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Australian swimming sweep dominance at Glasgow 2026 Games
On the second day of Australian swimmers have continued to dominate the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, Australian swimmers captured a series of gold medals, highlighted by Games. On day two Sam Short’s Short won the men’s 400 m freestyle victory that completed freestyle, completing an Australian podium sweep. sweep with Elijah Winnington (silver) and Ben Goedemans (bronze) – the first clean‑sweep of an event for Australia at these Games. The team also secured wins sprint programme saw Cam McEvoy capture gold in the women’s 200 m freestyle, 50 m butterfly, mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (record‑setting), 50 m freestyle, setting a Games record of 20.97 seconds and 100 m breaststroke, bringing Australia’s swimming tally to eleven golds. The following day leading another Australian 1‑2‑3 finish, with Flynn Southam second and Jamie Jack third. After three days Australian swimmers had amassed 16 gold medals, extending their lead in the momentum continued. swimming medal table. In backstroke, Iona Anderson clinched secured the women’s 100 m backstroke title for Australia by a margin of six hundredths six‑hundredths of a second, while second over Canada’s Kylie Maas, a win praised by former champion Ariarne Titmus. The performance added to Australia’s earlier backstroke successes, including Gemma Sellic’s silver behind England’s Alice Tai defended her in the S9 100 m backstroke crown. Australia added another event. Overall, the Australian team has produced podium finish with Gemma Sellic taking silver behind Tai, sweeps, record‑setting performances and saw representation in the men’s 200 m backstroke medals behind South Africa’s Pieter Coetze. The results underscored Australia’s dominant a growing gold tally across freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke and backstroke, underscoring a consistent performance across multiple swimming disciplines and broad‑based dominance throughout the Games. swimming programme.