Commonwealth Games 2026: Live coverage of Day 2 from Glasgow

Gold medal favourite Sam Short’s had a textbook first swim with a 3.46.23 finish to punch his finals ticket.

A relaxed swimmer, Short turned the first 100m within 53 seconds to lead the pack.

He was 1.9 seconds off the world record split at the halfway mark - a goal that he is firmly committed to breaking.

In the final 50m, Short led his next closest swimmer by 1.6 seconds with a high stroke rate but still conserving energy - eyes firmly locked on tonights final prize as the closed out the swim.

It’s a double delight in heat three of the 400m freestyle with training partners Elijah Winnington and Benjamin Goedemans.

The leader at the every mark in the first 300m, Winnington threatended to run away with the heat but was caught in the final 100m to finish third.

Typically a longer distance swimmer, Goedermans managed to catch his teammate and close out for the heat win - nearly PBing with 3.46.47.

Sam Short will be gunning for a record setting swim as the men’s 400m freestyle is next to get underway.

Despite her backend prowess, Tara Kinder couldn’t close the gap in her breaststroke heat - finishing fourth.

But her time of 1.08.46 was just enough to qualify for the semi-finals, making that three Aussies in the 100m.

Sienna Toohey’s second cap came undone during her swim, resulting in a delay as the 17-year-old dived back in to grab it to the tune of crowd cheers.

Young gun Sienna Toohey has made a strong start in her Commonwealth Games debut swim.

She led comfortably at the turn by half a body length despite a slow start.

Crossing in 1.07.30, the 17-year-old looked like a veteran in the pool.

Olympian Ella Ramsay kicked started her Commomwealth campaign with a comfortable 1.06.88 in the first 100m breastroke heat.

Over on at the Hydro area, the Diamonds are taking care of business against Tonga - leading 51-19 at the half.

Ben Armburster, Matthew Temple and Harrison Turner have all moved on to the men’s 100m butterfly finals.

Armburster dominated his heat with a 51.74 finish, leading the entire stretch and a strong turn helped him glide to the closing wall.

Temple led at the turn and widended his gap despite a strong Joshua Liendo finish to threaten in the final 10m - 51.30 edged the Aussie as the fastest qualifier.

Turner’s 52.26 rounded out to have three Aussies in the top six.

WA dolphin Iona Anderson is gunning for redemption after her disappointing finish in yesterday’s medal race in the 200m backstroke.

Sending a message to her competition with a top time of 59.86, the only sub minute in her heat, to waltz intot the semi-finals