Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the ones to watch

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Swimmer Michael Jamieson
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Michael Jamieson represents host country Scotland in the pool where he'll be determined to add to his Olympic silver medal from London 2012.

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Scotland's Eilidh Child will be a favourite amongst the home fans in the 400m hurdles.

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Tom Daley will be defending his 10m platform diving title which he won in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

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England's Laura Massaro is the current squash World Champion and has her eyes on the gold medal in Glasgow.

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Welshman Aled Davies took gold in the Paralympic discus and is aiming for a repeat in Glasgow.

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Double Olympic gold medallist Laura Trott will be pedalling her way to possible Commonwealth glory.

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Jamaican track superstar, Usain Bolt, has six Olympic gold medals and two world records. Everyone else had better watch out!

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Canadian weightlifter Marie-Eve Beauchemin-Nadeau hopes to go one better than the silver medal that she won at the 2010 Games in Delhi

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Australian sprinter Sally Pearson was stripped of her title in the 2010 Commonwealth Games after a false start. She won't want a repeat of that as she goes for 100m gold in Glasgow.

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Getting into the boxing ring for Northern Ireland will be Paddy Barnes. He won gold in Delhi and won't want to settle for anything less in Glasgow.

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Mo Farah has become the latest big name athlete to pull out of the Games after failing to recover from a recent illness.