Adam Peaty will star on the Sandwell Aquatics Centre on Saturday as he begins the defence of his Commonwealth Games 100 metres breaststroke title.
Here the PA information company takes a have a look at the most effective of the motion to observe on day two in Birmingham.
Peaty energy
All eyes will probably be on Adam Peaty within the warmth and semi-final of the occasion he has made his personal.
Peaty’s participation in Birmingham had been left doubtful by a damaged foot, however the 27-year-old declared himself totally match and decided to defend his title within the first of 4 occasions he plans on competing in on the Games.
King Carlin?
Saturday could possibly be the day for the Scots to shine within the velodrome.
Jack Carlin will probably be among the many favourites within the males’s keirin however should beat Australia’s two-time defending champion Matthew Glaetzer, whereas John Archibald will goal to construct on his 2018 silver within the males’s particular person pursuit.
Claudia’s comeback
It is eight years since Claudia Fragapane swept on to the scene on the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow by securing 4 gold medals.
After a collection of damage setbacks, the Bristol 24-year-old will probably be joined by native favorite Alice Kinsella as she seems to be to steer England to victory within the ladies’s workforce occasion.
Social media second
Picture of the day
Day one highlights
Alex Yee grabbed England’s first gold medal of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games as he held off New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde in a dramatic end to the lads’s triathlon at Sutton Park.
Yee had been trailing his rival going into the run however Wilde was pressured to serve a 10-second penalty, permitting Yee to cost by means of and add to the silver medal he gained in Tokyo final 12 months.
Joe Fraser defied a ruptured appendix and a damaged foot to steer England to a profitable defence of their males’s workforce gymnastics title.
Fraser additionally certified for 4 particular person finals in a dominant efficiency that noticed them beat silver medallists Canada by greater than 13 factors.
James Hall topped the qualifying standings for the all-around competitors, whereas Jake Jarman, Giarni Regini-Moran and Courtney Tulloch additionally booked closing locations.
Source: www.impartial.co.uk