Soppy socks & a slathering of deep heat - rain causes chaos in Glasgow

Rain disrupted competition in Glasgow, creating difficult conditions for several athletes. England’s Morgan Lake failed to clear the bar in any of her three high‑jump attempts. Scotland’s Steven Stone took his long‑jump jumps with his glasses on and his cap in place but did not record a clean effort. Northern Ireland’s Kate O’Connor described her shot‑put performance as disappointing, saying, “It conscionable kept slipping retired of my hands,” she said. “When your chalk gets wet, it's similar you mightiness arsenic good person crockery soap connected your hands and I conscionable astir apt spent excessively overmuch clip and effort trying to enactment adust alternatively than doing the cues that I enactment connected successful training.” “I can't blasted anybody other isolated from myself for not executing.” Her put measured 12.85m. O’Connor responded with a dominant 24.14‑second run in the 200m to regain the lead in the heptathlon. England’s Jade O’Dowda recorded the eighth‑fastest time, slipping to second place, 49 points behind the leader. In the men’s 100m, Eseme won in 9.83 seconds—a Commonwealth Games record, the third‑fastest time this year, moving him to third on the all‑time list of African sprinters. The hammer throw and high jump were briefly halted; when the hammer throw resumed, Canada’s Camryn Rogers set another Games record with a throw of 74.91m. Hunt, who got a slow start and was off rhythm for the first 60m, finished 0.01 seconds outside her personal best of 10.97 in the women’s 100m. She remarked, “I americium conscionable arrogant of myself for gritting it retired and trusting my agelong legs,” she said. “Ultimately, we each person to contention successful the aforesaid conditions. We are each connected the commencement enactment unneurotic freezing.” “You conscionable person to get retired determination and get it done.” A small group of hardy locals remained in the stadium until the final anthem was sung as the clock approached 11pm. The evening proved memorable for those who endured the weather.