This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports' daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what's happening in sports by subscribing here. The opening ceremony in Birmingham, England happened today (read about it here).
Canada's flag-bearers were weightlifter Maude Charron, who's the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in her weight class, and wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy, a three-time Paralympian who has won the Boston Marathon.
Competition starts early Friday morning in Canadian time zones and runs for 10 days. Here are the top Canadians to watch on Day 1: Summer McIntosh (swimming) Coming off her sensational performance at the world championships in Budapest a few weeks ago, the 15-year-old phenom begins her first Commonwealth Games with the women's 400-metre individual medley.
McIntosh won gold in this event and the 200m butterfly in Budapest to become Canada's youngest-ever swimming world champion and the first Canadian swimmer to capture multiple gold medals at the same worlds.