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[BBC Sport]
Wales women's sprint team set a new Commonwealth Games record in qualifying to set up a gold medal race against England this evening.
The team of Emma Finucane, Rhian Edmunds, Lowri Thomas finished fastest in qualifying in a breathtaking time of 46.972 seconds.
They will ride at 18:15 BST at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, with at least a silver medal guaranteed, an upgrade on the bronze the same trio won in Birmingham in 2022.
The men's trio of Lewis Oliva, Steffan Lloyd and Ioan Hepburn also qualified for the bronze final against Trinidad and Tobago at 18:20 BST.
They finished fourth fastest in qualifying with a time of 44.075 seconds.
Wales will race against England for bronze in the women's 4000m team pursuit at 16:36 BST as they qualified third fastest.
The team of Megan Barker, Jessica Roberts, Anna Morris and Ciara Oliva finished their heat in a time of 4:15.514, five seconds quicker than the Welsh quartet in Birmingham in 2022.
The men's team also qualified for the bronze race after they finished fourth fastest in a time of 3:55.552.
The team of Rory Gravelle, William Salter, Rhys Britton, William Perrett will take on New Zealand at 17:28 BST.
"Yeah it was alright, probably the fastest we've gone as a team so we can't really be angry with that," said Britton.
"I think we'd have liked to go faster and we probably can go faster but the main thing is we got into a medal ride-off.
"So I think we can be happy with that and hopefully bring a medal back to Wales."
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