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Commonwealth Games 2026: Live coverage of Day 2 from Glasgow

Australia could hardly have asked for a better start as they look to keep up the gold rush in the pool on day two in Glasgow. Follow all the action live.

Fraser Williams, Jake Santa Maria and Josh Kempton
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Australia could hardly have asked for a better start as they look to keep up the gold rush in the pool on day two in Glasgow. Follow all the action live.
Australia could hardly have asked for a better start as they look to keep up the gold rush in the pool on day two in Glasgow. Follow all the action live. Credit: Supplied

Sport: Australia could hardly have asked for a better start as they look to keep up the gold rush in the pool on day two in Glasgow.

Our Dolphins will be back in action with plenty of more medals up for grabs while the Diamonds will get their netball campaign underway against Tonga.

The 3x3 basketball squads will look to keep up their perfect start while the boxing will also get underway.

We’ll be blogging across the entire evening, night and early morning (WA time) to keep you across the latest!

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Fraser Williams and Jake Santa Maria are reporting live.

McEvoy makes light work of heats

World record holder Cam McEvoy wasted no energy in his heat, finishing second behind Canadian Joshua Liendo.

He cruised to a 21.87 finish, notching the second-best time en route to the semi-finals.

It was a breezy start for McEvoy but the Aussie kicked it up a gear to finish strong.

Jack cracks sub 22

As the swimming heats get underway Australia is quick to notch another win with Jamie Jack storming in heat eight of the men’s 50m freestyle.

His 21.95 is the first sub 22 time in the early heats.

Netball underway

The hosts, Scotland, kick off the Netball action, but unfortunately for them, ran into one of the favourites, New Zealand, first up, who were way too good in their 74-44 win at the Hydro

Welcome

Hello and welcome to day two in Glasgow, where Australia will look to continue their dominance in the pool after SIX gold medals to start.

Lani Pallister will be back in action in the 1500m while Mollie O’Callaghan will be the woman to catch in the 200m.

The netball and boxing also get underway with plenty of Aussies, and WA talent in action!

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