The western and northern suburbs are being represented by a star-studded contingent of 12 athletes at the Commonwealth Games, which start on Thursday (Melbourne time).
Star Weekly will keep track of them all in our special Commonwealth Games hub right here.
Check out our athlete profiles below, keep an eye out for daily updates and pictures from Glasgow, and catch up with our feature articles on the athletes over the past few months.
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MEGA GALLERY
Our local athletes in action at the Commonwealth Games
LATEST STORIES
Our own competitors Day 8
Altona wrestler Ali Abdo beaten by gold medalist
Sydenham’s Mehrdad Tarash out in quarter-finals
Bundoora’s Jian Lang Fay into semi-finals
Sunbury’s Stevie Kelly beaten in quarter-finals
Our own competitors Day 6
Keilor’s Adam Vella wins shooting gold
Our own competitors Day 5
Morgan Mitchell makes 400m semi-finals
Our own competitors Day 4
Hoppers Crossing’s Russell Mark out in qualifying
Broadmeadows’ Miao Miao and Bundoora’s Jing Fang Lay win bronze
Our own competitors Day 3
Footscray-based Jake Andrewartha wins judo bronze medal
Miao Miao, Jian Fang Lay go for table tennis bronze
Our own competitors day 2
Our own competitors Day 1
Trotter, Miao and Odgers step up
Dream over: Ivo Dos Santos heartbroken as injury rules him out
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony: Scotland’s night
Picture gallery: Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
THE FACTS
Glasgow 2014: XX Commonwealth Games
July 23 – August 3 (Melbourne time Thursday, July 24)
THE LINKS
Commonwealth Games official schedule of events
Australian Commonwealth Games official site
THE ARCHIVES
Mehrdad Tarash has a bout of Games confidence
Keilor’s Adam Vella sets sights on Glasgow Gold
Medal hopes high for Sunbury judo housemates
Ali Abdo grapples with Glasgow podium
Eyes on the west’s best athletes
Footscray fighters bound for Glasgow
Miao Miao and Jian Fang Lay still table tops
Russell and Lauryn Mark aim for gold
THE CONTENDERS
RUSSELL MARK (above)
Age: 50
Suburb: Hoppers Crossing
Event: Men’s double trap
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 2
When to watch: July 25
LAURYN MARK (above)
Age: 34
Suburb: Hoppers Crossing
Event: Women’s skeet
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 2
When to watch: July 25
MORGAN MITCHELL (above)
Age: 19
Suburb: Werribee
Event: 400 metres and 400-metre relay
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
When to watch: July 27
ADAM VELLA (above)
Age: 43
Suburb: Keilor
Event: Men’s trap
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 2
When to watch: July 29
ALI ABDO (above)
Age: 33
Suburb: Altona North (works in Sunbury)
Event: 86-kilogram freestyle wrestling
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
When to watch: July 29
MEHRDAD TARASH (above)
Age: 24
Suburb: Sydenham
Event: 65-kilogram freestyle wrestling
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 1
When to watch: July 29
CARLA ODGERS (above)
Age: 24
Suburb: Keilor Downs (plays for Lalor)
Event: Lawn bowls
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
When to watch: July 24
IVO DOS SANTOS (above with Stevie Kelly)
UPDATE: Dos Santos had to pull out of the Games after an injury at the pre-Games training camp.
Age: 28
Suburb: Sunbury
Event: Judo, 66-kilogram division
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
STEVIE KELLY (above with Ivo Dos Santos)
Age: 20
Suburb: Sunbury
Event: Wrestling, 63-kilogram division
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
When to watch: July 29
JIAN FANG LAY (above)
Age: 41
Suburb: Bundoora
Event: Table tennis
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 3
When to watch: July 24
MIAO MIAO (above)
Age: 33
Suburb: Broadmeadows
Event: Table tennis
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 3
When to watch: July 24
HANNAH TROTTER (above)
Age: 22
Suburb: Broadmeadows
Event: Judo, 52-kilogram division
Previous Commonwealth Games appearances: 0
When to watch: July 24
