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BBC Sport's Vassos Alexander: "Poor old Bob Gabourel of Belize just couldn't handle it. Despite doing breaststroke halfway through the second 750m of the swim he got on an official's jet ski and said 'that's enough' and was taken to shore.

"If you're going to enter a triathlon in front of thousands wouldn't you make sure you could get round 1500m on the swim? It's a shame we aren't going to see him on the bike as well. His cycling training had actually taken place on sand, so we can only assume he would have whizzed round on the road."

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So who are the dangermen who might close the gap and gatecrash the Brownlees-Austin Home Nations podium party?

Australia's Ryan Bailie is among the nearest pursuers and will be one to look out for.

But the gap is growing rather than shrinking. It is up to one minute five seconds as Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee and Marc Austin get out of the saddle and power up the slopes around Strathclyde Country Park.

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Triathlete Vicky Holland gave Non Stanford, her fellow triathlete, housemate and 5 live commentator, something to shout about when she won bronze for England at the Commonwealth Games.

Holland told Stanford, who was alongside 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire, that winning bronze was "pure pain" but every "English and GB staff member was yelling down the gap".

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BBC Sport triathlon expert & coach

"Wouldn't it be great for the Scottish crowd if Marc Austin can stay up there with the Brownlees. We are seeing a little bit of concentrated work in the chasing pack but gaps are also starting to form there and the leading group are still pulling away."

The chasing pack is 12-strong and is starting to get strung out as they attempt to reel in the front three. Northern Ireland's Conor Murphy is doing some of the hard yards on the front.

They get a chance to eyeball the leaders as the course switched back on itself.

Paul Holland:, external Looking rather good for the Brownlees at the moment, that chase pack needs to get its act together.

Ross Whiteside:, external Stunning scenes in the triathlon - is that really Glasgow?

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BBC Sport's Vassos Alexander: "As expected the Brownlee brothers are pushing hard on the bike. We have a leading group of three - two Englishmen and Scotsman Marc Austin - who are clear of the rest of the chasing pack."

Scotland's Marc Austin is given a hearty local cheer as he comes through to complete his first bike lap alongside leaders and favourites Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee. The trio have 40 seconds on the chasing pack.

If Austin plays this cute he could well have a place on the podium. He would have to play it very, very cute for it to be better than bronze though.

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BBC Sport's Ollie Williams is on a quest to interview an athlete from all 71 nations and territories participating in the Commonwealth Games to create the 71 Club (#71club).

Malaysia's Azizul Awang is the first member the club - you might remember him from 2011, when a huge piece of velodrome track lodged in his leg in Manchester. It took him more than a year to come back but he's here in Glasgow.

"Maybe five years ago, we weren't very good in track cycling," he says. "Now, it's getting bigger and bigger. It's becoming one of the major sports in Malaysia now."

Make sure you catch Tonight at the Games on BBC One at 22:40 (BST) to hear more from the #71club athletes.

Dirkie Chamberlain, who plays for Reading, scores four times as South Africa's women put 16 past Trinidad & Tobago at the National Hockey Centre. Patricia Alexis-Wright manages T&T's only shot of the match, which fails to hit the target.

Drama! The lead group are down to three as the tricky technical course claims South Africa's Henri Shoeman. He misjudges a sharp bend and ended up nestled in the protective hay bales. He is back on his bike having caught his breath, but has 12 to 15 seconds to make up on the Brownlee brothers and Marc Austin of Scotland.

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

"Veteran weightlifter Jo Calvino, competing for England, goes in the 48kg weightlifting at the Clyde Auditorium, aka the Armadillo, at 15:30.

"This is the 32-year-old's fourth Commonwealth Games and she has yet to win a medal - finishing sixth, fifth and fourth. The 5ft athlete was angered when she was left out of the Team GB squad for London 2012 and instead volunteered during those Olympics."

Steve Trew
BBC Sport triathlon expert & coach

"A great performance by 20-year old Marc Austin of Scotland. To come out after the swim in fourth position is truly sensational.

"Now they are on to the bike there is a big gap between what were the first eight swimmers and the rest of the field. You just know the Brownlees will be hitting it hard right from the front, so that gap will be hard to close. Richard Murray of South Africa is down in 14th."

You can watch the race by clicking through the Live Coverage tab at the top of this page.

Cue Jaws music.

Kenya's Vincent Onyango, breaststroking his way towards the end of his first lap, is ushered out the way for his own safety by a kayak as the leaders appear behind and threaten to blend him to a pulp.

Out of the water first is South African Henri Schoeman, closely followed by Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee and Scotland's Marc Austin fourth.

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On to their carbon steeds and that group of four are out in front on their own having lost Canada's Matt Sharpe around the twists and turns.

The four-strong breakaway look like they are determined that they have seen the last of the rest of the field. Plenty of co-operation among the leaders.

Northern Ireland's Aileen Reid, who finished sixth in this morning's women's triathlon final, on Twitter:, external "The race was on and off, hard and slow. I put everything in, ticked all my boxes, happy with my efforts swim/bike/trans. Legs gave way second lap!"

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BBC Sport's Vassos Alexander: "An update on Belize's Bob Gabourel. He is still doing breaststoke and was comfortably lapped by all the competitors! It could be a long afternoon for him."

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport in Glasgow

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"This is what the inside of an armadillo looks like! Jo Calvino for England in 48kg weightlift. Been in the business since 2002."

Weightlifting events are taking place in the The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow, the largest venue at the Commonwealth Games.

Julie Stansfield:, external Well done Jodie Stimpson. Now follow that Alistair and Jonny Brownlee.

Earlier today Team England triathlete Stimpson won the first gold medal of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The spectators with the best view at Strathclyde Country Park are a couple of swans paddling in the shallows, intrigued by the churning line of swimmer out in the middle of the lake.

It is still the Brownlees in the top two positions. They are pressing the pace and there is a danger that some of the slower swimmers might be lapped. Belize's Bob Gabourel and Kenya's Vincent Onyango still have not completed their first 750m and the leaders are closing in on the backmarkers.

Earlier we mentioned the Renicks sisters, Kimberley and Louise, who have both reached their respective finals at Glasgow 2014.

The Scottish pair have actually fought six times in competition, before separating into different weight divisions. Louise dominated the first few fights before Kimberley began to wrest the initiative, but it became too much of a strain on their relationship and the latter dropped down a division.

"In one event, I got beat in a semi by a Cuban who nearly snapped my ankle," Louise recalls. "Then I had to fight Kimberley for the bronze and she kept battering the same ankle because she knew it was hurting. Once we're on the mat together, we really go at it."