After eleven days of competition, seventeen sports, 261 gold medals and surprisingly more sunshine than anyone could have expected, here are twenty of my favourite shots from my time at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow…
The Australia pursuit team competes in the Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Gold medal Final
Dan Purvis of Scotland performs in the horizontal bar rotation of the Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final
Patricia Bezzoubenko of Canada performs in the Individual Ribbon Rhythmic Gymnastics Final
Melvin Bibo of Nigeria (blue) in action against Chris Laverick of Canada in the Men’s 74kg freestyle Wrestling
Max Whitlock of England performs in the rings rotation of the Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final
Steven Burke, Ed Clancy, Andy Tennant and Bradley Wiggins of England compete in the Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit Qualifying
Sean Ward of Barbados gets past Josh Petero of the Cook Islands in the Men’s Rugby Sevens Bowl Quarter-final
Stelutsa Savvidou of Cyprus performs in the balance beam rotation of the Women’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final
Olivia Vivian of Australia performs in the balance beam rotation of the Women’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final
Lynne Hutchison of England performs in the Individual Ribbon Rhythmic Gymnastics Final
Darius Jokarzadeh of Wales competes in the Men’s +105kg Weightlifting
Diane Roy of Canada competes in the Women’s 1500m T54 Final
The Samoa squad tour the pitch thanking the supporters after the Men’s Rugby Sevens Bronze Medal Match
Max Whitlock of England performs in the vault rotation of the Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics Final
Natoya Goule of Jamaica shivers in the cold and rain prior to the Women’s 800m Semi-final
Stephani Sherlock of England performs in the ribbon rotation of the Individual All-Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Final
Nijel Amos of Botswana celebrates first place in the Men’s 800m Final
Muhammad Waseem of Pakistan cries out after his bout against Andrew Moloney of Australia in the Men’s Fly (52kg) Final
Kadeen Corbin in tears after England are defeated in the Netball Semi-final by New Zealand
Lynsey Sharp of Scotland celebrates after the Women’s 800m Final