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England's time trial silver medallist Emma Pooley, speaking to BBC Sport: "It was close but I'm happy to be on the podium, there was nothing I could have done any better. It was tough in the wet, especially in the corners. I slipped out once and after that I was a bit cautious.

"I'm really grateful to have had the opportunity to compete for so long, and am grateful to those who have supported me over the past seven or eight years. To get a medal today tops everything."

Pooley has announced that she will retire from cycling at the end of the Commonwealth Games to concentrate on triathlon and marathon running.

As we scan down the time sheet, it's worth giving a shout out to Welsh teenager Elinor Barker, who narrowly missed out on gold in the points race on the track, for her seventh-place ride.

Scotland's Lucy Coldwell was eighth, but England's Joanna Rowsell finished well adrift in 13th, one place below another talented Welsh youngster, Amy Roberts.

Chris Boardman
Olympic cycling champion and BBC Sport summariser

"What a great race, but it was the wrong result though! Still, it was a brilliant ride by Linda Villumsen, she is such a good competitor and a worthy winner. There was nothing more Emma Pooley could do, clearly she was in great shape, and it would have been lovely to see her get a gold in her final major time trial but the course didn't quite suit her.

"The ride of the day though was from Katie Archibald - she was was fighting for it all the way through."

Ashley Jackson took his scoring run to seven goals as England beat Canada 3-1, and they now look likely to face a daunting semi-final against world champions Australia.

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"The next step for this group of players is to make a final," said Jackson. "We are ranked fourth in the world and have been very much playing to that ranking, unable to make that next step to get the right result in semi-finals.

"It does not matter who we face, we are confident going into the Australia game. We have lost a few times but we have already beaten them."

Scotland's Katie Archibald, who finished fifth in the women's time trial, speaking to BBC Sport: "I really liked the country lanes part of the course but I left too much at the end.

"It is a mental game more than anything and I can't kill myself on the flats, that's something to work on I suppose. But there was tremendous support from the crowds. In the busy spots my power went right up."

The time-trial medallists take their place on three chairs on a podium as they remove cleets and call home to friends and family. It is Linda Villumsen of New Zealand who has the prized middle seat and England's Emma Pooley does not seem to begrudge her her victory, chatting away about the the race.

English trio Jack Laugher, James Denny and Oliver Dingley are all looking like qualifying among the top places for the men's 3m springboard final.

In the preliminary round, with two of the six dives to go and the top 12 to qualify, Laugher, who won gold in the 1m event on Thursday, is the leading qualifier with Denny third and Dingley fourth while Scotland's James Heatley is seventh and also looks like going through safely.

Australia's Katrin Garfoot takes bronze with Scotland's Katie Archibald in fifth after a brave ride that ran out of steam.

Final standings:

1. L Villumsen (Nzl) 42:25.46

2. E Pooley (Eng) +6.03

3. K Garfoot (Aus) +48.45

Chris Boardman
Olympic cycling champion and BBC Sport summariser

"We said that downhill section running back into Glasgow would favour Linda Villumsen, still we were hoping Emma Pooley would emulate her performance in Beijing in 2008 and produce a strong descent but you cannot deny your physiology.

"It was out-and-out power that won the day. We thought Pooley might have got enough of a buffer but it proved not to be the case."

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In the end Linda Villumsen of New Zealand found the eight seconds she was missing at the final checkpoint and another six as well to finish relatively comfortably clear of England's Emma Pooley.

Pooley, five foot and not a lot, just lacked the bulk and power to descend as quick as her rival on the final downhill section.

Emma Pooley steams through the finishline in a time of 42.31.29 . All eyes now on Linda Villumsen to see if the New Zealander can make up those missing eight seconds on the final section.

Scotland's Katie Archibald is roared down the final straight but she has paid for the effort laid down earlier on the course.

She is third fastest so far behind Australian Katrin Garfoot and New Zealand's Jaime Nielsen and, with faster riders to come, there will be no medal for here.

Earlier we asked whether you thought Australia's Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson was wrong to race in London rather than attend a pre-Games training camp.

Tracy-Anne, Hastings, via text: Sally Pearson would have been wrong either way with Eric Hollingsworth. Sally runs to build up race fitness - wrong. If Sally had not run he would have stated she was not up to race fitness.

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BBC Sport in Glasgow

Athletics Australia head coach Eric Hollingsworth has had his accreditation revoked and will fly back to Australia for breaching the terms of his contract in his criticism of Olympic 100m hurdles champion Sally Pearson.

Pearson was labelled a "bad example" by Hollingsworth for choosing to race in London this month instead of joining the rest of the team at a pre-Games camp in Gateshead.

Hollingsworth was consequently suspended by Athletics Australia for his comments and now the country's Commonwealth Games chiefs have taken further action.

"Athletics Australia withdrew Eric's nomination of head coach. This led to us revoking his accreditation and we have made arrangements for Eric to travel back to Australia at an appropriate time. He is going home today if we can get some flights arranged," said chef de mission Steve Moneghetti (pictured).

Pearson begins the defence of her 100m hurdles Commonwealth title later on Thursday.

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Has Emma Pooley broken Linda Villumsen's resolve? The Englishwoman comes through the third checkpoint eight seconds ahead of her New Zealand rival.

It is a straight slug-out for gold between the two.

Less than seven kilometres to go, but some of it is a little tricky downhill. Will that suit Villumsen more?

Northern Ireland's teenage pairing of Hannah Lynch-Dawson and Emma Ludlow see off Pakistan's Fawar Babar and Abeera Sheikh 11-9 11-9 11-8 to move into the last 32 of the women's doubles at the Scotstoun Sports Campus. Earlier, three England pairings made it through to the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. Watch live table tennis here.

Has Katie Archibald of Scotland gone off too hard? She has just posted the fastest time so far through the third checkpoint, but her lead over Australia's Katrin Garfoot is down from north of 20 seconds, to a little more than six.

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The front page of The Times' Commonwealth Games section focuses on the women's synchronised diving competition.

MunsterBecks:, external The commentators on the time trial seem surprised by the changing weather conditions in Glasgow. You get used to it quickly...

Chris Boardman
Olympic cycling champion and BBC Sport summariser

"England's Emma Pooley is probably going about 2kmph faster than most of her competitors, she shows superb acceleration to overtake the riders ahead of her.

"Only Linda Villumsen of New Zealand can challenge her now. It is incredibly close between the two. Any corner can make the difference between gold and silver."