AQUATICS

Swimming and synchronised swimming will be in Glasgow, the open water swimming will be at Loch Lomond while the diving will be in Edinburgh.

The 45-strong British team is stacked with global medallists and the majority of the 10 Scots who have been selected, including Duncan Scott who won a record six medals at the recent Commonwealth Games and Grace Reid, who became Scotland’s first woman to won diving gold at the Commonwealth Games, head into Glasgow 2018 with real ambitions of getting on to the podium.

ONES TO WATCH:

Ross Murdoch: The 24-year-old is defending champion in the 200m breaststroke and, ranked third in Europe, is in good form having won Commonwealth silver in April.

The University of Stirling swimmer has fond memories of the Glasgow pool, winning the Commonwealth title there in 2014.

Adam Peaty: The breaststroke specialist is the reigning Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion and is the current superstar of the sport. Is aiming to become the first man ever under 56 seconds for the 100m breaststroke.

CYCLING

Never before have all four cycling disciplines of track, road, mountain biking and BMX held their European Championships simultaneously so Glasgow will be making history. GB have named a full-strength track team which includes the likes of Laura and Jason Kenny, Ed Clancy and Phillip Hindes as well as Scots John Archibald, Jack Carlin and Neah Evans with the home team likely to have medal prospects in every event they enter.

The road races are shaping up to be quite a pair of events, with a head-to-head between Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan on the cards in the men's.

Grant Ferguson will compete on home soil in the mountain biking at Cathkin Braes and while the BMX squad does not include any Scots, the newly-built Glasgow BMX Centre marks a significant development for the sport.

ONES TO WATCH:

Katie Archibald: The Olympic team pursuit champion seems to get better and better with every passing season and having already racked up 10 European gold medals, will be aiming to add to her collection in Glasgow.

Marianne Vos: The Dutchwoman is the defending road race champion and is considered one of the greatest female cyclists of all-time. She will be one of the most experienced in the field, which also included last year’s silver and bronze medallists, Italy's Giorgia Bronzini and Russia's Olga Zabelinskaya.

GOLF

This is the first time golf has held a European Championships, with the event taking place at the PGA Centenary Course at Gleneagles.

The format includes a men’s and women’s team event, as well as a mixed team event which is a mixed foursomes.

GB have the maximum six teams – three men’s and three women’s – while Sweden has the next highest representation of five. The Scots who will be on home soil are Richie Ramsay, Solheim Cup captain Catriona Matthew and Michele Thomson.

ONES TO WATCH:

Georgia Hall / Laura Davies (GB): The top women’s GB team are favourites to take the inaugural European title, with Hall having finished 2017 as European No 1 and Davies, a stalwart of European golf, having found her form recently, winning the US Senior Women’s Open two weeks ago.

GYMNASTICS

Glasgow is starting to become something of a gymnastics venue having staged a hugely successful event at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, followed by the World Championships in 2015. There are no Scots in the GB senior teams – Dan Purvis missed out on selection due to injury – but Glasgow’s Pavel Karnejenko has been selected for the junior team.

ONES TO WATCH:

Max Whitlock: The double Olympic champion headlines the GB team and will be one of the star attractions over the 11 days of competition at the SSE Hydro. The 25-year-old has fond memories of Glasgow having won five Commonwealth medals, including three gold, in 2014, as well as a gold and two World Championship silvers the following year.

Oleg Vernyayev: The Ukranian may not be a household name in this country but he is one of the best in the world. The parallel bars specialist is Olympic champion and will be looking to defend his European title. The 24-year-old will also be defending his European all-around title and could leave Glasgow as one of the most decorated gymnasts.

ROWING

Strathclyde Park will also host the rowing, with GB anticipated to dominate. This is the first major championship on home waters since the 2013 World Cup so having the backing of the home crowd will be a novelty for the GB team, which boasts a wealth of World and Olympic medallists.

ONES TO WATCH:

Karen Bennett: The Edinburgh woman is Olympic silver medallist in the eight but will be aiming to win European gold in the four. The 29-year-old already has a European gold and bronze in her locker and will be looking to add to her collection.

TRIATHLON

There are three gold medals up for grabs with both the men’s and women’s individual titles being contested at Strathclyde Park, as well as a mixed-team relay. GB are particularly strong, with Jess Learmonth aiming to defend the title she won for the first time last year and will be on the start line with Scotland’s recent convert to the sport, Beth Potter.

ONES TO WATCH:

Marc Austin: Austin has been making his mark in the senior ranks over the past few years but it was in April that the Glaswegian really illustrated how much talent he has. The 24-year-old won Commonwealth bronze in Gold Coast, defeating both Brownlee brothers in the process. He is in good form and with the home crowd behind him, will likely be a danger to the top ranked men.

Alistair Brownlee: The double Olympic champion is the most recognisable face in the sport and having had a disappointing Commonwealth Games by his standards, will be eager to regain the European title he won in 2010, 2011 and 2014.