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Gymnast Abigail Roper claimed Commonwealth Games bronze in the women's vault in Glasgow.

It was Wales' first women's vault medal since Sonia Lawrence in 1994, while Roper's identical twin sister Emily finished fourth.

Canada's Lia-Monica Fontaine claimed gold, with England's Abigail Martin finishing second.

It was Wales' fifth Commonwealth Games medal in Glasgow after four podium finishes of one silver and three bronze in the pool, with the wait for gold continuing.

"I can't even put into words how crazy it is," said Abigail.

"I went into this final with no expectations, it was my first final at a major tournament and I was just happy to make it.

"To come away with a bronze medal is just insane."

Abigail admitted she felt for her sister, who had a further chance to win a medal in the uneven bars later on Monday.

"I want to be happy for myself but then at the same time like I feel bad for her," Abigail said.

"Fourth is not the best after coming fourth in the team final, we found that hard.

"She's got the bars final now, so she just needs to keep her head focused and hopefully she'll do a really good job."

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Olivia Breen is through to Monday night's T37/38 100m finals after finishing second in her heat.

The double Commonwealth gold medal winner finished in 13:05, the third fastest time.

"I'm happy, I'm content," she said.

"I didn't want to go all out for the heat, I'm saving myself for the final and I'm excited for later.

The Team Wales captain celebrated her 30th birthday yesterday.

"I went to The Ivy with my parents, had a good old Shepherds pie," said Breen.

Meanwhile, there was disappointment for Welsh hammer thrower Amber Simpson who failed to qualify for the final.

After two failures, she threw 59.14 on her final attempt which left her 13th in the standings, one shy of a place in tomorrow's medal event.

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Owain Harris-Allan and Orlando Holley-Sotomi increased the number of Wales Commonwealth Games boxing quarter-finallists to six with victories in Monday's opening session in Glasgow.

Harris-Allan, 22, celebrated a unanimous victory against Niven Chemben from Mauritius.

The lightweight from Cardiff, who won bronze at the Birmingham Games in 2022, will fight Scotland's Nicholas Devlin on Wednesday.

Light-heavyweight Holley-Sotomi defeated England's Paddy Hewitt in a split decision to set up a quarter-final bout against Refiloe Thai from Lesotho.

Connor Williams, Rosie Eccles, Niamh Brookes and Helen Jones were already in the last eight, while Daniel Pitt is in last-16 action later on Monday

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Olympic swimming champion Matt Richards began his Commonwealth Games individual campaign on Monday morning after already winning two relay medals.

Richards was second in his 100m freestyle heat behind England's Gabriel Shepherd to progress to tonight's semi-final.

He was third fastest in qualifying overall and will be joined by fellow Welsh swimmers Harry Milne and Dan Jones, who finished third and fourth respectively in their heat.

Medi Harris and Rebecca Sutton qualified for the women's 50m backstroke semi-finals this evening, a feat that was matched by Amy Crowley in the women's 50m breaststroke.

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Wales' fastest man Jeremiah Azu is through to the men's 100m semi-finals after a comfortable start to his Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Azu won his heat in a time of 10:10 which meant he was the sixth fastest in qualifying.

The 17 fastest athletes are through to tomorrow's semi-finals where they will join the top seven ranked sprinters who were given a bye from the heats.

"I got out well, and then I just controlled it from the front," said Azu.

"With these days, it's more the nervous energy and the excitement that you can burn.

"So on the track, you want to be as smart as you can during the rounds. Today was just about qualifying and getting through to tomorrow.

"It's good to get the ball rolling. It's just been waiting, waiting, waiting, but now it's officially begun."

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Wales bowls pair Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen booked their place in the semi-finals tonight despite a tie-break defeat against New Zealand in the final group game.

After winning the first four matches, Wales suffered a narrow loss to New Zealand duo Selina Goddard and Katelyn Inch.

Wales lost the first set 5-4, which was the first one they had dropped in the Games, before bouncing back to win the second 6-1.

The tie-break came down to a final measure from the officials with the Kiwis just been given the verdict.

Williams and Cowen still topped their group and will now play in the final four at 20:40 BST.

The Wales mixed Para-bowls pair in the B2-B3 category have also qualified for tonight's semi-final.

Julie Thomas and Steffan James, aided by directors Jamie Jones and John Wilson, topped their group and will face England in the final four at 19:00 BST.

Ross Owen finished his singles campaign with a 2-0 win against Fiji's Rajnesh Prasad but has not qualified for the knockout stages.