Efficiency of the day
“This medal is 20 years,” a tearful Hazel Ouwehand mentioned, a “heavy” bronze round her neck – her first worldwide swimming medal of any hue.
The lanky 50m butterfly sprinter – who additionally works fulltime as an Auckland accountant – made it two bronzes for New Zealand on day two, simply minutes after Erika Fairweather gained her second medal of those Video games with a surprising end within the 200m freestyle.
The Kiwi swimmers nearly added a 3rd bronze later within the morning, with the 4x100m freestyle blended relay – that includes Fairweather in her third swim of the day – narrowly lacking the rostrum, edged out by Wales.
Ouwehand, who grew up within the tiny Waikato settlement of Te Pahū and realized to swim from her mum, paid tribute to her household, who had been within the stands on the Tollcross Swimming Centre.
“With out my mum and pa waking up at 5am for at the very least the primary 10-15 years of my swimming… with out my sisters who used to swim as properly, I used to be following of their footsteps,” the 26-year-old mentioned.
“My center sister Chelsea’s dream was at all times to go to the Comm Video games and the Olympics, so I additionally really feel like I’m doing this for her too.”
Ouwehand missed the 50m fly closing on the 2022 Video games, however was the third-fastest qualifier after final evening’s semifinals. She was rapt to interrupt 26s in a busy closing, clocking 25.76s, with Aussie Alex Perkins successful in 25.37s. World junior champion Zoe Pedersen, nonetheless simply 19, additionally made it into her first Commonwealth closing – and completed a vastly creditable fifth.
After her 400m freestyle silver on day one, Fairweather dug deep to win her bronze within the 200m. The fifth-fastest qualifier, Fairweather powered previous English swimmer Freya Colbert on the swim house, ending in 1m 55.24s, simply 0.18s exterior her private greatest time.
“It was undoubtedly a little bit of a canine combat, however yeah, I used to be completely happy to get the job executed,” she mentioned.
The blended relay quartet of Chelsey Edwards, Fairweather, Cameron Grey and Carter Swift needed to be content material with setting a brand new New Zealand report of 3m 24.82s, lacking bronze by half a second.
She mentioned it
“I’ve competed in opposition to Hazel since I used to be most likely like 15 years outdated. And to be on the Commonwealth Video games along with her, it’s simply so particular. It’s going to be a second I bear in mind without end,” Zoe Pedersen on swimming subsequent to Ouwehand within the 50m butterfly closing, earlier than strolling away from the pool hand-in-hand along with her position mannequin.
The excellent news
New Zealand’s 3×3 ladies’s basketball crew are three from three, ending their first day stopping 2022 silver medallists England of their tracks, 21-12.
“We undoubtedly needed to grind that one out… England was a battle from the beginning,” mentioned Eva Langton afterwards. “Three from three is superior, the place we needed to be.”
The crew of Langton, Ella Fotu, Azure Anderson and Sharne Pupuke-Robati beat Papua New Guinea, 22-6, and Tonga, 21-8. Pupuke-Robati ended the day with a stand-out 30 factors.
The Silver Ferns are on the board in Glasgow, however will want get right down to enterprise a lot faster and slicker in opposition to 2022 silver medallists Jamaica tomorrow morning.
Of their first hit-out of 2026, the Silver Ferns beat Scotland 74-44, however it wasn’t at all times convincing. Sporting an uncommon gray costume, the Ferns regarded rusty at instances, struggling to forge some connections.
“We all know we’ve got plenty of work to do on assault and defence,” mentioned Grace Nweke, who shot 29 from 30 in her two quarters. “We simply need to begin the sport properly and be assured in our buildings and our sport. We all know Jamaica have firepower, however so will we, and I feel will probably be a fantastic match-up,”
In Dame Noeline Taurua’s first time on the helm in 634 days, she gave 11 of her 12 gamers court-time, resting Catherine Corridor who’s coming back from damage. Aim hold Kelly Jackson was the one participant on court docket for the total 60 minutes and with good cause – holding the defence along with 4 intercepts and 7 beneficial properties. She paired properly with Carys Stythe, taking part in her first take a look at at aim defence. Taurua additionally tried Mila Reuelu-Buchanan at wing defence for the primary time.
Whereas the New Zealand taking pictures stats had been respectable, profitable with 89 p.c, there have been some ropey passes out and in of the circle. Scotland, ranked tenth on the earth, put up an honest combat, however the Ferns lastly bought their act collectively to dominate the fourth quarter, 21-7.
Popping out of a six-year retirement, gymnast Courtney McGregor has made two finals within the particular person all-round and the vault. The Auckland trainee physician was the most effective of the 4 New Zealanders competing within the groups occasion, ending fifteenth within the area of 38 gymnasts, and eighth within the vault, her favoured equipment.
New Zealand’s Para bowls blended pair of Sonya Woodrow (with director Kimberley Carraher) and Kerrin Wheeler (with director Colin Wheeler) stored their medal hopes alive with an exciting tie break win over Wales, and a dominant 6-5, 7-1 win over Australia.
The beforehand unbeaten ladies’s pair of Katelyn Inch and Selina Goddard additionally discovered themselves in a 3rd set tiebreaker in opposition to Canada, however didn’t get the rub of the indoor inexperienced, shedding 4-5, 5-3, 2-0. They’ll have to beat table-topping Wales of their subsequent match to remain within the medal hunt.
First-time Video games swimmers and coaching companions Amber George and Savannah-Eve Martin each made it into the semifinals of the 100m backstroke, however completed sixth and seventh, lacking out on the ultimate.
The not-so excellent news
There can be no fairy-tale house Video games for Scotland’s star observe athlete Eilish McColgan, whose bid to defend her 10,000m title has been scuppered by a toe damage.
The Dundee runner – poster lady for these Video games – damage her foot through the London Marathon 10 weeks in the past and ran out of runway to get on the startline. “The excellent news is I’m again operating. The dangerous information is I’ve merely run out of time to get myself, and my toe, again into spikes.”
What the?
Two Australian Diamonds sat within the stands at The Hydro cheering not for his or her world No.1 aspect, however for Tonga – the netball crew making their Commonwealth Video games debut.
Amy Parmenter and Jessie Grenvold, Diamond reserves in Glasgow, held an indication studying ‘The Individuals’s Princess Pav’ – for his or her Melbourne Mavericks teammate Uneeq Palavi, who was born in Australia however represents the island nation courtesy of her Tongan dad.
Even with Pav’s unlikely vocal cheer squad, Tonga couldn’t hold tempo with the defending champions, who cruised to a 99-38 victory.
“It’s simply one other step nearer to place our little nation on the map and that’s all that issues,” Palavi mentioned.
Who’s up subsequent
SWIMMING: Chelsey Edwards, Zoe Pedersen, 100m freestyle, Solar 9.35pm, Hazel Ouwehand, 100m butterfly, Solar 10.48pm (semis Mon 6.45am & 7.34am). Erika Fairweather, Caitlin Deans, Eve Thomas, 1500m freestyle, Mon 8.04am.
BOXING: Greer Corridor, first spherical, Solar 10.45pm
LAWN BOWLS: Selina Goddard & Katelyn Inch, ladies’s pairs, Solar 11.45pm
GYMNASTICS: Ladies’s all spherical closing, Courtney McGregor, Mon 5am
NETBALL: Silver Ferns vs Jamaica, Mon 8am
