![]() While they might be missing Max Whitlock England are still favourites to take it. While in artistic gymnastics the heat will be on the hosts to defend their title in men’s team final. Popstar-turned-swimmer Cody Simpson is set to make his international debut in the 50m butterfly heats. The drama for the evening will no doubt crescendo with the mixed 4x100m relay where Canada, England and Australia are set to lock horns. In the swimming pool Australian Tokyo 2020 favourite Ariarne Titmus will challenge in the women’s 200m freestyle with compatriot Zac Stubblety-Cook also promising to do big things in the men’s 200m breaststroke. The 34-year-old will take some undoing should her competitors dare. The Olympic champion and first gold medallist from her nation is also the defending Commonwealth Games champion. Although the triathlons will be sprint titles meaning the swim, bike and run are all half the Olympic distance.īermuda’s Flora Duffy fronts the women’s field in this contest. Headlining the action in the track cycling, which takes place not in the West Midlands but at London 2012 Olympic venue Lee Valley VeloPark, will be Teams GB’s most successful female Olympian Laura Kenny.The 30-year-old, who is married to the most decorated British Olympian of all time Jason Kenny, will compete for England in the women’s 4000m team pursuit with the men’s team pursuit and the team sprint finals also slated for today.Įngland will also have another familiar Olympic-medal winner to watch in triathlete Alex Yee.Īt Tokyo 2020 in 2021 Yee scooped up an individual silver and mixed relay gold marking him as the man to stop in Birmingham. Picture by Buda Mendes Day 1 – 29 July 2022 - Flora Duffy, Alex Yee and Hayden Wilde bid for triathlon supremacy Laura Kenny in actionĭay one of Birmingham 2022 will see 16 gold medal events take place. MORE: Commonwealth Games 2022: Preview, schedule, how to watch the global stars in action Day 0 – Thursday 28 July 2022 – Opening Ceremonyīefore the sporting action gets underway the Games will begin first with an Opening Ceremony.ĭue to begin at 19:00 the spectacle is expected to take two and a half hours and will include the Commonwealth Games Parade of Nations as well as the Queens’ Baton Relay. Schedule details are subject to change at short notice. has picked out the key events to watch on a daily basis as well as the schedule of events for both the preliminary stages and finals.Īll times below are in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+1). The 11-day-long event is a celebration of all things sport as well as being designed to bring together all the nations who are part of the Commonwealth.ħ2 teams, made up of 54 countries and 18 territories, will compete in 19 different sports with a gold, silver and bronze medal up for grabs for the first, second and third-place finishers.Īt Birmingham 2022, which will be the 22nd edition of the Games, there will be more medals available for women than men and the largest para sport programme in the history of the event. Four years on from its last showing on Australia’s Gold Coast the Commonwealth Games are returning to Birmingham, England for one of the world’s biggest events outside of the Olympic Games.
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