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The first of the Athletics medals at the Scotstoun Stadium highlights day four of the Commonwealth Games with plenty of other action in the pool, gymnasium and the in the weightlifting, providing a packed day of action.

Day 3 sees the first individual gymnastics medals handed out, as well as the first able-bodied weightlifting medals and nine more swimming medals up for grabs as the Commonwealth Games step up another gear and are now in full swing.

After day 1 saw the first ten gold medals handed out, day 2 will see another 9 gold medals up for grabs, with another 8 in the pool and the women's team event in the gymnasium. The spotlight turns to both Tollcross and the Glasgow International Arena as home fans prepare for another packed day of events.

The Commonwealth Games officially kick off today, and while bowls group stages started yesterday, Friday sees the first real action kicking off, including the first medal events of the games. I'm going to aim to preview and review/react to every single day to the key storylines and every medal event but due to the sheer amount of action taking place in Glasgow im going to primarily focus on Athletics, Swimming, Gymnastics and Track Cycling as these are in my opinion, the four most intriguing sports out of the ten taking place at the smaller than usual Commonwealth games in Glasgow due to being put on at short notice after Victoria had to drop out due to limited funding.

Back-to-back Euros finalists England and back-to-back World Cup top three finishers Croatia highlight a very competitive group alongside a dangerous Ghana team and a Panama team that will be looking to build on its 2018 performance.

A very interesting group with one of the most talented teams in the tournament in Portugal, a Colombia team with one of the best wingers in the world but not a lot else and two teams at the bottom, either returning after decades away or making their debut. A group where many different things could happen

Reigning champions Argentina have been handed a very manageable group in Group J, but the fight to get through this group will be close. Austria and Algeria are very well matched, and debutants Jordan are a level below the other two but have the attacking players to cause both Austria and Algeria major problems

The hardest group at this tournament has three teams that will fancy their chances of making at least the quarter-finals: France, Senegal and Norway and poor Iraq, who, despite being pretty good as pot 4 teams go, have been handed a death sentence before a ball has even been kicked

Group H is Spain's to lose; they have been handed maybe the easiest group of any team in the tournament. Uruguay are not as scary as they have been historically and are closer talent-wise to Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde than they are to Spain, and both Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde should be happy if they win a match.

Group G is one of the weaker groups in the tournament. Belgium should walk it, but the battle for second between Iran, Egypt and New Zealand should be close and hard-fought, with no obvious favourite for it.

Group F feature two battles: the battle for first in the group between Japan and the Netherlands, and a battle for third and potential qualification between Sweden and a tricky Tunisia side.

Group E is, in my opinion, likely to be the most interesting group in the tournament with three very closely matched sides in Germany, Ecuador and Ivory Coast. Curacao, as the fourth team in the group, couldn't have been given a tougher group at their first World Cup, and if they score, that is a great result against three of the better teams at this tournament

Group D is one of the most wide-open groups, with all four teams having a realistic chance of getting into the knockouts. Will the Hosts, USA, buckle under the immense outside noise? Can the Aussies replicate their run to the round of 16 from Qatar? South American teams are always dangerous, and Paraguay are no different, and Turkey are perhaps the favourites despite being the pot 4 team.