2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
- July 24th – July 29th 2026 (pool swimming)
- Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow, Scotland
- LCM (50m)
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- Prelims Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
- Finals Recaps: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4
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Hiya,
Welcome to the penultimate evening session of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. We have just two more sessions to award medals, but the action tonight is shaping up to be the best yet. It’s a perfect combination of sprints and distances, with all the stars of the meet likely in action.
Things kick off like Guy Fawkes night, with burning speed, as the first three events are all sprint freestyles. The men’s and women’s 50 free S13 finals are the perfect set-up for the men’s 100 free final. Canada’s Nicholas-Guy Turbide has a minuscule advantage over crowd favorite Stephen Clegg, with the pair swimming 25.29 and 25.33 this morning. The pair will be pressed by South Africa’s Nathan Hendricks and England’s Matthew Redfern in the final, with all four seeded within a quarter of a second of one another. In the women’s version of the event, Australia’s Kiralee Hayes has a comfortable second advantage over the field. Still, the battle behind her is tight as her compatriots Jenna Jones and Mia Hogan will look to pass Danika Vyncke of South Africa and make it yet another all-Australian podium.
The men’s 100 free is a battle of titans as Kyle Chalmers looks to defend his title. The eleven-time Commonwealth Games medalist was the lone swimmer from the semifinals to produce a sub-48-second time. Still, it certainly is not a fait accompli, as his compatriot and the 2nd seed Flynn Southam produced a new personal best of 47.09 leading off the men’s 4×100 free relay. The pair of Aussies are flanked on either side by two medal threats as Josh Liendo of Canada and Wales’s Matt Richards will look to disrupt the Australian dominance in this event.
The splash-and-dash, all-out racing of the freestyle sprints gives way to the tactics of the IM events. While the 200 has become much more of a sprint, both the 200 and 400 IM are all about minimizing one’s weaknesses and maximizing one’s strengths, and the women’s event is a perfect demonstration of this. Australia’s Jenna Forrester leads the way and will look to use her backstroke to build herself an unassailable lead, but she’ll have to fend off the back half prowess of Aimee Canny and Abbie Wood, both of whom are formidable breaststrokers and freestylers. Wood’s teammate, Amalie Smith, will hope to use her breaststroke skills to replicate her success in the 400 IM last night. The prelims of the men’s 400 IM was a very tight affair with less than half a second separating the top three. Defending champion Lewis Clareburt leads the field and will hope that his come-from-behind victory in last night’s 200 fly will help him hold off a hungry William Petric of Australia and England’s Max Litchfield, who, despite finishing 4th at the Olympics in the event three times, has never medaled in this event at the Commonwealth Games.
The session oscillates back and forth between sprints and longer events, and after the 400 IM, we return to a set of three 50s. The Australian trio of Meg Harris, Shayna Jack and Alex Perkins posted the lone sub-25 times this morning and will look to do the same this evening as they prepare to sweep the podium tomorrow night. The Australian men will look to set themselves up to do the same as Kyle Chalmers finds himself as the top seed in yet another event. Similar to the 100 free, he has a compatriot to one side as Ben Armbruster is the 2nd seed. The 3rd Australian in the field is a little back in the field, but Cam McEvoy certainly has the pedigree to earn a spot in the final.
The women’s 50 back is another tight field with three swimmers posting sub-28 times last night. Leading the way is the defending champion, Kylie Masse. The Canadian, a five-time Olympic medalist, is in the midst of a long break, but has looked strong this week, taking silver in the 100 backstroke. She’ll have to fend off Australia’s Iona Anderson and Lauren Cox of England, with the pair sitting a few tenths back of Masse’s 27.57 semifinal swim.
From the speed of the 50s, we move to the pacing and DPS strategies of the 200 breaststroke. Canada’s Oliver Dawson posted the fastest time of the morning, but will have his hands full as Filip Nowacki will be on the hunt for Jersey’s first gold medal in any sport since the 1990 Games. It won’t be an easy task, as he’ll have to contend with the partisan crowd supporting Scotland’s two entrants, Joshua Mitchell and George Smith, as well as Zac Stubblety-Cook, whose backhalf talents should worry everyone.
A little refreshing taste of speed gets the heart rate back up as the women’s 50 breast finals and the men’s 100 backstroke semi-finals get things going before Lani Pallister attempts history in the 800 free. Pallister’s teammate Sienna Toohey holds a slim lead over the competition in the 50 breaststroke, but look for defending champion Lara van Niekerk not to make it easy for the young Australian to claim her first Commonwealth gold medal.
If you’re watching the live stream, you may wish to turn down your volume when the first semifinal of the men’s 100 backstroke gets introduced (especially if Anna Morgan medals in the event prior), as Scotland’s Matthew Ward put himself into very good standing to make the final, posting the 2nd fastest time this morning. Ward will have to put up a quick time as the next heat is certainly the stronger of the two, containing the top seed Oliver Morgan, the Australian pair of Henry Allan and Isaac Cooper, as well as South Africa’s Pieter Coetze. The defending World champion in the event, Coetze, has been on fire this week, winning both the 50 and 200 backstroke.
Top seed by nearly 15 seconds: Lani Pallister looks like the obvious favorite to win the 800 free, a feat that, if she accomplishes it, will not only yield her 4th gold medal of the meet but also the first-ever sweep of the distance events, as the 1500 free was added to the program this year. New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather finds herself in a familiar position behind Pallister, but in this distance, may be threatened by Australia’s Molly Walker or fellow Kiwis Caitlin Deans and Eve Thomas.
Things conclude with the mixed medley relay where Australia sees itself in a familiar position, occupying lane four. Seeded more than two seconds clear of the field, the team of Iona Anderson, Sam Williamson, Matt Temple and Meg Harris will look to cruise to the gold ahead of England and Scotland, who appear to be locked into combat with one another as the two nations are separated by less than half a second. Each nation is loading up the relay, with England calling upon Adam Ramsay-Peaty and Freya Colbert while Scotland will use national record holders Angharad Evans, Keanna MacInnes and Duncan Scott.
Men’s 50 Free S13 – Finals
- World Record S13: 23.20 – Ihar Boki (BLR), 2015
- Games Record S13 : 24.32 – Nicolas-Guy Turbide (CAN), 2022
- World Record S12: 22.99 – Maksym Veraksa (UKR), 2009
- Games Record S12 : 24.33 – Stephen Clegg (SCO), 2022
Top 8:
- Stephen Clegg S12 (Scotland) – 24.73
- Nathan Hendricks S13 (South Africa) – 24.84
- Nicolas Guy Turbide S12 (Canada) – 24.96
- Matthew Redfern S13 (England) – 25.36
- James Clegg S12 (Scotland) – 25.50
- R.V.V.B.K. Budigina S13 (India) – 25.68
- Zhi Wei Wong S13 (Singapore) – 26.83
- Ali Imam (India) – 28.28
Scotland got things off to a very hot start this evening as Stephen Clegg used a great start to give himself a lead. The S12 athlete holds the Commonwealth Games record from four years ago, and while he was a little off that mark, the Scotsman took the win tonight in 24.73, holding off the fast-charging Nathan Hendricks of South Africa (24.84) and Nicolas Turbide (24.96).
Women’s 50 Free S13 – Finals
- World Record S13: 26.56 – Katja Dedekind (AUS), 2022
- Games Record S13: 26.56 – Katja Dedekind (AUS), 2022
- World Record S12: 26.61 – M Gomes Santiago (BRA), 2024
- Games Record S12 : 27.67 – Hannah Russell (ENG), 2022
Top 8:
- Kirralee Hayes S13 (Australia) – 27.63
- Danika Vyncke S13 (South Africa) – 28.41 ***NEW AFRICAN RECORD***
- Jenna Jones S12 (Australia) – 29.02
- Mia Hogan S13 (Australia) – 29.26
- Ursula Carroll S13 (England) – 29.37
- Ela Letton-Jones S12 (Wales) – 29.55
- Astrid Carroll S12 (Scotland) – 30.21
- Rebecca Redfern S13 (England) – 31.04
The women’s S13 50 free went the way of the prelims results, with Australia’s Kirralle Hayes defending her top billing, winning the event in 27.63. Taking the silver behind her in a new African Record was Danika Vyncke with her 28.41. There was a tight battle for the bronze, but it was the 3rd seed and S12 athlete Jenna Jones taking the win over her compatriot Mia Hogan, 29.02 to 29.26.
Men’s 100 Free – Finals
- World Record: 46.40 – Pan Zhanle (CHN), 2024
- Commonwealth Record: 47.04 – Cameron McEvoy (AUS), 2016
- Commonwealth Games Record: 47.09 – Flynn Southam (AUS), 2026
- 2022 Champion: Kyle Chalmers (AUS) – 47.51
Top 8:
- Flynn Southam (Australia) – 47.13
- Matt Richards (Wales) – 47.64
- Kyle Chalmers (Australia) – 47.74
- Joshua Liendo (Canada) – 48.08
- Jacob Mills (England) – 48.31
- Gabriel Shepherd (England) – 48.52
- Jacob Whittle (England) – 48.76
- Carter Swift (New Zealand) – 49.07
From the start, Canada’s Josh Liendo looked to be in the lead, powering off the blocks and employing some strong underwaters, but the Australian pair of Flynn Southam and Kyle Chalmers soon caught him, with Southam flipping first at 22.62, with a .40 second lead over his compatriot. The pair of Aussies and Wales’s Matt Richards soon established themselves as the frontrunners, with the group exploding out of the turn.
Southam’s lead was too much to overcome, with the Australian powering to the wall in 47.13, splitting 24.51 over the last length. Before this week, the time would have clocked in as a personal best, but Southam led off the men’s 4×100 free relay in a Commonwealth Games record of 47.09. His time from a few days ago, nearly bettered the Commonwealth record held by Cam McEvoy of 47.04. The Australians have a large number of swimmers with personal bests just north of 47.00, including Eamon Sullivan, Kyle Chalmers and James Magnussen, all within the 47.05-47.10 range.
Chalmers looked strong for the silver, but couldn’t hold off the late charge and strong finish of Richards, who took .10 out of the Aussie on the backhalf to take the silver medal 47.64 to 47.74.
Women’s 200 IM – Final
- World Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
- Commonwealth Record: 2:05.70 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
- Games Record: 2:08.21 – Siobhan-Marie O’Connor (ENG), 2014
- 2022 Champion: Summer McIntosh (CAN) – 2:08.70
Top 8:
- Jenna Forrester (Australia) – 2:09.24
- Aimee Canny (South Africa) – 2:09.37
- Amalie Smith (England) – 2:09.61
- Katie Shanahan (Scotland) – 2:10.56
- Ella Ramsay (Australia) – 2:10.83
- Tara Kinder (Australia) – 2:11.09
- Rebecca Meder (South Africa) – 2:11.23
- Abbie Wood (England) – 2:11.33
Men’s 400 IM – Final
- World Record: 4:02.50 – Leon Marchand (FRA), 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 4:08.70 – Lewis Clareburt (NZL), 2022
- Games Record: 4:08.70 – Lewis Clareburt (NZL), 2022
- 2022 Champion: Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 4:08.70
Top 8:
Women’s 50 Free – Semi-Finals
- World Record: 23.55 – Gretchen Walsh (USA), 2026
- Commonwealth Record: 23.78 – Cate Campbell (AUS), 2018
- Games Record: 23.78 – Cate Campbell (AUS), 2018
- 2022 Champion: Emma McKeon (AUS) – 23.99
Top 8:
Men’s 50 Fly – Semi-Finals
- World Record: 22.27 – Andrii Govorov (UKR), 2018
- Commonwealth Record: 22.68 – Ilya Kharun (CAN), 2025
- Games Record: 22.81 – Benjamin Proud (ENG), 2022
- 2022 Champion: Benjamin Proud (ENG) – 22.81
Top 8:
Women’s 50 Back – Finals
- World Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 26.86 – Kaylee McKeown (AUS), 2023
- Commonwealth Games Record: 27.31 – Kylie Masse (CAN), 2022
- 2022 Champion: Kylie Masse (CAN) – 27.31
Top 8:
Men’s 200 Breast – Finals
- World Record: 2:05.48 – Qin Haiyang (CHN), 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 2:05.95 – Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS), 2022
- Games Record: 2:07.30 – Ross Murdoch (SCO), 2014
- 2022 Champion: Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS) – 2:08.07
Top 8:
Women’s 50 Breast – Finals
- World Record: 29.16 – RutaMeilutytėe (LTU), 2023
- Commonwealth Record: 29.72 – Lara van Niekerk (RSA), 2022
- Commonwealth Games Record: 29.73 – Lara van Niekerk (RSA), 2022
- 2022 Champion: Lara van Niekerk (RSA) – 29.73
Top 8:
Men’s 100 Back – Semi-Finals
- World Record: 51.60 – Thomas Ceccon (ITA), 2022
- Commonwealth Record: 51.85 – Pieter Coetze (RSA), 2025
- Games Record: 53.12 – Chris Walker-Hebborn (ENG), 2014
- 2022 Champion: Pieter Coetze (RSA) – 53.78
Top 8:
Women’s 800 Free – Fastest Heat
- World Record: 8:04.12 – Katie Ledecky (USA), 2025
- Commonwealth Record: 8:05.07 – Summer McIntosh (CAN), 2025
- Games Record: 8:13.59 – Ariarne Titmus (AUS), 2022
- 2022 Champion: Ariarne Titmus (AUS) – 8:13.59
Top 8:
Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay – Final
- World Record: 3:37.43 – USA (2024)
- Commonwealth Record: 3:37.58 – Great Britain (2021)
- Games Record: 3:41.30 – Australia (2022)
- 2022 Champion – Australia, 3:41.30
Top 8:
Clareburt just off of his NZ record
Clareburt having a great meet, moving to Australia has obviously worked out well for him
Max Litchfield, will be disappointed with that, another one of team England’s casualties.
Litchfield with another standard England performance…
Max Litchfield another poor england swim
Abbie Wood 3 seconds+ off her PB… another English swimmer who would have easily won Gold with their trials swim.
She looked so strong back in April in this event, this meet is not a good look for British swimming, someone somewhere has not prepped these athletes properly.
Abbie Wood 8th lol England being carried on their back by Smith.
Seriously what’s going on with a 2:11 when she’s gone 2:08.1 this year
She had a good backstroke underwater then just started swimming in place.
Another pb for smith!!!
Flynn – the new man on the block