2026 Commonwealth Games
- July 24 – 29, 2026 (pool swimming)
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Over halfway through the meet at this point, we have nine medal events tonight. While we don’t have any events quite as fast as last night’s 50 free, we do have two of the longest – the men’s 800 free and women’s 400 IM.
Amalie Smith led the heats of the women’s 400 IM this morning in 4:39.13, four seconds off her British age group record of 4:35.18. Jenna Forrester, the 200 back champion and 400 free bronze medalist, will be next to her in lane 5 after clocking 4:40.61 this morning.
Tara Kinder and Ella Ramsay make it three Aussies in the top four, and Canadian duo Ella Jansen and Julie Brousseau joined Scot Eva Mackie under 5:00 this morning.
The men’s 100 free was relatively quiet this morning with just four swimmers under 49 seconds. Gabriel Shepherd was the top performer in 48.44, just off the 48.30 PB he established on the leadoff of the mixed 4×100 free relay.
Flynn Southam is the #2 seed in 48.58, and has set his stall out with times of 47.09 and 47.29 on relay leadoffs so far this week. Welshman Matt Richards will also be keen on making the final after his 47.62 leadoff two days ago, and he was 48.72 this morning with a near-even split of 24.15/24.57.
Defending champion Kyle Chalmers was 49.06 this morning, ahead of Jacob Mills (49.13) and Kai Taylor (49.33), while Canada’s 100 fly champion Josh Liendo was 13th this morning in 49.79, more than two seconds off his lifetime best of 47.55.
We are then onto the women’s 100 free final, with Mollie O’Callaghan, Meg Harris, and Shayna Jack the only swimmers entered under 54 seconds. O’Callaghan leads the way with a 53.29 and scratched the 50 back this morning to focus on this final.
Harris split a blistering 52.03 on the mixed free relay on day 2, with Jack splitting 52.42 alongside her. The winner will be one of that trio, although Wales’ Theodora Taylor is also in good form after a 52.63 split on the Welsh medal-winning mixed free relay two days ago.
Fernando Lu is the top seed in the men’s SB9 100 breast and will be seeking to avenge his DQ in the 100 fly a couple of days ago after finishing 3rd. Defending champ Joshua Willmer is next to him in lane 5.
The women’s SB8 100 breast looks like a three-horse race, with Brock Whiston, Iona Winnifreth, and Husnah Kukundakwe swimming 1:27-low this morning. Kukundakwe has the opportunity to win Uganda’s first-ever Commonwealth Games medal in swimming.
Alex Perkins put on a show in the women’s 100 fly semi-finals last night, and the 50 fly champion should be the favorite again tonight after touching in 57.16 to lead the qualifiers. There were several personal bests in the field behind her, with teammate Brittany Castelluzzo (57.64) and Scot Ciara Schlosshan (57.70) in good form.
Keanna MacInnes and Erin Gallagher, the second- and third-fastest swimmers in the field by lifetime best, are in lanes 3 and 2, and with three Scotswomen in the field this should be a loud one. The national record of 57.57 could also be in danger.
Michael Houlie has swum his five fastest 50 breast times at these Commonwealth Games, but the slowest of those five came in the semi-finals yesterday. He set the Games record in the 100 breast semi-finals, touching in 26.38, but was a slightly slower 26.61 last night.
He leads Australia’s 100 breast champion Sam Williamson (26.79) and England’s Adam Ramsay-Peaty (26.82), with no one else under 27 seconds. Namibia’s Ronan Wantenaar, the 5th seed in 27.21 but with a lifetime best of 26.85, will be hunting their first Commonwealth Games medal in swimming.
Kylie Masse is the top seed in the women’s 50 back in 27.79, with Northern Ireland’s Danielle Hill looking strong this morning to qualify second in 28.04, ahead of England’s Lauren Cox in 28.14. Cox’s best is nearly a second faster at 27.15.
Iona Anderson is the 4th seed in 28.17, coming off a 100 back win over Masse, while 100 back bronze medalist Olivia Nel is seeded 6th ahead of African record holder Jessica Thompson.
Sam Short goes for the second leg of his potential grand slam, aiming to become the first-ever winner of the men’s 800 free at the Commonwealth Games. This is a new event on the schedule, which he leads the psych sheets in by nearly five seconds.
He looked imperious in the 400 free on day 2, and it seems that Ben Goedemans and Dan Wiffen will be relegated to battling for silver. Tyler Melbourne-Smith and Sean McCann were also in the 400 free final on Saturday, while India’s Aryan Nehra set a national record earlier this season to break 8:00 for the first time.
Lara van Niekerk led the women’s 50 breast by half a second this morning, touching in 30.23 as one of only four women under 31 seconds. Sienna Toohey, Sophie Angus, and Anna Morgan were the other three, while Jamaica’s Sabrina Lyn has the chance to be their first double Commonwealth finalist since Alia Atkinson.
The final individual event will be the men’s 200 fly, where 2025 World Championships bronze medalist Harrison Turner is the top seed in 1:56.47. He is flanked by 2022 champion Lewis Clareburt and England’s Ed Mildred, with Duncan Scott lurking in lane 2.
Scott has placed 3rd and 5th in this event at the last two Games, so will be aiming to return to the podium. Matt Temple, the 100 fly silver medalist, was the final qualifier this morning and could provide some outside smoke.
The women’s 4×200 free final has just three nations entered under 8:00 and they should be the three medalists. Australia are runaway favorites, but England’s relatively poor form at this meet opens the door for New Zealand and their individual 200 free bronze medalist Erika Fairweather.
