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  1. Whalley finishes eighth in 63kg weightliftingpublished at 16:23 BST

    Charlotte WhalleyImage source, Team Wales

    Charlotte Whalley finished eighth in the 63kg weightlifting competition.

    Whalley was a late addition to Team Wales after receiving a reallocated qualification spot.

    She combined for 186kg after an 82kg snatch and a personal best of 104kg in the clean and jerk.

    Canada's Maude Charron took gold with a Commonwealth Games record score of 232kg.

    Both her 102kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk were Games records, with England's Sarah Davies Smale claiming silver with 217kg.

  2. Williams guarantees first Wales boxing medalpublished at 15:24 BST

    Connor WilliamsImage source, Getty Images

    Heavyweight Connor Williams has guaranteed himself at least a bronze medal after winning his quarter-final bout against Niue's Duken Holo Tutakitoa-Williams by split decision.

    Four out of five judges scored the cagey fight in the Swansea boxer's favour as team-mates Rosie Eccles and Owain Harris-Allan cheered on from the stands.

    "I'm very happy with a bronze medal," Williams said.

    "Anything less, I'd be disappointed but I'm not done yet, I'm gunning for that gold medal.

    "I've had two good wins now. I'm building a lot of momentum, I feel like I'm destined for this."

    Earlier in the session Helen Jones lost her women's 54kg quarter-final against England's Lauren Mackie by unanimous decision.

    Wales will have Harris-Allan, Eccles, Orlando Holley-Sotomi, Niamh Brookes and Daniel Pitt are in quarter-final bouts on Wednesday.

  3. Gymnast Evans seventh in balance beam finalpublished at 14:32 BST

    Ruby EvansImage source, Getty Images

    Welsh gymnast Ruby Evans finished seventh in the balance beam final that was won by Australia's Breanna Scott.

    This is not the event Evans was targeting for a medal today, that will come later in the floor at 15:40 BST.

    Evans pulled out of Monday's uneven bars final as identical twins Abigail and Emily Roper created a bit of history by both winning bronze on the vault and uneven bars respectively within a couple of hours of each other.

    Wales women had also finished fourth in the team event.

    Also today, Elliot Vernon finished seventh in the parallel bars final at 14:50 BST and Alexander Niscoveanu will be part of the horizontal bar final at 16:20 BST.

  4. Swimmer Letton-Jones starts search for second medal published at 13:14 BST

    Ela Letton-JonesImage source, Getty Images

    Para-swimmer Ela Letton-Jones began her campaign for a second Commonwealth Games medal by qualifying fifth fastest for tonight's women's 50m freestyle S13 heat.

    Letton-Jones, who won Wales first medal at the Commonwealth Games when she claimed silver in the 100m, will go in the final at 19:32 BST in Glasgow.

    This will be just after Matt Richards aims for his first Commonwealth Games individual medal in the men's 100m freestyle final at 19:18 BST.

    Lewis Fraser (50m butterfly), Meghan Higgs and Theodora Taylor (women's 50m freestyle heats) and Jack Knight (men's 100m backstroke) qualified for semi-finals.

  5. Welsh duo through to athletics semi-finalspublished at 12:09 BST

    Charlotte Henrich and Justin DaviesImage source, Team Wales

    Charlotte Henrich and Justin Davies are safely through to their respective semi-finals after the second morning of competition for Welsh athletes at Scotstoun Stadium.

    Henrich, 19, ran the third fastest time in qualifying as she won her 400m heat in a time of 52.13 seconds.

    The top eight-ranked athletes will join at the semi-final stage on Thursday where Henrich says she'd be "disappointed" if she doesn't make Saturday's final.

    Having run a personal best 11 days ago, Henrich says if the wind settles down that the track could be fast enough to see her break the Welsh record again for the third time in six weeks.

    Davies finished second in his 800m heat in a time of 1:46.98.

    He came into the race seeded fifth and says second place "was a dream come true."

    "I've always been building back into the season came back from an injury, that last 100m is my strength and to get that back and show what I'm made of, that's terrific."

    The 23-year-old's semi-final will also be on Thursday, when the top eight-ranked athletes join the competition.

  6. Wales women's bowls pair miss out on bronze medalpublished at 11:27 BST

    Amy Williams, Lauren GowenImage source, Team Wales

    Wales women's pair of Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen missed out on their bid for Commonwealth Games bronze following a 2-0 set defeat to Northern Ireland.

    The Wales duo lost the first set 4-2 to the Northern Ireland pair of Chloe Wilson and Shauna O'Neill.

    In a tense second set, it came down to the final end with Wales losing 5-4.