Psych Sheets Launched For 2026 Commonwealth Games With Some Sudden Modifications

2026 Commonwealth Games

With swimming motion set to kick off simply two days from now in Glasgow, the psych sheets for the 2026 Commonwealth Games have lastly been posted to the elite occasion’s official web site.

Although the vast majority of entries stay intact from what we anticipated based mostly on the first medal-contending nations’ Trials outcomes and subsequent roster lists, there are just a few changeups value noting that will influence the rostrum predictions of some occasions.

We’re nonetheless combing via the entries and can present any further vital updates.

• British nationwide document holder Freya Colbert just isn’t entered within the 100m free nor 400m free, set to race simply the 200m free and 200m IM. Colbert positioned third within the former and 1st within the latter on the Aquatics GB Championships.
• Aimee Canny of South Africa owns the African continental document within the 200m free however is bypassing the occasion in Glasgow. Instead, the UVA-based swimmer will tackle the 100m free, 100m/200m breast and 200m IM occasions.
• Olympic champion Chad le Clos is predicted to race the 50m and 100m fly however not the 200m fly. That’s not a completely enormous shock as he’s laid off the occasion lately however he nonetheless is the reigning Commonwealth Games silver medalist within the race.
• Versatile Olympic multi-gold medalist Duncan Scott is lacking from the 100 free and 400 IM, occasions the place he’s the defending Commonwealth bronze medalist.
• Scott’s relay teammate and the 2020 Olympic champion within the 200m free, Tom Dean, will likely be racing that free occasion, along with the 200m IM. As a refresher, he was discretionarily picked to the English squad after lacking the Aquatics GB Championships as a consequence of a shoulder damage.
• Matt Richards, one other Olympic multi-champion, won’t be representing Wales within the 50m free, leaving the nation swimmer-less in that occasion. He is sticking to his bread-and-butter 100m/200m freestyles.
• The ladies’s 50m breast will likely be void of Scottish swimmer Angharad Evans‘ presence, with the University of Stirling-based Olympian holding to simply the 100m/200m distances of the self-discipline.