2026 Commonwealth Games
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After a first day replete with records, day 2 of the 2026 Commonwealth Games does not look like slowing down. We have nine events this morning – six individual swimming events, two para-swimming events, and one relay.
Last night’s women’s 400 free gold and silver medalists return to the pool in the 200 free, Lani Pallister as the second seed and Erika Fairweather as the fourth seed. Mollie O’Callaghan, who had recently announced a lower back injury which had threatened to keep her out of the Games, is the top seed in 1:52.86.
Freya Colbert set a British record earlier this season with a 1:54.98, then lowered it to the 1:54.34 she is entered with at the Aquatics GB Championships. She will swim next to another Freya, as Freya Anderson is the sixth seed in 1:57.00.
World record holder Cameron McEvoy will be in action in the men’s 50 free, as he leads the psych sheets by over half a second with the 20.88 he clocked at the China Open in March. Fellow Australians Jamie Jack and Flynn Southam are #2 and #3 on the entry list, and Southam in particular will be one to watch after his Games record of 47.09 leading off the 4×100 free relay last night.
Josh Liendo lurks as the 10th seed and will swim two lanes over from McEvoy in the final heat, and Arizona State’s Tolu Young is the 5th seed as he seeks Fiji’s first ever swimming final at the Games. Nigeria’s Abduljabar Adama, entered in 22.21, is also one to watch out for. Michael Houlie, the 50 breast Games record holder, is also entered – might we see a 25 meter free record today?
Iona Anderson leads the women’s 100 back in 58.60, but after adding significant time in the 200 back yesterday it looks as though #3 seed Kylie Masse is the favorite. The Canadian won the event at the 2018 Games and will be gunning for top seed.
Hannah Fredericks, who won the 200 back last night in 2:08.17, is the #2 seed and will swim next to the silver medalist from that event. Katie Shanahan moved up one spot in the 200 back from the 2022 Games, and is the #5 seed in 1:00.03.
Matt Temple is the top seed in the men’s 100 fly, and will have Josh Liendo next to him in the final heat this morning. The pair finished 2nd and 1st, respectively, at the 2022 Games, with Temple tying with James Guy for silver.
There is no Guy this time, but England’s Ed Mildred is the #3 seed in 51.02. His teammate Jacob Peters and Welsh record holder Lewis Fraser are also ranked in the top eight, while South Africa’s Ruard van Renen is the #9 seed in 52.27, but had a fantastic day yesterday with a 50 back PB of 24.56 and split over a second faster than his flat-start best in the 4×100 free relay.
Ben Armbruster is the #2 seed for Australia and has South Africa’s Chad le Clos next to him. Le Clos is competing at his 5th Games, and last night became the most decorated male Commonwealth athlete ever as he won his 19th medal in the men’s 4×100 free relay.
Home favorite Angharad Evans is the top seed by over a second in the women’s 100 breast with the 1:04.96 British record she clocked in April, but Sienna Toohey has also set a big lifetime best this season and is the #2 seed in 1:05.97.
Lara van Niekirk, the 2022 champion, is not entered, and South Africa will be represented by world 200 breast bronze medalist Kaylene Corbett, Rebecca Meder, and Aimee Canny, who led off the bronze medal-winning 4×100 free relay last night.
Ella Ramsay and Grace McCartney are the only other swimmers entered under 1:07, while Lanihei Connolly is the #5 seed for the Cook Islands in 1:07.40. Her countryman Jacob Story made the men’s 100 breast semi-finals yesterday, placing 16th.
The men’s 400 free will see Sam Short in action for the first time at this meet, as he leads the psych sheets by over three seconds. Defending champion Elijah Winnington is in lane 4 in the other circle seeded heat, with 800 free Olympic champion Dan Wiffen next to him in lane 3 of the penultimate heat. James Guy, Tyler Melbourne-Smith, and Jack McMillan have medal hopes among the Brits, while Scotland are represented by Sean McCann and Charlie Hutchison.
The eighth-fastest entry time is a relatively quick 3:47.38, so the heats should not be too sleepy this morning or swimmers will find themselves out of tonight’s final. Ian Thorpe‘s Commonwealth Games record of 3:40.08 is likely safe until at least tonight though, but will surely be an aim for Short in the final.
The women’s S14 200 free will feature defending champion Bethany Firth of Northern Ireland and returning bronze medalist Louise Fiddes, with Poppy Maskill swimming in lane 5 between the pair this morning. The top three seeds are separated by just 0.14 seconds, but expect this morning to be subdued with only seven swimmers in the field and progression to the final assured.
The men’s S14 200 free is even more sparse with just five swimmers, but with England’s Will Ellard in the field this event will be on record watch. He set a world record in the 100 free with a 50.41 at the Aquatics GB Championships and claimed his first 200 free world record in a time of 1:51.30 at the Paris Paralympics two years ago. He was an even-faster 1:51.08 at the Para World Championships last year to lower that further.
Wales will be seeking redemption in the mixed 4×100 free relay after their men’s 4×100 free relay was disqualified in the heats yesterday, and should move through comfortably with the potential to be a medal threat tonight. Australia are entered as just the #4 seed in 3:25.15, swum last summer as they failed to make it out of the heats at the World Championships.
England, Canada, and New Zealand are the top three seeds, and the Cayman Islands will be seeking their third relay final in three events this week after making the men’s and women’s 4×100 free relay finals last night, placing 8th and 7th respectively. They are the #8 seed here in 3:34.61.
Australia’s relay tonight threatens to be fast!
Forrester won the 200m BK – Fredricks won the bronze.
The relay lineup will be interesting .. let’s see if Canada actually shows up this time
I woke up at a much more reasonable hour this morning and was gobsmacked when I watched that swim from Flynn in the relay. I honestly didn’t think he had it in him as I thought his previous pb was somewhat aided by swimming in Kyle’s wash, but he got that 47.0 front-lining the entire race.
If this Comm Game’s only notable storyline ends up being Flynn’s breakout, then I’m already happy to say it was worth it. So stoked and excited for him!
Honestly it’s a weird year to expect fast times as a lot of the fast times this year have come from random events like mare nostrum etc
After everyone was freaking out over the slow 4x100m Women’s relay times yesterday, I do think this is just going to be a ‘racing’ year for our squad. The double meets just sucks and the UK team have it too with Euros.
However, Flynn made the choice not to go to PPs so this really is the ‘big meet’ of the year for him, and he is delivering big time.