2026 Commonwealth Games
- July 24 – 29, 2026 (pool swimming)
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Tonight has the potential for our first world record of the Commonwealth Games, with Cam McEvoy in action in the men’s 50 free, while Tollcross may be briefly without a roof if Angharad Evans sets a new British and Scottish record to win the women’s 100 breast.
The session will start with a pair of para-swimming events. Australian swimmers Liam Togher and Gemma Sellick are the top seeds in the men’s and women’s S9 100 back with defending champions Timothy Hodge and Alice Tai third and fifth, respectively, in the heats this morning. This event was an S8 event four years ago, so Tai is swimming up a category.
We then move onto what is likely to be the loudest event of the night. Angharad Evans has been a fan favorite at this meet and is the red-hot favorite in the women’s 100 breast, clocking 1:05.34 in the semi-final last night to move through as the top seed.
That is four tenths of a second off her British record of 1:04.96 that she set in April, and just half a second off Tatjana Smith‘s Commonwealth record. Leisel Jones‘ Commonwealth Games record of 1:05.09, which has stood since 2006, also looks in danger.
South Africa’s Aimee Canny, who has scratched the 200 free and 100 free in consecutive morning sessions to remain uber-focused on this event, was just seven hundredths of a second off her lifetime best of 1:05.97 with a 1:06.04 in the semi-finals, ahead of Australia’s Sienna Toohey (1:06.69) and Canada’s Sophie Angus (1:06.74).
Sabrina Lyn, who snuck through in 8th, made Jamaica’s first Commonwealth Games final in swimming since Alia Atkinson won 50 breast silver in 2018.
Matt Temple and Josh Liendo were lightning fast in the semi-finals of the men’s 100 fly last night, with Temple setting a new Commonwealth Games record in 50.63, just ahead of Liendo’s 50.67. Ed Mildred and Ben Armbruster look to be in a similarly tight battle for third after touching in 51.30 and 51.32, respectively, in the first semi-final last night.
Liendo is the defending champion, so 2022 silver medalist Temple will be looking to avenge that defeat. Australia’s Harrison Turner and Welsh record holder Lewis Fraser will be ones to watch, as will South Africa’s former Commonwealth Games record holder Chad le Clos in lane 8.
Meg Harris was the only woman under 54 seconds in the 100 free heats this morning, with Mollie O’Callaghan second in 54.37. Their teammate Shayna Jack was 9th in 55.18, but all three should move comfortably through to tomorrow’s final with season bests in the 52-second range.
Theodora Taylor set a Welsh record of 54.14 on Friday and comes in third after clocking 54.80 this morning. She anchored the Welsh mixed free team in 52.63 last night as they won an historic bronze medal, so could break into the 53s tonight. National record holders Anahira McCutcheon of Fiji and Gloria Muzito of Uganda will be eyeing those records tonight.
Michael Houlie leads the men into the 50 breast semi-finals after clocking 26.53 this morning, the second-fastest swim of his career. He opened his 100 breast semi-final on Friday in 26.38, which stands as both the African record and Commonwealth Games record.
Sam Williamson was also under 27 seconds this morning with a 26.75 after winning the 100 breast last night, and Chris Smith, Adam Ramsay-Peaty, Filip Nowacki, Archie Goodburn, and Ronan Wantenaar are entered in 27-lows.
Kylie Masse clocked the only sub-1:00 swim in the women’s 100 back semi-finals, but Iona Anderson posted a time of 58.60 at Australian Trials and was 1:00.11 last night. Katie Shanahan and Hannah Fredericks, the silver and bronze medalists from the 200 back, are also in the field as is England’s 2023 world 50 back bronze medalist Lauren Cox
The men’s 200 back looks like Pieter Coetze‘s to lose after he swam an effortless 1:58.48 this morning. The South African won silver at the World Championships last summer in an African record of 1:53.36, and is coming off resetting the Commonwealth Games record three times in the 50 back as he won the title in 24.18 last night.
Luke Greenbank is the top seed and chasing a medal at the one competition he is yet to own an individual medal from. He worked his underwaters this morning to clock 1:58.05, ahead of teammate Jack Skerry who moved through in 7th in a time of 2:01.11, more than three seconds off his best.
Ollie Morgan won silver in the 50 back last night for his first major individual long course medal, and looked smooth as he swam 1:58.68 to beat Henry Allan for the win in heat 2. Morgan has a best of 1:55.55 from last April, and won the British title in 1:55.86 earlier this year.
The women’s 100 fly saw six women between 57.93 and 58.29 this morning. All three medalists from the 50 fly are in action, with Aussie Alex Perkins the favorite to claim lane 4 for tomorrow’s final. There are three Scotswomen in the semi-finals, so expect this to be a loud one, especially with Stirling’s Keanna MacInnes the top seed in 57.93.
We will be on record watch in the men’s 50 free final, as Cam McEvoy goes in lane 3 after posting a two-breath 21.64 in the semi-finals. He broke the world record in March with a 20.88 at the China Open, and has won two world titles and an Olympic title in the last three years.
The top seed is his teammate Jamie Jack, who notched his third-fastest time ever with a 21.55 in the semi-finals. He will have Josh Liendo on the other side of him, as the Canadian also posted the third-fastest time of his career.
Calvyn Justus swam a new lifetime best of 21.86 for South Africa, eight years after his first Commonwealth Games, and Flynn Southam lurks in lane 2 after a pair of big 100 free swims in the last couple of days. Fiji’s Tolu Young makes his nation’s first ever Commonwealth Games final in swimming.
Lani Pallister looks the favorite to run away with the women’s 1500 free, entered as the top seed by nearly 20 seconds over New Zealand’s Erika Fairweather. Both swimmers have claimed two individual medals already at this meet, Pallister winning gold in the 400 free and silver in the 200 free, and Fairweather winning silver in the 400 free and bronze in the 200 free. Singapore’s Ching Hwee Gan, who set a new national record in the 400 free on Friday, is the #3 seed and will fancy her chances at both a medal and lowering her national record below 16:00.
Australia looks a class apart in the men’s 4×200 free relay, nearly ten seconds faster than Scotland and England this morning. Barring any huge surprises, that looks to be the podium tonight, although all three nations will shake their teams up for the final.
