Adam Peaty Misses 100 Breast Podium At 2026 Edinburgh International

2026 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL

• March 13th – March 15th
• Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Scotland
• LCM (50m)
• Meet Central
• Draft Entries
• SwimSwam Preview
• Day 1 Recap
• Results
• Livestream

This year’s edition of the Edinburgh International entered day two at the Royal Commonwealth Pool, with multiple Olympians competing in their respective races.

Although not a selection meet by itself, this three-day competition represents a significant milestone along the journey to the all-important Aquatics GB Championships in April. That meet represents the sole qualifying opportunity for British swimmers to add their names to their respective nations’ rosters for this year’s Commonwealth Games.

We reported how world champion Freya Colbert took down her own British national record in the women’s 200m freestyle, turning in a time of 1:54.98. That represents the first time a British woman has ever cleared the 1:55-second barrier in the event.

You can read more about Colbert’s monumental feat here.

Olympic multi-gold medalist and world record holder Adam Peaty was also in the water this evening, taking on the men’s 100m breaststroke event.

Peaty, who recently spent time with former longtime coach Mel Marshall down under, settled for an uncharacteristic 4th-place finish in the contest.

Newly-married Peaty stopped the clock at 1:00.74 to miss the podium, leaving rising World Junior Championships gold medalist Filip Nowacki to reap the top spot.

Nowacki hit 1:00.26 in the overall subdued final, with Loughborough’s Greg Butler next in line at 1:00.37. Reed’s 18-year-old Max Morgan rounded out the podium in 1:00.54.

Peaty fans should not be alarmed at tonight’s results, as Peaty is on his way back to form after opting out of last year’s World Championships while also settling into married life with bride Holly Ramsay.

We’ll see how these results potentially get shaken up in about a month’s time at the Aquatics GB Championships.

The men’s 50m backstroke saw Birmingham University standout Ollie Morgan get it done for gold, hitting 24.73 in a narrow victory ahead of Mt. Kelly’s Mantas Kauspedas.

Kauspedas collected silver in 24.95 and Bath’s Jack Skerry bagged bronze in 24.95.

23-year-old Morgan represents Great Britain’s #2 performer in history, with his lifetime best of 24.43 sitting only behind national record holder Liam Tancock‘s supersuited swim of 24.04 from 2009.

Presumably not tapered, Morgan now inserts himself into the world’s season rankings in slot #4, tying Wang Zicheng of China.

On the women’s side, 16-year-old Amelie Blocksidge earned a dominant win in the 800m free with the City of Salford swimmer striking gold in 8:35.51.

That fell about five seconds outside her lifetime best of 8:30.05 from earning the 2024 European Junior Championships title, but enough to hold off a talented field here.

Lucy Fox snared silver in 8:43.85 and Loughborough’s Lucy Parsons clocked 8:47.35, good enough for bronze.

Fellow teenager, 16-year-old Amalie Smith, eked out the win over Suzie McNair in the women’s 400m IM final.

Smith touched in 4:40.13 while McNair’s swim of 4:50.55 relegated her to silver. 17-year-old Evi Mackie posted 4:51.17 as the bronze medalist.

Smith is the reigning World Junior Championships silver medalist in both this 400m IM and the 200m IM from Otopeni, Romania last year. There she clocked 4:35.49 in the 400m IM behind champion Agostina Hein‘s (ARG) gold medal-worthy swim of 4:34.34.

Finally, the women’s 50m breaststroke final saw a 1-2 finish by Edinburgh, with Anna Morgan registering 30.78 followed by teammate Kara Hanlon‘s mark of 31.06.

Jasmine Carter of Mt. Kelly snared bronze in 31.74.

Morgan’s effort this evening checked in as a shiny new lifetime best, overtaking her previous PB of 30.90 from the BUCS Championships eariler this year. The 23-year-old now ranks as GBR’s 9th-swiftest performer in history.

Additional Notes

• Scotland’s most decorated Olympian of all time Duncan Scott reaped gold in the men’s 400m IM, hitting 4:15.94 for the top spot. Fellow multi-Olympic teammate Max Litchfield was also in the race, posting 4:19.04 for silver as Chelsea & West athlete Edward Whittles raced his way to bronze in 4:26.35.
• Racing mainstay Lauren Cox of Manchester logged a time of 27.63 to claim victory in the women’s 50m backstroke. European Junior Championships multi-medalist Blythe Kinsman was next to the wall in 28.17 as Madison Kryger cleaned up bronze in 28.59.
• The women’s 100m fly saw Edinburgh’s Ciara Schlosshan clear the field in 58.39, leading a trio of sub-59-second performers. Joining her under the barrier was runner-up Lucy Grieve of the University of Stirling who turned in a time of 58.72. Keanna MacInnes of Stirling notched 58.92 as tonight’s bronze medalist.
• Olympic multi-medalist Matt Richards claimed gold in the men’s 50m free in a time of 22.43. Jacob Mills of Repton was next to touch in 22.61 and 30-year-old veteran David Cumberlidge of Edinburgh rounded out the top 3 in 22.61 in the race.