2026 Commonwealth Games: Day 6 Prelims Dwell Recap

2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Five down, one to go: welcome to the ultimate day of racing on the 2026 Commonwealth Games! We’ve bought six particular person occasions on the docket this morning, adopted by each the lads’s and girls’s 4×100 medley relays.

The ladies will get us began with the preliminary heats of the 200 breast, during which quite a few acquainted faces are set to look. All three of the medalists within the ladies’s 100 breast are again in motion; Angharad Evans is the #1 seed within the occasion and can look to place herself able to earn one other breaststroke gold, having received the 100 breast. Aimee Canny and Sienna Toohey, who received silver and bronze respectively within the 100, are additionally prime seeds heading into the occasion.

The males’s 200 free guarantees to ship on the joy. 2024 Olympic silver medalist Matt Richards of Wales shall be vying for the highest spot with 2022 Commonwealth champion Duncan Scott of Scotland, whereas Australia’s Sam Short may also be making use of strain from his spot because the #3 seed. Also posing a menace are the likes of Lewis Clareburt, James Guy and Kai Taylor, all of whom rank throughout the prime 15 on this planet to this point this season.

Only 13 swimmers are set to take to the water within the ladies’s 200 fly, and the Australians look to have a powerful foothold within the smaller discipline. Lizzy Dekkers is the highest seed heading into the occasion, carefully adopted by Brittany Castelluzzo, whereas Jessica Cole may also be trying to press her approach into the ultimate. Other key names jostling for a cushty spot within the prime eight embody England’s Emily Richards and Scotland’s Keanna Macinnes.

The slowest warmth of the lads’s 1500 free shall be swum this morning, as will the ultimate two para occasions of the meet (the lads’s 50 free S7 and the ladies’s 100 free S9) earlier than we head into the relays.

Women’s 200 Breast – Heats

Top 8:

1. Angharad Evans (SCO) – 2:26.48
2. Tara Kinder (AUS) – 2:26.99
3. Aimee Canny (RSA) – 2:27.05
4. Kaylene Corbett (RSA) – 2:27.32
5. Ella Ramsay (AUS) – 2:27.37
6. Ellie McCartney (NIR) – 2:28.18
7. Sophie Angus (CAN) – 2:29.09
8. Rebecca Meder (RSA) – 2:29.96

Angharad Evans held onto her prime spot, qualifying 1st for finals with a time of two:26.48. She led her warmth proper from the beginning, however Australia’s Tara Kinder utilized some strain on the second half, drawing up near Evans earlier than falling again barely on the final stretch into the wall to complete 2nd general in 2:26.99 popping out of the heats. Close behind Kinder is Aimee Canny, who delivered a powerful efficiency within the first warmth to snag the #3 spot in 2:27.05, whereas South African teammate Kaylene Corbett sits in 4th in 2:27.32 after profitable the second warmth. With lower than a second separating the highest 5 qualifiers heading into tonight’s session, it’s shaping as much as be a detailed closing.

Men’s 200 Free – Heats

• World Record: 1:42.00 – Paul Biedermann, Germany (2009)
• Commonwealth Record: 1:44.06 – Ian Thorpe, Australia (2001)
• Games Record: 1:44.71 – Ian Thorpe, Australia (2002)
• 2022 Commonwealth Champion– Duncan Scott (SCO), 1:45.02

Top 8:

1. James Guy (ENG) – 1:45.69
2. Sam Short (AUS) – 1:45.90
3. Harrison Turner (AUS) – 1:46.08
4. Matt Richards (WAL) – 1:46.50
5. Jack McMillan (ENG) – 1:46.72
6. Lewis Clareburt (NZL) – 1:46.92
7. Kai Taylor (AUS) – 1:47.23
8. Thomas Dean (ENG) – 1:47.46

The pleasure began to construct within the fourth warmth of the lads’s 200 free, as James Guy took off to set an early lead. Swimming a powerful race, he held onto his lead all through and bought his hand on the wall first in 1:45.69; Sam Short did his greatest to chase him down and shut the hole between them, touching in 1:45.90. Those performances turned out to be the quickest swims of the morning. Australia’s Harrison Turner received warmth 5 in 1:46.08, which was quick sufficient to land him within the #3 spot behind Short heading into finals. It’s going to be an Australia-heavy closing, as Kai Taylor certified seventh in 1:47.23.

Matt Richards received the ultimate warmth in 1:46.50, giving him a cushty spot within the closing, whereas England’s Thomas Dean managed to sneak in within the #8 spot with a time of 1:47.46. In considerably of an upset, defending champion Duncan Scott didn’t make the ultimate; he completed 4th in his warmth in 1:47.83.

Women’s 200 Fly – Heats

Top 8:

1. Ciara Schlosshan (SCO) – 2:08.47
2. Lizzy Dekkers (AUS) – 2:08.64
3. Keanna Macinnes (SCO) – 2:08.99
4. Brittany Castelluzzo (AUS) – 2:10.46
5. Emily Richards (ENG) – 2:11.15
6. Jessica Cole (AUS) – 2:11.36
7. Lucy Fox (ENG) 2:12.09
8. Ella Jansen (CAN) – 2:12.32

Three athletes have been below the two:10 mark within the qualifying heats of the ladies’s 200 fly; Scotland’s Ciara Schlosshan turned in a prime efficiency, setting a brand new lifetime greatest time of two:08.47 and posting the quickest time within the discipline. Lizzy Dekkers of Australia took 2nd within the rankings behind Schlosshan in 2:08.64, whereas fellow Scottish swimmer Keanna Macinnes sits in third with a time of two:08.99. Australia’s Brittany Castelluzzo certified 4th in a cushty time of two:10.46, however she has been effectively below 2:10 earlier than and may very well be a lot sooner tonight.

Men’s 50 Free S7 – Heats

• World Record (S6): 28.57 – Qing Xu (CHN), 2012
• Games Record (S6): 30.75 – Matthew Haanappel (AUS), 2018
• World Record (S7): 26.38 – Andrii Trusov (UKR), 2024
• Games Record (S7): 28.60 – Matthew Levy (AUS), 2018

Results:

1. Christian Sadie (RSA) – 28.45 *NEW GAMES RECORD, AFRICAN RECORD*
2. Wei Soong Toh (SGP – 29.44
3. Bruce Dee (ENG) – 31.50
4. Chaitanya Vishwas Kulkarni (IND) – 32.77
5. Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli (MAS) – 35.05
6. Suyash Narayan Jadhav (IND) – 35.35
7. Sebastian Massabie (CAN) – 36.09

With solely seven entrants within the discipline, all the swimmers made it by way of to the ultimate, however that doesn’t imply the race was missing in pleasure. South Africa’s Christian Sadie received by nearly a full second and broke two data, throwing down a time of 28.45. He took down the Commonwealth Games report within the S7 class, shaving .15 off the usual set in 2018, and shattered his personal African report within the S7 class, which beforehand stood at 28.70.

Women’s 100 Free S9 – Heats

• World Record (S8): 1:03.66 – Alice Tai (GBR), 2018
• Games Record (S8): 1:03.96 – Lakeisha Patterson (AUS), 2018
• World Record (S9): 58.89 – Alexa Leary (AUS), 2025
• Games Record (S9): 1:02.36 – Natalie Du Toit (RSA), 2010

Top 8:

1. Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) – 1:04.45
2. Emily Beecroft (AUS) – 1:04.83
3. Victoria Belando Nicholson (AUS) – 1:05.65
4. Toni Shaw (SCO) – 1:05.73
5. Brooklyn Hale (ENG) – 1:06.66
6. Evie Lambert (ENG) – 1:07.18
7. Meghan Willis (WAL) – 1:08.42
8. Husnah Kukundakwe (UGA) – 1:15.70

Australia dominated the morning’s heats of the ladies’s 100 free S9 class, with the highest three qualifying spots all going to Australian swimmers. Lakeisha Patterson had the quickest swim within the discipline, topping the leaderboard in 1:04.45. Behind her, teammates Emily Beecroft and Victoria Belando Nicholson took 2nd and third in 1:04.83 and 1:05.65, respectively. The solely different athlete within the qualifying heats to go below 1:06 was Toni Shaw of Scotland, who sits in 4th with a time of 1:05.73 heading into the ultimate.

Men’s 1500 Free – Slowest Heat

• World Record: 14:30.67 – Bobby Finke, USA (2024)
• Commonwealth Record: 14:34.07 – Dan Wiffen, Northern Ireland (2024)
• Games Record: 14:41.66 – Kieran Perkins, Australia (1994)
• 2022 Commonwealth Champion– Sam Short (AUS), 14:48.54

Results: 

1. Hoe Yean Khiew (MAS) – 15:29.30
2. Connor MacDonald (CAY) – 16:40.92

Only two swimmers raced the 1500 free this morning, and it was Malaysia’s Hoe Yean Khiew who had the quickest time of the morning. He led the sector for a lot of the race, posting a private greatest time of 15:29.30. Khiew shaved nearly two seconds off of his former lifetime greatest, which he final set in 2024. Connor MacDonald of the Cayman Islands completed 2nd in 16:40.92, knocking over seven seconds off of his lifetime greatest, which he additionally final set in 2024.

Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay – Heats

• World Record: 3:49.34 – USA (Smith, Douglass, Walsh, Huske), 2025
• Commonwealth Record: 3:51.60 – Australia (McKeown, Hodges, McKeon, Campbell), 2021
• Games Record: 3:54.36 – Australia (Seebohm, Bohl, McKeon, B. Campbell), 2018
• 2022 Champion: Australia (McKeown, Hodge, McKeon, O’Callaghan) – 3:54.44

Top 8:

1. Australia – 4:01.14
2. Scotland – 4:05.23
3. England – 4:05.57
4. Wales – 4:06.35
5. Canada – 4:07.19
6. South Africa – 4:08.34
7. Northern Ireland – 4:14.49
8. Guernsey – 4:22.15

Australia hit the water and was instantly forward of the sector; they have been a second sooner than everybody of their warmth on the opening 100 and have been over a physique size forward by the midway level. The Australians clinched their spot within the center lane for the ultimate with a time of 4:01.14, topping the rankings by over 4 seconds this morning. Despite Australia’s prowess all through the race, it was Canada who logged the quickest opening break up throughout each heats, due to Kylie Masse clocking a time of 59.99 on the backstroke leg to mark the one sub-1:00 efficiency this morning.

Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay – Heats

• World Record: 3:26.76 – USA (Murphy, Andrew, Dressel, Apple), 2021
• Commonwealth Record: 3:28.64 – Australia (Delaney, Rickard, Lauterstein, Targett), 2009
• Games Record: 3:31.04 – Australia (Larkin, Packard, Irvine, Chalmers), 2018
• 2022 Champion: England (Williams, Wilby, Guy, Dean) – 3:31.80

Top 8:

1. Australia – 3:34.67
2. England – 3:35.84
3. South Africa – 3:38.98
4. Canada – 3:39.82
5. Scotland – 3:40.30
6. Northern Ireland – 3:41.06
7. Wales – 3:43.37
8. Namibia – 3:44.61

It was one other Australia-dominated relay, with the yellow caps surging away from the sector to construct an early lead within the second warmth and safe the highest spot heading into the ultimate with a time of three:34.67. Not far behind sits England in 2nd, who received the primary warmth by nearly 4.5 seconds in 3:35.84. England had the quickest splits throughout the board within the first half of the race; Luke Greenbank was out quick in 54.51 on the backstroke, whereas Gregory Butler break up 59.78 on the breaststroke. Only three swimmers broke 49 seconds on the freestyle: Australia’s Jamie Jack (48.14), South Africa’s Guy Brooks (48.23) and England’s Jacob Whittle (48.91),