Five big names to look out for at Commonwealth Games

Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Scotland's Josh Kerr, England's Kadeena Cox and South Africa's Chad le Clos are among the biggest names competing in Glasgow By Amy Canavan BBC Sport Scotland Published 30 minutes ago With 215 golds up for grabs at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, highlighting just five medal hopefuls is no easy feat. Scotland's largest city is set to welcome more than 3,000 athletes from 10 sports, all of whom have the ambition of leaving with a slab of metal resting on their chest. For some, a podium-finish is paramount. The bare minimum. For others, competing at the Games is a win in itself. Much has been made of the reduced programme, the city's readiness and the 'what next?' once Glasgow has passed on the hosting baton again, but for now, the attention - finally - is fully on the athletes. Here, BBC Scotland takes a look at some of the biggest names battling it out in the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Is Glasgow ready for the Commonwealth Games - and does the city care? Published 5 days ago Can Wales find new Commonwealth legends in Glasgow? Published 2 days ago Keep up to date with the Commonwealth Games here Published 17 April 2024 Can record-breaking Kerr make more history? We couldn't start with anyone else, could we? Even before he walked the walk after talking the talk, new mile world-record holder Josh Kerr was pictured as the poster boy for his home Games. The brazen - arguably gallus - boy from Edinburgh has won the hearts of many Scots, and athletics fans generally, in recent years for his no-nonsense, bullish approach on and off the track. He set out his stall months ago, targeting the men's mile world record - which had stood for 27 years - at London's Diamond League on Saturday. Kerr didn't just break it, he smashed it by nearly half a second, running a simply sublime three minutes 42.66 seconds. The Scot now heads to his homeland for his second Games appearance, competing in the Commonwealth Mile in search of his first medal for Team Scotland. The 28-year-old told BBC Scotland earlier this year that "gold in Scotland is what I grew up thinking about" and you'd be a brave soul to wager against him when he's in this mood. Men's one mile final: Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday, 1 August. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, 'Oh my word!' - Scotland's Kerr breaks mile world record Ten years on from Rio... Cox to swoop gold again? It's hard to believe Kadeena Cox has not yet competed at a Commonwealth Games. The para-cyclist, who won gold in athletics and cycling at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, has missed the last two Commonwealth Games because of injury. But the 35-year-old, who was a contestant on 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here' in 2021 after winning Celebrity Masterchef earlier that year, will be hopeful of cooking up a storm at the ever-rowdy Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for Team England. In an expanded para track cycling progra