South Africa's Alan Hatherly ruins the clean sweep for New Zealand, a magnificent ride earning him the bronze medal ahead of Kiwi Ben Oliver.

England's Fraser Clacherty heads up the home nation riders in fifth, with Northern Ireland's Cameron Orr next in eighth.

Scotland's Grant Ferguson, thought to be the leading British hope ahead of the race, finishes in ninth.

Sam Gaze takes him! Anton Cooper tries to block his rival, a bit of bumping helps Gaze past... heading towards a sprint finish in the velodrome...

The Malawi Queens have extended their lead as this match reaches the half way stage.

Shooting at an impressive 92%, Malawi are cherishing possession and offering very little in terms of turnover opportunities for Northern Ireland.

Can they pull this one back and give us a grandstand finish?

Maybe they need a little bit of that famous Irish luck....

Hang on! Where's Sam Gaze reappeared from? The last we saw of him he was still off his bike in the technical zone - now he's back on Anton Cooper's shoulder. Cooper has a quick look behind him... he can't believe what he's just seen. Strap yourself in - this is going to be a thrilling finish...

England have been beaten in their Open B6/B7/B8 bowls triples bronze medal match.

It was a thrilling match but they lost 16-13 against South Africa who take the bronze.

In another closing fought contest Australia beat New Zealand 14-13 to take gold.

Scotland have missed out on the gold medal match in the women's bowls pairs.

Lesley Doig and Claire Johnston have lost 18-10 against South Africa.

They will play Canada or Malaysia for bronze.

Sam Gaze has a problem! He stops at the technical zone shortly into the final lap - looks like something wrong with his seat - and Anton Cooper shoots off into the distance. The defending champion is opening up a healthy lead over South Africa's Alan Hatherly. Only a monumental mistake is going to cost the Kiwi a gold medal now...

England's heptathlon leader Katarina Johnson-Thompson spoke to BBC Sport after the first two events. She said: "Normally heptathlon is the first day and I've just been itching in the village to get started.

"I like being the favourite because that means everyone rates you, and when you're not, they don't. I'm enjoying it."

After mixed results for the home nations in today's wrestling so far, three competitors are through to bronze medal matches.

In the men's 74kg category, Curtis Dodge of Wales will battle for bronze, while in the women's 76kg, England's Georgina Nelthorpe is also in a third-place decider, after a semi-final defeat.

And George Ramm of England is through to the men's 57kg bronze medal match.

Into the business end now. One lap - of around 5km - separates these riders and a Commonwealth Games medal. You could throw a blanket over front three Anton Cooper, Sam Gaze and Alan Hatherly. Who's got the most left in the tank?

Ben Oliver has fallen 45 seconds adrift of the leaders, with England's Fraser Clacherty, Canada's Leandre Bouchard and Northern Ireland's Cameron Orr still together another 25 seconds or so behind the Kiwi.

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England’s Robyn Birch knew that all 12 women would automatically qualify for the final later but still managed an impressive total of 319.50 during the preliminaries.

“It’s not always easy when you know you don’t have to score big to quality but I try to look at it as an opportunity to give myself a confidence boost,” Birch tells me.

“I’ve taken that from today despite all of the wind and problems with the sun and clouds so it’s a real positive and I’m looking forward to the final so much!”

James MItchell: Getting through my night shift while watching the Commonwealth Games on my coffee breaks. Go #TeamScotland, external

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One young man plays a Vuvuzela badly. He sounds like Jim during that American Pie scene where he attempts to play a trombone. This kid’s mate has a cowbell which sounds the part. Then, through the trees you hear screams and supporters on adjacent parts of the course get loud for their man.

There’s a lot going on. Don’t know about you but if I had this climb to come, the last thing I’d want is out of tune sounds clattering my ear drums. Let me suffer in peace.

Unfortunately for Katherine and David, their pride and joy is falling further behind the leading pack. Ben Oliver is now 24 seconds adrift of the front-runners Anton Cooper, Sam Gaze and Alan Hatherly.

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Katherine and David - parents of Ben Oliver - who is fourth so far. They are understandably feeling it.

As Oliver whizzes around a corner Katherine shouts: “Go Ben, keep pushing.”

When he’s gone she takes a deep breath and asked how her nerves are just laughs and says “not good.”

‘Earn the Fern’ has been the New Zealand mantra this week. Can Oliver make it a Kiwi-only podium?

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Individual all-around final

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Wales' Laura Halford, who took bronze in this event four years ago in Glasgow, puts in a strong performance with the hoop, in the first of four rounds.

At one point I'm pretty sure she caught the hoop (which was falling from a height of around 10m) without looking, just as she finished a pirouette. I mean... How?!

She gets one minor deduction for a slightly missed catch, but otherwise her routine was superb.

Tom English
Chief sports writer, BBC Scotland on the Gold Coast

Huge frustration for Scotland's Lynsey Sharp earlier. Failed to make the final of the 800m. Failed, also, to stop in the mixed zone to talk about it. Went through there without so much as a sidewards glance. Pretty poor. There are a lot of disappointed athletes at these Games and most, if not all, see it as part of their job to front up afterwards. Some have done it wonderfully despite feeling desperately low.

Malawi started like a steam train and Northern Ireland were playing instant catch-up.

They pegged the Queens back and got the scores back on centre, but a number of Northern Ireland errors and period of dominance from Malawi has helped them to open up a useful lead at the first break.

But a cheeky piece of skill from shooter Lisa Bowman and good defensive pressure at the end of the quarter showed that Northern Ireland have it in them to get back into the game.

England's Robert Paxton after his quarter-final win against New Zealand's Shannon McIlroy in the men’s singles: "He’s the current world champion so I had to be at it from the start. I’ve got a shout at a medal now so hopefully I’m doing everyone proud at home.”