• There’ll be fireworks in the men’s 100m where London Diamond League winner Kayinsola Ajayi features after running a national record equalling 9.84s. Among his rivals will be Kenya’s defending champion Ferdinand Omanyala at EDF Scotstoun Stadium.
• In the women’s 100m Jamaican’s Jonelle Smith (10.89s) and Jodean Williams (10.97s) as well as England’s Daryll Neita (10.90s) and Amy Hunt (PB, 10.97s) are among the contenders.
• England’s Georgia Hunter-Bell (800m) and Zharnel Hughes (200m) are set to star, while Jamaican speedster Shericka Jackson is in the relay mix.
• The men’s 4x100m will feature Canada’s Olympic gold medal-winning quartet, headlined by their most decorated male Olympian of all-time Andre De Grasse.
• The Canadian line-up is further boosted by the selection of Olympic champion decathlete Damian Warner and Paris 2024 hammer gold medallists Camryn Rogers as well as Ethan Katzberg.
• Australia are sending a formidable team of 86 athletes across all disciplines. Matt Denny, reigning discus champion, 1,500m superstar Jessica Hull and high jump duo Eleanor Patterson and Nicola Olyslagers are clear ones-to-watch alongside wheelchair racer Angela Ballard, who is set to make history as the first para athlete to compete at five Commonwealth Games.
• Kenya’s 52 strong athletics team includes world champions Lilian Odira, Faith Cherotich and Timothy Cheruiyot.
• The men’s javelin pits Indian superstar Neeraj Chopra, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and Paris 2024 silver medallist against Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the reigning Olympic champion and defending Commonwealth Games gold medallist.
• For New Zealand, Hamish Kerr is the reigning world, Commonwealth and Olympic high jump champion. Geordie Beamish is the reigning steeplechase world champion. Anna Grimaldi, a three-time Paralympic champion (across long jump and 200m), will contest the T47 100m. — glasgow2026.com
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