10.48pmMullet, mo and muscles: Local hero gets roars from the crowdBy So I’ve come across to the Armadillo to watch our Aussie athletes, but I can’t help but be completely captivated by local legend Finlay Davidson.The 21-year-old Scottish para powerlifter from Inverkeithing, just north-west of Edinburgh, knows how to work the crowd, and he’s loving the attention.Finlay Davidson of Team Scotland.Getty ImagesBefore both Davidson’s lifts he’s given the crowd a good muscle flex, and after his second lift he sent a fist pump in the air Breakfast Club style.10.32pmAussies do as expected before gold rush to comeBy A pretty solid opening heat session there for Australia as everyone you’d expect gets through to respective semi-finals and finals.Both women’s and men’s 4x100m freestyle relay teams do the job with inexperienced swimmers. All the big guns will be rested and ready for finals in those events tonight. Nearly unbackable gold medal favourites.Jenna Forrester and Lani Pallister.Getty ImagesLani Pallister left a bit out there in her 400m freestyle heat but is still my tip for gold. Reckon Australia can jag three of the top four spots in that event, with New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather likely to be in the top two.10.16pmGuernsey upset Aussie bowls pairBy Upset alert in the bowls, where Australia’s Dawn Hayman and Kelsey Cottrell have gone down to Guernsey on the second day of competition.I’ve got to be up front when I say that I’m not fully across the bowls scene in Guernsey, but I’m told that Ali Merrien, their skip, is pretty highly rated. Despite that, we can safely call the Aussies’ 0-2 loss an upset.Dawn Hayman of Team Australia interacts with partner Kelsey Cottrell during their clash with Team Guernsey.Getty ImagesAll is not lost for the Australian duo – there is plenty of bowls competition left to come and their future is still in their own hands.10.11pmAussie actor prepares to take to the stage for powerliftingBy I tell you what, I’m getting my step count up today. I’ve just run across to the Armadillo (shock, the building gets its name because it looks like a, you guessed it, armadillo), where we have our first medal events of the Games.It’s the men’s lightweight powerlifting, where Australian Daniel Bos is competing.This is Bos’ Games’ debut, so you may not have seen him in action before, but you may have caught a glimpse of him on the screen.The 29-year-old is also an actor, and was in Avatar: Fire and Ash and Spartacus: House of Ashur. We also have the women’s lightweight from 11.55pm AEST, where Natasha Price and Jade Pritchard will also be making their debut.10.07pmYoung swimmers take relay teams into 100m finalsBy Roy WardThey may have lacked experience but Australia’s men’s and women’s 4x100m relay teams have secured places in their respective finals tonight with wins in their heats.As Tom Decent reported earlier, Swimming Australia had initially thought there wouldn’t be heats in the relays so they didn’t bring extra swimmers; thus, they needed to tap some less experienced team members and those young guns stepped up to the plate.Young Aussie Jamie Jack, brother of Shayna, anchored the men’s team home to first place despite being better known for his 50m swimming and he had to hold off experienced English swimmer Tom Dean in the process.The Welsh men were sadly disqualified in Australia’s heat for an infraction on a changeover.The women’s team looked comfortable in their heat and butterfly swimmer Jessica Cole beamed at the chance to race in the relay team.“It’s such an honour to be on this team as it has such a special place in Australian swimming history,” Cole told Seven.Hannah Casey loved having the chance to start for the relay team and they were happy to hand over to the big guns for the final.9.46pmHow Zac handled the broken rope sagaBy Early drama at the Commonwealth Games pool involving a lane rope has left two stars of the sport laughing afterwards but hoping it doesn’t happen again.Australian breaststroker Zac Stubblety-Cook feared he may have to jump in the pool and locate a lane rope hook that fell to the bottom.An official in Glasgow attempts to fix a broken lane rope.Seven“They were debating which lifeguards can jump in,” Stubblety-Cook said after qualifying for the semi-finals of the men’s 100m breaststroke. “We got there in the end. That’s sport, right?9.40pmAussies lose out to England in wheelchair openerBy I’ve just come from 3x3 wheelchair mixed zone, where I had a quick chat with Australian Georgia Munro-Cook.As you’d expect, she was a little disappointed after Australia lost their opener 16-6 against crowd favourites England (although not as favoured as the Scottish men’s team, who are on the court right now).Ebony Stevenson of Team Australia is challenged by Joy Haizelden of Team England.Getty ImagesMunro-Cook conceded that the nerves may have gotten the better of the team today, with three of the four team members making their Games debut.9.26pmAussies finish strong after rope delayBy Roy WardZac Stubblety-Cook has finished second in his heat of the 100m breaststroke as competitors had to wait for more than 10 minutes following a broken lane rope.The cameras showed an official with some form of screwdriver or ratchet re-attaching the lane rope and then Stubblety-Cook did his usual fast finish to take second spot behind England’s Adam Ramsay-Peaty, who was the top qualifier for the semi-finals.All three Aussies progressed including Games first-timer Bailey Lello, who was also in that delayed heat – he finished fifth and was fast enough to go through.An official in Glasgow attempts to fix a broken lane rope.Seven9.16pmBroken lane rope pauses heatsBy Roy WardA broken lane rope has stopped the heats in their tracks at the pool.A poor official is holding the spring end of the lane rope but it appears the latch it connects to is either broken or the rope is too heavy with water to be re-attached.It appears they are waiting for someone to come and fix it. Meanwhile, athletes from the next heat are stuck on deck.“This could be quite a process and this is really difficult for athletes who are waiting to compete as they have timed everything to perfection knowing when you expect to be standing on the blocks,” Giaan Rooney said on Seven’s coverage.“This is now a huge advantage for experienced athletes.”9.06pmAussie teams named for swim relay heatsBy Australia have named their teams for the heats of the women’s and men’s 4x100m freestyle relays.Finals later on.What is interesting is that when Australia selected their team last month, they were under the impression there would not be heats at the Commonwealth Games.Kyle Chalmers of Team Australia looks on during training.Getty Images1 of 3