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More than 6,500 athletes and officials from 71 countries compete in Glasgow

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, sits with her husband Prince William, and Britain's Prince Harry as they watch hockey at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.RUSSELL CHEYNE/Reuters

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Australia's Georgia Nanscawen, right, vies for the ball with England's Kate Richardson-Walsh, left, during their field hockey match at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, at the National Hockey Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.Scott Heppell/The Associated Press

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Daniel Keatings of Scotland performs his floor routine during qualifying for the artistic gymnastics competition at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters

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Jack Richards of Australia holds a position on the rings as he tales past in the me's team and individual qualification gymnastics competition at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July, 28, 2014.Alastair Grant/The Associated Press

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Peppijna Dalli of Malta makes a summersault off the gault as she tales past in the women's team and individual qualification gymnastics competition at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July, 28, 2014.Alastair Grant/The Associated Press

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Canada's Damian Warner crosses the finish line during the men's decathlon 100 metre competition at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)Frank Augstein/The Associated Press

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Canada's Damian Warner competes in the men's decathlon long jump at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.SUZANNE PLUNKETT/Reuters

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South Africa's Friedrich Pretorius lands in the sand during the men's decathlon long jump competition at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press

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England's John Lane competes in the decathlon shot put at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.SUZANNE PLUNKETT/Reuters

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Canada's Michael Mason clears a qualifying height in the men's high jump in Commonwealth Games athletics competition at Hampden Park at in Glasgow, Scotland on Monday, July 28, 2014.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

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Barbados' Samantha Browne and Wales' Nia Jones battle for a loose ball during a women's netball match at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.JIM YOUNG/Reuters

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Scotland's Aqeel Ahmed, right, lands a punch on Kenya's Alumasa Matayo Keya in the Men's light flyweight preliminaries round bout at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.Peter Morrison/The Associated Press

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Ghana's Azumah Mohammed, right, lands a punch on England's Scott Fitzgerald in the Men's welterweight preliminaries bout at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.Peter Morrison/The Associated Press

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Lara Nielsen of Australia releases the hammer as she takes part in the final of the women's hammer throw competition at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, July 28, 2014.Frank Augstein/The Associated Press

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New Zealand's Julia Ratcliffe competes in the women's hammer throw final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.SUZANNE PLUNKETT/Reuters

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Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, hold a toy kangaroo for a photograph at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday July 28, 2014.Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press

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Jazz Carlin of Wales reacts after winning the women's 800m Freestyle final during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.STEFAN WERMUTH/Reuters

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Matt Abood of Australia is seen underwater as he swims in the men's 50m Freestyle semi-final during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.STEFAN WERMUTH/Reuters

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Mitch Larkin of Australia swims in the men's 200m Backstroke final during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.STEFAN WERMUTH/Reuters

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Athletes warm up before the men's 100m semi-final at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 2014.ANDREW WINNING/Reuters

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