Team Wales named for Glasgow Commonwealth Games

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Wales finished eighth at the 2022 Commonwealth Games winning 28 medals in Birmingham, with eight gold, six silvers and 14 bronze. Olympic champions Emma Finucane and Matt Richards, former world indoor champion Jeremiah Azu and Paralympic sprinter Olivia Breen will compete for Team Wales at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games between 23 July and 2 August. The 114 athletes include Paralympic champion Aled Sion Davies and world silver medal artistic gymnast Ruby Evans. The team will compete across 10 different sports with 66 female and 48 male athletes with ages ranging from 16 to 73 years old. Twenty-two Para-athletes are selected with Glasgow hosting more para-events than in any other Games. "This group represents the very best of Welsh sport - dedicated, ambitious and proud to wear the red jersey," Team Wales' chef de mission Gethin Jones said. "We are building on the legacy of 2014 with real belief, and I couldn't be prouder to be part of this team. "I can't wait to see what they achieve in Glasgow." Former Wales and British and Irish Lions fly-half Gareth Davies was appointed Chair of Team Wales in April 2023. "Announcing the team is always a proud moment, not just for the athletes, but for everyone involved in making this journey possible," he said. "Over the past few years, an enormous amount of work has gone into the planning and delivery behind the scenes, and this team is a reflection of that collective effort across Welsh sport. "I am very much looking forward to attending the Games and supporting the team as they represent Wales with pride on the world stage." Wales' squads for netball and 3x3 wheelchair basketball are yet to be finalised, but the rest of the athletes who will represent Wales this summer are listed below. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ruby Evans became the first Welsh athlete in more than fifty years to win the all-around title at the British Artistic Gymnastics Championships in March. Ten athletes will compete in Artistic Gymnastics for Wales this summer. World Championship silver medallist Ruby Evans will be hoping for a medal in her first Commonwealth Games, after winning the all-around title at the British Championships in Liverpool in March. Twin sisters Abigail and Emily Roper will also be making their Commonwealth debut. Only Joe Cemlyn-Jones and Jacob Edwards return from Birmingham four years ago. Artistic Gymnastics (10): Abigail Roper, Alexander Niscoveanu, Elliot Vernon, Emily Roper, Frances Stone, Henry Lewis, Jacob Edwards, Jemima Taylor, Joe Cemlyn-Jones, Ruby Evans. Welsh Athletics will send a team of 18 athletes. Adele Nicoll will compete in shot put, just four months after representing Team GB in Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics in Italy. There is Commonwealth pedigree with 2022 champions Aled Sion Davies and Olivia Breen, plus bronze medallist Harrison Walsh. 1500m runner Jake Heyward, who ran his first competitive race in almost four years in May, will make his Commonwealth return after a fifth-place finish in 2022. Olympic bronze medallist Jeremiah Azu will be hoping to add a Commonwealth medal to his collection. Hannah Brier, who broke the Welsh record in 200m last month, misses out on selection. Athletics (18): Abigail Pawlett, Adele Nicoll, Aled Davies, Amber Simpson, Ava Lloyd, Bree Cronin, Cari Hughes, Charlotte Henrich, Ellie Bowen, Funmi Oduwaiye, Harrison Walsh, Isabelle Boffey, Jake Heyward, Jeremiah Azu, Justin Davies, Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Olivia Breen, Thomas Walley. Bowls Wales have selected eight athletes to compete in Glasgow this summer. Daniel Salmon will look to defend his men's pairs title from four years ago alongside Ross Owen who will also compete in singles. Julie Thomas won silver in the visually impaired mixed pairs in Para-bowls in Birmingham 2022, she will compete alongside Steffan James and directors James Jones and John Wilson. Bowls (8): Amy Williams, Daniel Salmon, James Jones (director), John Wilson (director), Julie Thomas, Lauren Gowen, Ross Owen, Steffan James. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Rosie Eccles competes in her third Commonwealth Games having won a silver medal in 2018 and gold in 2022. 2022 Commonwealth gold medallist Rosie Eccles returns for her third Games as part of a seven-strong boxing squad. Eccles has suggested this could be her final Games and says she wants to win "one last medal" for her country having also achieved silver in 2018. Owain Harris-Allan was 18 when he won bronze four years ago and wants to be "top "of the podium" this time around. Orlando Holley-Sotomi started boxing at 15, originally to keep fit whilst playing age-grade rugby for the Dragons. Boxing (7): Connor Williams, Daniel Pitt, Helen Jones, Niamh Brookes, Orlando Holley-Sotomi, Owain Harris-Allan, Rosie Eccles. Retired Olympian Natalie Powell, now Commonwealth Games performance coach at Welsh Judo, has named eight judokas to take to Glasgow, w

Team Wales named for Glasgow Commonwealth Games

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