Commonwealth Games 2018: Meet Wales' Gold Coast hopefuls

Commonwealth Games 2018: why representing Wales is so special...

Wales will send a team of around 150 athletes to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia's Gold Coast.

Their target is to bring back more than 25 medals - the number they won in Auckland 1990, their best haul from a game outside the UK.

"We want to have more medals than we've ever had in an away Games," said chef de mission Professor Nicola Phillips.

Who are the athletes hoping to help chase that target? BBC Wales Sport has been out to meet some of them.

Table Tennis - Charlotte Carey

Table Tennis star Charlotte Carey on leading Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Weightlifting - Gareth Evans and Hannah Powell

Welsh lifters Evans and Powell targeting Commonwealth gold

Cycling - Lewis Oliva

British Cycling's 'brutal' training methods work - Oliva

Bowls - Jess Sims and Laura Daniels

Wales's world champion pair on why bowls is more than just 'old man's marbles'

Race walking - Bethan Davies

Welsh race walker Bethan Davies on why the sport deserves more respect

Rugby sevens - Sam Cross and Jasmine Joyce

Sam Cross and Jasmine Joyce on rugby sevens growth

Rhythmic gymnastics - Abigail Hanford

Hanford wants to win Commonwealth gold for Wales

Athletics - Jake Heyward

Meet Jake Heyward, the rising star of Welsh athletics

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