2026 Commonwealth Games: Day 2 Mixed 4×100 Free Relay Analysis

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MIXED 4×100 FREESTYLE RELAY – FINAL

• World Record: 3:18.48 – USA (Alexy, Sammon, Douglass, Huske), 2025
• Commonwealth Record: 3:18.83 – Australia (Cartwright, Chalmers, Jack, O’Callaghan), 2023
• Commonwealth Games Record: 3:21.18 – Australia (Yang, Chalmers, O’Callaghan, McKeon), 2022
• 2022 Champion: Australia (Yang, Chalmers, O’Callaghan, McKeon) – 3:21.18

GOLD – Australia, 3:19.36, *Commonwealth Games Record*
SILVER – England, 3:23.91
BRONZE – Wales, 3:24.33

Leadoff Legs

Flynn Southam was electric once again for Australia, pulling away from Matt Richards on the second 50 to touch in 47.29 for the second-fastest swim of his career, two tenths off the 47.09 he posted on the leadoff of the men’s event yesterday. He may be becoming the favorite for the individual 100 free ahead of teammate Kyle Chalmers.

Matt Richards was right on his season best for Wales with a 47.62, the seventh-fastest swim of his career, to give them fantastic foundation for their eventual bronze medal.

Jacob Mills was two tenths slower than his 48.02 from last night, but was the third-fastest leadoff ahead of New Zealand’s Carter Swift, who was 0.01 seconds off his lifetime best in 48.67.

Tendo Kaumi was just off his national record of 51.14 from the leadoff this morning, but swam his second-fastest time ever for Uganda. James Allison notched his third sub-50 swim of the Games for the Cayman Islands.

Rolling Splits (Men)

Kyle Chalmers had the fastest rolling split once again, but was a few tenths slower than his 46.93 from last night. He was 47.62 for Australia 0.04 seconds faster than Scotland’s Duncan Scott, who was also a little slower than he had been last night with a 47.48.

Jacob Whittle was half a second off the 47.70 he anchored in last night, with Gabe Shepherd looking like he may be a stronger option going forward after he split 47.73 in the men’s relay yesterday and set a new flat-start best of 48.30 on the leadoff this morning.

Cameron Gray was 48.33 for New Zealand, keeping them well in the medal hunt at halfway. Wales’ Dan Jones went out with Kyle Chalmers in a 22.84 opening 50, but paid for it with a 26.33 second 50 to split 49.17.

Rolling Splits (Women)

Meg Harris and Shayna Jack had the fastest splits of the day for Australia, Jack posting a 52.42 before handing off to Harris who anchored in a massive 52.03. Jack was two tenths faster than her 52.64 split on the women’s relay yesterday, while Harris was a second faster than her 53.07 leadoff.

However the biggest split of the lot came from 17-year-old Welsh swimmer Theodora Taylor. She set a new Welsh record of 54.14 on the leadoff in the women’s relay last night as they placed 5th, but she anchored in a blistering 52.63 to bring Wales home for bronze tonight.

She was out in 25.20 to overtake Scotland and New Zealand, and nearly caught Freya Colbert and England for silver on the final 50. That is by far the fastest 100 free split of her career, nearly a second faster than the 53.42 she posted as the British team set a new European Junior record in the women’s 4×100 free relay at the European Junior Championships two weeks ago.

That may well be the fastest junior 100 free split in history. Olivia Wunsch was 52.70 at the 2023 World Junior Championships for Australia and Rylee Erisman threw down a 52.75 at the 2025 edition.

Freya Colbert and Freya Anderson were both sub-54 for England as they edged ahead of the field for silver, while Erika Fairweather‘s 53.59 anchor for New Zealand proved in vain as they placed 4th in 3:24.82.

Uganda’s Gloria Muzito, who owns the national record in a time of 55.26, split 54.95 as the Ugandan team missed their national record from the heats by just 0.03 seconds.