Summary Meares' win would make her become the joint most decorated track cyclist in CGames history.
GLASGOW (AFP) - Australian cyclist Anna Meares will attempt to defend her women s sprint title on Saturday and become the joint most decorated track cyclist in Commonwealth Games history.
The 30-year-old equalled Kathy Watt s Australian women s record of seven Commonwealth medals and became the first rider to win a medal at four Games when she retained her title in the women s 500m time trial on Thursday.
If Meares can win medal in the sprint, she will become the first track cyclist to win six golds and also equal New Zealand s Gary Anderson as the most decorated track cyclist at the Commonwealth Games with eight.
After winning the women s 3000m individual pursuit, Joanna Rowsell returns to the track to compete in the 10km scratch race along with English team-mates Laura Trott and Dani King.
New Zealand s Simon van Velthooven, who claimed bronze in the world championships, will be the man to beat in the men s 1000m time trial.
His compatriot Thomas Scully could add more medals to New Zealand s already impressive track haul with the Kiwi favourite in the men 40km points.
In all there are 27 golds to be decided on the third day of the Games with seven in the pool where the battle for the women s 50m freestyle and men s 100m breaststroke gold will dominate proceedings.
England s Fran Halsall laid down the gauntlet to Australian 100m freestyle world champion Cate Campbell by qualifying fastest in a Games record time of 24:14sec, just three hundredths of a second ahead of Campbell.
Scotland s Ross Murdoch will go for his second gold in the 100m breaststroke after his success in the 200m on Thursday, but will face stiff competition form England s Adam Peaty, who broke the Commonwealth record twice in qualifying.
Another Olympic champion from South Africa, Chad le Clos, will go for gold in his strongest event in the 200m butterfly.
Australia s Olympic silver medallist Emily Seebholm looks to retain her Commonwealth title in the women s 100m backstroke, Taylor McKeown and Sally Hunter go for gold in the women s 200m breaststroke and the women s 4x200m freestyle realy are heavy favourites for gold having broken the world record in the 4x100m on Thursday.
