Fairweather, Clareburt claim silver at Glasgow
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New Zealand has its first medals at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with swimmers Erika Fairweather and Lewis Clareburt claiming silver medals in the first finals session in the pool.
Fairweather, one of a trio of Kiwi women to qualify for the 400m freestyle final, finished second behind Australia's Lani Pallister, who won the race comfortably in a time of 3m 59.56s.
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A fast-finishing Clareburt was second in a gripping men's 200m individual medley final, with Scotland's Duncan Scott claiming gold in front of a passionate crowd
It was Clareburt's fifth Commonwealth Games medal and first silver, having won two golds and a bronze in Birmingham and a bronze on the Gold Coast in 2018.
Clareburt broke the 200m IM NZ record in the pool clocking 1:56.77, down from 1:57.06 and placed second.He's been on 1:57 for eight year
Scott, defending his title from four years ago in Birmingham, won in a Commonwealth Games record time of 1m 56.38s, just pipping Clareburt who came home strong after being third at the turn into the freestyle leg.
England's Tom Dean took bronze in 1m 57.22s.
The women's 400m final was more of a straightforward affair, with Pallister going out strong and setting a brisk pace early. Fairweather clung with her for the first 300m of the race, but dropped away over the final stages as her Australian rival kicked home.
It was Fairweather's first Commonwealth Games medal, having narrowly missed the podium in Birmingham after battling illness in the lead-up to the event.
Caitlin Deans finished sixth in the final, while Eve Thomas was eighth.