe is our editor Duncan Mackay.
17:03 The biggest cheers of the night are met with the biggest smile of the night as Scotland's Daniel Keatings goes top with a whopping 16.058. That's the biggest score of the night too!!
Game on here at The Hydro!
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A 9-2 point victory for the Indian, as her Canadian opponnet Brittanee Laverdure is left prostrate on the mat for a few minutes afterwards. She seems all right though, eventually. The two bronze medals were won by Ifeoma Nwoye of Nigeria and Louisa Porogovska of England.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay with all the latest facts from the weightlifting.
16:52 Quite the contest about to get underway now at The Hydro as competitors for the men's pummel horse take to the stage.
The line up consists of a certain Louis Smith, one of the faces of these Games; Max Whitlock, one of the stars of these Games; and Daniel Purvis and Daniel Keatings, two of the favourites at these Games.
16:47 Sticking with the weightlifting, and at the end of the snatch it is the man from Nauru, Detenamo, who leads, having lifted 174kg. He is ahead of Canada's George Kobaladze and Australia's Damon Kelly, who have both managed 171kg.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay brings all the latest from the weightlifting.
16:38 Over at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre, Scotland's men's team fell toa5-0 defeat by Australia in the day's penultimate fixture. The defending champions sit top of Pool A after going unbeaten in these preliminary stages. They will face England in what should prove a fierce semi-final encounter.
Scotland, on the other hand, will go into a seventh and eighth place play-off with Malaysia.
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- Australian forward Matt Gohdes reflects on the win and their next fixture against England.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay is joined by Royalty at the Clyde Auditorium.
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She was first in qualifying and she's first again here tonight as she scores 14.633 for her two vaults!
Canada's Elisabeth Black finishes second for silver, her first medal at these Games, while Dipa Karmakar of India takes the bronze.
16:25 Karmakar goes into second after her two vaults. Last up it's England's Claudia Fragapane. Will it be three for the 16-year-old?
16:15 In the women's vault here at The Hydro, it's a Canadian one, two with Elsabeth Black leading Maegan Chant. England's Kelly Simm sits behind them in third. Just two left to jump...
Ohh, and One Week by Barenaked Ladies is blasting out over the speakers whilst we wait for India's Dipa Karmakar to make her vaults...
There truly is an exquisite playlist here in Glasgow for these Games...
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- Editor Duncan Mackay bamboozled by the music variation here in Glasgow. You should come to a karaoke night at the Osborne household Duncan...
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- Max Whitlock reflects on his third gold medal here in Glasgow.
16:03 Max Whitlock's gold medal means he is the first male at these Games to win three gold medals.
He's also becomes the first artistic gymnast from England to claim three gold medals in one single Commonwealth Games edition and now sits just won medal short of becoming the most decorated English athlete in men's artistic gymnastics with six medals.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay with all the top weightlifting tips over at the Armadillo.
15:55 That must be the first medal ceremony I've ever seen where the winner was wearing no shoes... Great performance by Max Whitlock on the floor, though.
It's now time for the women's vault final here at The Hydro with England's double gold medallist from these Games, Claudia Fragapane, looking to follow in the footsteps of her compatriot Whitlock and claim a third.
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- Reporter Paul Osborne showing unrivaled enthusiasm in the Hydro Arena.
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On Scottish shores at Edinburgh 1986, Paul Curran won the road race and England won the team time trial for the country's previous gold medals in road cycling. This was England's eighth gold medal in road cycling. Only Australia has more, with 17.
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- Editor Duncan Mackay at the weightlifting. Is there any song he is not familiar with? I never thought I'd hear him talking about the "thumping beats of 'Sexy and I Know It'"...
Are Australia really smashing the Poms?
15:37 That double-triumph for England deems it an appropriate time to revisit the front-page of yesterday's Herald Sun newspaper.
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15:36 But with swimming now a distant memory, England are stretching their lead. And Australia have problems away from the action, with their athletics head coach having been sent home, and a bronze-medal winning weightlifter being arrested for an altercation in the Athletes' Village.
Whitlock floors the opposition again with third gold medal
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That leaves New Zealand's David Bishop to scoop up bronze while Scotland's Daniel Keatings is knocked down to fourth.
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- Paul Osborne is in the Hydro Arena expecting to see more English gold.
Gold for Dowsett of England in the time trial
15:28 England have extended their lead at the top of the medals table by another one following that success. They are now four gold medals ahead of Australia. Is daylight opening, I wonder?
15:24 Svein Tuft of Canada and Jesse Sergent of New Zealand finish fourth and fifth, but there is no changing the top three, Silver for Rohan Dennis of Australia and bronze for Geraint Thomas of Wales.
Defending champion David Millar finishes down in eighth place.
15:22 Dowsett won the silver medal at Delhi 2010 in this event and holds a best World Championship finish of 8th in 2012. But he didn't even ride at the Olympic Games that year after Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome, the eventual gold and bronze medal winners, took the two spots in the British team.
The Englishman has certainly taken his opportunity today. He must have seen how Linda Villumsen finished so strongly in the women's race, and he did the same thing here.
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15:15 And Dowsett takes the lead!
15:14 great to see these riders giving it everything over the final kilometres. Rocking and rolling in the saddle. This is great sport. Here comes Dowsett. What has he got?
15:12 Up to the line, and over the line! Dennis of Australia stops the clock at 47:51.08 and is our new leader!
15:11 But here comes Rohan Dennis...
15:08 Geraint Thomas crosses the line in 47.55.82. He is our new leader but the men who could beat him are still out on the road.
Two of the other pre-competition favourites, defending champion David Millar of Scotland and Australian Luke Durbridge, were down in 8th and 9th respectively at the second check-point. Neither will feature on the podium.
15:06 It's all to play for in the time trial now. Rohan Dennis of Australia leads at the 32km check-point, by four seconds from Geraint Thomas, with Alex Dowsett of England in third just one further second behind.
It's looking like a fight between these three at the moment.
15:02 A great start in the badminton mixed doubles for England's husband and wife pair Gabby and Chris Adcock.
14:59 A quick tour around the grounds before we focus again on the cycling. Australia have moved 3-0 up on hosts Scotland in men's hockey, with Chris Ciriello putting the gold medal favourites ahead after 18 minutes before quick brace from Matt Gohdes.
A semi-final with England is on the cards.
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Roseline Filion of Canada and Rinong Pandelela Pamg of Malaysia topped the five-dive round in the women's 10m platform preliminary, standing level on 348.80 points. But England's youngest competitor at Glasgow 2014, 13-year-old Victoria Vincent, is safely through after qualifying in a creditable eighth position.
Both finals will take place this evening.
14:49 So, a change in the proverbial insidethegames commentary box as Paul Osborne disappears in the direction of the gymnastics, and Nick Butler takes over for the conclusion of the time trial.
All the big names are now out on the road and Geraint Thomas of Wales holds a huge, 40 second lead after 26.4km. Svein Tuft of Canada is second with Steve Cummings of England third.
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Speaking of these bigger names, some of them are just beginning their rides, including Svein Tuft of Canada, Luke Rowe of Wales and Steve Cummings of England... Expect the leaderboard to start changing soon.
- Reporter Nick Butler enjoying the underdogs over at the time trial. But it looks like the leaderboard will be changing awfully soon...
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- Christopher Symonds is currently 20th in the clubhouse after the time trial. One of the most interest figures at these Games, the Ghanaian also competed in the triathlon here in Glasgow, where he was lapped on the bike course, and the rest of a time is a doorman at the House of Commons, "The people there, they are nice guys," he added.