The water looks calm at Strathclyde Country Park - until 24 triathletes crash through the icy blue with their fin-like arms. England's Lucy Hall leads after the first lap, with a group less than a dozen setting the early pace. Loads of fans are sitting on the bank overlooking the water, cheering on the athletes in the Glasgow sunshine. Someone dish out the suncream.

Scotsman John Paul opens the sprint qualifying and clocks the fastest time so far, 10.308 seconds. We have seen the first Ghana track cyclist at the Games, Jedidiah Amoako-Ackah 2.370 slower, with Olympic champion Jason Kenny to come.

Non Stanford
Injured triathlon world champion and BBC Sport expert

"Jodie Stimpson is definitely one of the favourites. Unfortunately there aren't any Wales or Scotland athletes in the field but hopefully one of the first medals of the games will be for England.

"Expect the swim to be really fast, likewise with the bike because they will not want to let anyone back in and the run will be very hard too. There really is nowhere to hide on this course."

Blazing sunshine at Strathclyde Country Park as the 24 entrants from 12 different countries fling themselves into the cold water at the start of the women's triathlon. Remember, these lot are battling for the first gold medal of Glasgow 2014.

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Swim, bike, run - in that order. A race combining a 1500m open water swim, a 40km bike ride and a 10km run. There is also a mixed team relay featuring two women and two men over shorter distances (250m swim, 6km cycle, 1600m run). Athletes complete all three disciplines in their mini-triathlon before tagging their team-mate. The order is woman, man, woman, man.

England long jumper Greg Rutherford on Twitter:, external Gutted to hear England have lost another athlete and it's Mo! Hoping for a speedy recovery to a national treasure.

Things are really getting going now, with three more sports about to join the fun. Medals are up for grabs at the Strathclyde Triathlon Course, with England's Jodie Stimpson and Australian Emma Moffatt among the favourites. Watch the action here.

You can also see England's world champion Nick Matthew kicks off the squash tournament against Xavier Koening of Mauritius at the Scotsoun Sports Campus.

And Olympic champion Jason Kenny of England will go for gold in the men's track cycling sprint at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome - watch the action here.

Rebecca Adlington
Four-time Olympic medallist and BBC Sport swimming expert

"It was all about tactics for Miley and Willmott there - this morning is just about making it through to tonight's final. The 400 individual medley is definitely the most tactical race in the swimming programme. The science behind it, all four strokes, and over such a great distance - they have got to get their tactics right tonight."

That means Miley and Willmott qualify as one and two for the final, which takes place at 19:07 BST tonight. And the pair will be lane-by-lane in the Tollcross pool - a must-watch battle for gold. A 'Duel In The Pool' if you will.

The biggest challenger to Hannah Miley's Commonwealth crown is thought to be England's Aimee Willmott. What's she got in the locker? Plenty, it seems. Willmott wins the second heat in a comfortable-looking time of 4:39.50. And Miley and Willmott are joined in the final by another Briton, England's Danielle Lowe, who finished third behind Willmott in the heat.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

"It's hugely disappointing, for Mo and the event. We knew he had been struggling. He's just run out of time to be in shape. I was really hoping he would have run the 10,000m at least.

"It's not been a good few months for Mo. Running the marathon earlier in the year has upset his normal pattern and had an impact on his summer. He knows how hard the 5,000m and 10,000m are going to be here, so he didn't want to put himself at risk of not winning. It's not like the Europeans, where the competition is not particularly strong. He would not have wanted to come here and not be at his best. He'll be a big miss."

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Australia's women get off to a solid start with a comprehensive victory over Malaysia, ranked 20 places below them at 22 in the world. The standard has been set by the top seeds and Pool B rivals England and Wales will meet in the next match at 11:00 BST.

A couple of solid front-crawl lengths later and Hannah Miley eases to victory in heat one. And not only does she win - she sets a new Games record with her time of 4:38.27. What a start!

A huge roar greets a focused Hannah Miley as she strides out to poolside for the women's 400m individual medley. The defending champion trails Canadian teenager Emily Overholt by a couple of seconds at the halfway stage, before gliding through the breaststroke section to take control.

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Former Olympic champion David Wilkie is confident fellow Scot Hannah Miley can really get the party started by winning the first gold in the pool later.

"It would be absolutely fantastic, not just for the swimming team but for the rest of the Scottish team," says Wilkie, who won medals at Edinburgh 1970 and Christchurch 1974.

"Hannah's the fastest swimmer in the world this year; she's the defending champion; the pressure's on her. The pool's going to be pretty electric today because it's the first of the big sports taking place."

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Brace yourself for a big splash - we're about to dive head first into the pool. The Tollcross International Swimming Centre is the going to be the Mecca of all aqua-related things over the next 11 days and the first heats start in a few moments.

Scotland's Hannah Miley is a big medal hope in the pool and she goes in the opening heat of the 400m individual medley at the Tollcross Swimming Centre. Watch the action here.

So the action is well under way on day one of Glasgow 2014 - and the hosts have made a cracking start in the Emirates Arena. Fifth seeds Scotland are cruising against the Seychelles in the mixed team, winning their first two matches and heading towards a crucial third victory in the best-of-five tie.

Double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah has withdrawn from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after failing to recover from a recent illness

Glen Eckett:, external With the field Farah races in it's the right decision unless he's 100%.

Luke Davies:, external Sad to hear that the famous Mobot won't be making an appearance at Glasgow 2014.

Baba Ewok:, external Get well soon Mo, sorry to see you've had to drop out but health more important of course. All the best to you.