Commonwealth Games: Live coverage of Day 1 from Glasgow

Of course, the recently-retired Ariarne Titmus will not be competing in the women’s 400m freestyle, which she has claimed the gold medal at in the last two editions of the game.

And with Lani Pallister looking to follow in her footsteps, the now Channel Seven commentator says the event is “Lani’s race to win”.

“She looked super cruisy this morning and I can’t wait to see what sort of time she produces tonight,” Titmus said.

We are only a few minutes away from the final, which will be the first of nine gold medals on offer this evening in Glasgow.

Australia’s chance to open their medal account and start the gold rush with the day one swimming finals.

There is a bounty of Aussies in the hunt that will be gunning for gold as finals are close to getting underway.

Lani Pallister is the punters favourite to snare a Commonwealth gold in the 400m freestyle. While WA’s Iona Anderson is a serious chance in the backstroke.

Here is who to root for before they dive in:

Women’s 400m freestyle:

Lani Pallister

Jenna Forrester

Amelia Weber

Men’s 200m individual medley:

William Petric

Brendon Smith

Women’s 100m freestyle:

Jenna Jones

Kirralee Hayes

Mia Hogan

Women’s 200m backstroke:

Iona Anderson

Jenna Forrester

Hannah Fredericks

Women’s 200m individual medley:

Jasmine Greenwood

Men’s 100m butterfly:

Alex Saffy

Col Pearse

Women’s 4x100m freestyle relay

Men’s 4x100m freestyle relay

LeBron James isn’t the only baller making headlines today, as the men’s 3x3 side remain undefeated with a win over Nigeria.

The Jesse Wagstaff led side added another move another step closer to medal glory with the 21-15 victory.

Jonah Antonio had the hot hand leading the way with 12 points, going 6/10 from beyond the arc while not registering any other stats.

Australia’s glass cleaning proved to be the difference, grabbing 12 rebounds to only four for Nigeria.

NSW’s Ben Foster faced the rings next.

Finishing with a full twisting, double tuck dismount - his routine was knocked by commentators for low difficulty but they praised his execution.

And the judges agreed, dishing out a 2.9 for difficulty, 8.9 for execution at a total score of 11.8.

Jesse Moore is the first Aussie to step up in artistic gymanstics, beginning with the rings.

Holding impressive poses, the Adelaide competitor stuck his landing and earned judges scores of 4.2 for difficulty, 8 for execution with a total of 13.

Aaron Wilson’s title defence marches on as the lawn bowls ace won his round two singles match.

Beating South African Waylon Wentzel resoundingly as Wilson looks to add another medal to an already storied career.

The men’s 3x3 wheelchair basketball team have come up short in their clash against England, going down 16-13.

In a tightly contest, back-and-forth match the Wombats couldn’t close the gap in the end to lose their opening clash.

The medal hopefuls will need to be on fire in their following heats to advance.

In heartbreaking scenes para powerlifter Jade Pritchard ran out of time before her Oceania record attempt.

Faced with a daunting 72kg, she looked to beat the previous record of 70kg - but took too long with a methodical and purposeful routine.

Each competitor is given two minutes to attempt their lift, and unfortunately the Aussie time ran out right as her team unracked the weight.

The buzzer went and Pritchard was visibly frustrated by the shortcoming.

It leaves the Oceania record intact, which she looked all but certain to beat after lifting 69kg with ease.

Attempting the heaviest lift of her career, Natasha Price gave 68kgs an honest crack but could not quite rack the tremendous weight.

The Gold Coast native kept her spirits high despite the failure and stuck around to watch her Aussie team mate.

Fellow Aussie para weightlifter Jade Pritchard has cleared a 69kg lift, just one shy of Oceania’s record in her category.

She had passed 66kg in her first attempt and will now look to etch her name in the history books with attempt three.