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Wales and the Commonwealth Games

Rob Cole

Wales joined an elite band of nations who were able to toast a happy 21st anniversary to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. Team Wales were in on the ground floor of the Games when they sent two swimmers, Valerie Davies and Paulo Radmilovic, to Hamilton, Canada in 1930. Wales were one of 11

Barker and Horne going for gold in Rio

Rob Cole

After Jazz Carlin became the first Welsh woman since Valerie Davies in 1932 to win an Olympic swimming medal, and Vicky Thornley became the first Welsh oarswoman to take a medal at the Games, will we see gold from two Welsh cyclists this weekend? Elinor Barker and Ciara Horne are part of the Team GB