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Commonwealth Games 2026: day six – in pictures

Commonwealth Games 2026: day six – in pictures

We look at the best images from day six in Glasgow, featuring heptathlon, 3x3 basketball and boxing

Canada's Sienna MacDonald in action during the women's heptathlon javelin event. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters
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Oliver Hoare of Australia takes a tumble during the men’s one-mile heats.Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty ImagesShare
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New Zealand weightlifter Georgia Theron celebrates a successful lift in the women’s 77kg snatch.Photograph: Manish Swarup/APShare
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Arvin Chahal of Malaysia takes a breath after competing in the men’s 200m freestyle heats.Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesShare
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Scottish heptathlete Allie Routledge during the long jump event at Scotstoun.Photograph: Martin Rickett/PAShare
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Australia’s Ella Ramsay (left) and South Africa’s Aimee Canny are neck-and-neck in the women’s 200m breaststroke heats.Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
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Agata Herbert of Scotland gets ready for her lift in the women’s 77kg snatch.Photograph: Steve Welsh/PAShare
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Canada’s Sophie Angus moves under water during the women’s 200m breaststroke heats.Photograph: Adam Pretty/Getty ImagesShare
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India’s Samardeep Gill takes part in the men’s shot-put qualifying competition.Photograph: Mattia Ozbot/Getty ImagesShare
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Track volunteers watch the athletes in the women’s 200m heats on an overcast day.Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
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Malaysian swimmer Yin Chuen Lim before the men’s 200m freestyle heats.Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesShare
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India’s Sakshi Sakshi goes toe-to-toe with Northern Ireland’s Caitlin Fryers in the women’s 51kg boxing quarter-final.Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/APShare
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Canada’s Sienna MacDonald lines up her throw during the javelin section of the women’s heptathlon.Photograph: Phil Noble/ReutersShare
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Evan Walshe of England leaps for the basket against New Zealand in the men’s 3x3 Basketball semi-final. England won to set up a gold medal match with Australia.Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
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Namibia’s 4x100m medley relay team celebrate after qualifying for the semi-finals.Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty ImagesShare
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Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali of Malaysia reacts during a lift whilst on his way to winning gold in the men’s weightlifting 94kg competition.Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianShare
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England’s Ndidikama Okoh competes in women’s discus throw F42-44/F61-64 final.Photograph: Mattia Ozbot/Getty ImagesShare
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Athletes compete in the women’s 800m semi-finals.Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty ImagesShare
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Amelia Walmsley controls the ball during New Zealand’s preliminary round pool match against Wales.Photograph: Molly Darlington/Getty ImagesShare
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A slow shutter speed picture of Eithen Leard of Australia passing the ball during the men’s wheelchair gold medal game.Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAPShare
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Aziz Abdul of Uganda looks shocked in his corner aftter being disqualified for headbutting during his men's 90+kg quarter-final bout against Damar Thomas of England.Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The GuardianShare
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