17 reasons why you should watch the Commonwealth Games ladies!

So for all you people (especially ladies) who don’t know, The Commonwealth Games are currently on in Glasgow, Scotland and my god you’ve been missing out! The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations (basically, it’s the mini Olympics held every four years, 2 year after the Olympics!)

This blog post is mainly aimed at females and 17 reasons why you SHOULD be watching the games, and it’s not just for the sports! That’s right, I’m on about the beautiful men who are competing in many of the sports held at the Commonwealth Games! If you know me personally, you would know I love sport so I have no problem watching endless hours of the various sports. But I am also a girl and god I love when there is a hottie to watch! So here is my list of the 17 hottest guys in my eyes at the games 😉

17- Michael Conlon

 

Michael Conlon is 22 years old and is an Irish boxer from Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. Okay, I know you are thinking he doesn’t quite look like the rest of the guys further down the list but he’s cute, got charm and there is something about him that just makes you want to watch him! Also, He’s Irish so of course he makes my list!

You can watch Michael box on Wednesday the 30th of July.

16- Matthew Mitcham

Matthew Mitcham is 26 years old and is an Australian diver from Sydney.  Matthew originally competed as a trampoline gymnast but he was spotted by Wang Tong Xiang, who is a coach at the Australian Institute of Sport Diving (thank god he took up diving!). In his diving career, he has dived from all heights of the board from both springboard and platform, including 1m,3m, 5m, 7m, and 10m. In 2008, he came out and said he was gay, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy watching him 😉

You can watch Matthew dive on Saturday the 2nd of August from 10am.

15- David Boudia

David Boudia is 25 years old and is an American diver from Texas. He competes on the 10m platform in individual and synchro. His wife (yes, wife!) is a lucky lady!

You can watch David  in the Synchronised 10m Platform diving on Friday the 1st of August from 6pm. You can also see him dive individually on Saturday the 2nd of August from 10am.

14- James  Magnussen 

James Magnussen is 23 years old and is an Australian swimmer from New South Wales. He is the current 100 metre freestyle world champion, and holds the 4th fastest swim in history in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 47.10 seconds. I only discovered him this week while watching the swimming, I swear I wasn’t drooling when he got out of the pool.

I think his swimming is over but I’m not too sure. Be sure to check out the men’s swimming if it’s still on tv just incase he pops up!

13- Harry Owen

Harry Owen is 20 years old and is a Welsh Gymnast.  He competes in the team event for Wales and competes in all the individual events, including Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.

You can watch Harry compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

12- Jack Rickards

Jack Rickards is 20 years old and is an Australian Gymnast.  He competes in the team event for Australia and competes in all the individual events, including Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.

You can watch Jack compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

11- James Connor

James Connor is 19 years old and is an Australian diver from Victoria. He competes on the 10m platform. Just look at him, he is beautiful. Baby-faced maybe, but still, beautiful! He’s got gorgeous and an adorable smile! (I’m not being a cougar… Swear!)

You can watch James dive individually on Saturday the 2nd of August from 10am.

10- Kristian Thomas

Kristian Thomas is 25 years old and is a British Gymnast from Wolverhampton. He is a longstanding member of both the England and Great Britain men’s team. He competes in the team even for England and individually competes in the Horizontal bar.

You can watch Kristian compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

9- Kristoffer Done

Heartbreakingly, I can’t find a picture of this beautiful man on the internet 🙁 But trust me, he is very easy on the eye! So instead of leaving this place blank, I picked someone else to show off! Luke Carson!

Luke Carson is 24 years old and isan Northern Ireland Gymnast from Belfast. He competes in the team event for Northern Ireland and individually competes in the Men’s All Round, Pommel Horse and Parallel Bars.

You can watch Luke compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

8- Chad Le Clos

Chad Le Clos is 22 years old and is a South African swimmer. He swims in the butterfly, freestyle and medley races. He is best known for that memorable victory over Michael Phelps in the London 2012 Olympics, when he came out of no where and beat the best swimmer in the world by 0.05 seconds and set a new record.

Chad’s final two events are on Tuesday 29th of July, which are the 200m Individual Medley Final at 7:45pm and 4×100 Medley Relay Final at 9:10pm

7- Nile Wilson

Nile Wilson is 18 years old and is a British Gymnast. He competes in the team event for England and also competes individually in all the individual events, including Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and Horizontal Bar.

You can watch Nile compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

6- Sam Oldham

Sam Oldham is 21 years old and is a British Gymnast. He competes in the team event for England and individually in the Horizontal Bar.

You can watch Sam compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am.

Unfortunately today (Tuesday the 29th of July), Sam landed awkwardly on his left ankle after executing an incredible performance while competing in the Vault for the Team event and had to withdraw from the team. It is taught that he has badly fractured his ankle and that would mean that his Commonwealth Games are over.

5- Jack Laugher

Jack Laugher (His surname is actually pronounced ‘Law’!) is 19 years old and is a British diver from North Yorkshire. He usually dives of the 3m Springboard and also does 3m Springboard synchro with Chris Mears.

Jack will be competing in the Men’s 3m Springboard on the 31st of July. He will also be competing in the Men’s 3m Synchronised Springboard on Friday the 1st of August.

4- Chris Mears

Chris Mears is 21 years old and is a British diver from Berkshire. He also is a DJ in his spare time. He dives on the 3m springboard individually and in the synchro with Jack Laugher.

Chris will be competing in the Men’s 3m Springboard on the 31st of July. He will also be competing in the Men’s 3m Synchronised Springboard on Friday the 1st of August.

3- Max Whitlock

Max Whitlock is 21 years old and is a British Gymnast from Hertfordshire. He competes in the team event, alongside Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas, Sam Oldham and Nile Wilson, and competes in the Pommel Horse individually and sometimes the floor exercise and horizontal bar!

You can watch Max compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

2- Louis Smith

Louis Smith is 25 years old and is a British Gymnast from Peterborough. He competes in the team event and also competes individually in the Pommel Horse event. Louis took some time out from gymnastics after he won Sliver at the London 2012 Olympics and in September 2012, he took part in Strictly Come Dancing and ending up winning the show! He certainly has all the right moves 😉

You can watch Louis compete in the second part of the Team event on Tuesday 29th of July from 11am. You can see him compete individually on Thursday the 31st of July from 3pm.

1- Tom Daley

It was always obvious that Tom was going to be my number one. Everyone knows how much I adore this chap since I was like 14! Incase you are reading this and have no idea who Tom is (I am trying not to judge you but you must be living under rocks!!!) Tom Daley is 20 years old and is a British diver from Plymouth. He is one of the most well known divers in the world. He dives from the 10m platform individually and also does 10m platform synchro.  On 2 December 2013, Daley released a Youtube video announcing that he had been in a relationship with a man since early that year. He said in the video: “I still fancy girls, but at the moment I’ve never been happier”. As long as Tom is happy, I’m happy! I will support him no matter what! Plus, I still fancy him, even if he’s gay!

You can watch Tom in the Synchronised 10m Platform diving on Friday the 1st of August from 6pm. You can also see him dive individually on Saturday the 2nd of August from 10am.

Also, I noticed the other day while watching the swimming that 70% of the swimmers are beautiful and almost every gymnastic is gorgeous, maybe it’s just the muscles distracting me but you check them out and let me know!

Now, I hope you all regret not paying attention to the London 2012 Olympics now!! Well at least you can still catch some of these hotties on your tv screens via BBC’s coverage of the games over the next few days! Enjoy (There is no need to thank me!)

I’m off to pack my bag to fly over to Glasgow to see some of these gorgeous people (I actually am going, I’m not joking!)