Commonwealth Games 2026: Live coverage of Day 3 from Glasgow

The men’s 50m freestyle final is now only minutes away.

Cam McEvoy, who set a world record in the event in China earlier this year, will have plenty of competition as he hunts his first Commonwealth Games individual medal in the form of fellow Australians Jamie Jack and Flynn Southam.

As we wait for Cam McEvoy’s turn in the hugely-anticipated men’s 50m freestyle final, let’s go around the grounds in Glasgow.

Georgia Godwin is continuing to compete in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around final, but it appears as if a medal may be a bridge too far.

Meanwhile, there’s an edition of the Ashes on the bowling green, with Australia out to an early 4-0 lead in the first set of their para mixed pair’s clash with England.

After a 50m butterfly gold medal yesterday, Alex Perkins has secured her place in the women’s 100m final.

Perkins was the quickest swimmer across the two semifinals in 57.16sec and will be joined by fellow Australians Brittany Castelluzzo (57.64) and Lizzy Dekkers (58.58).

Australia’s Se-Bom Lee and Henry Allan just missed out on the medal places in the men’s 200m backstroke final, finishing fourth and fifth respectively.

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze was way too good for the field, with his 1:54.22 a new Games record.

Frankly, Iona Anderson looked nervous when she emerged from the marshalling area for the women’s 100m backstroke final.

But she has opened up on what she was feeling ahead of the race.

“I’m pretty excited, that was a really great performance from me. That will really set me up for the rest of the week now,” Anderson told Channel Seven.

“For me, I was just trying to keep it (preparation) personal, really just try to focus on myself. I think I got caught up in all the emotions earlier in the week.”

Anderson has Scottish heritage and was racing infront of her grandparents, which she said was “really special”.

WA’s Iona Anderson has won gold in the women’s 100m backstroke!

In the absence of Kaylee McKeown due to glandular fever, much has been expected of Anderson in Glasgow and she was not quite at her best in the first few days of the Games.

But she has well and truly delivered in this final, closing down Canada’s Kylie Masse to win with a time of 58.71sec.

Australia’s 3x3 basketball teams are about to take to the court, with the men playing the Cayman Islands and the women coming up against Uganda.

Both will be aiming to continue their unbeaten starts to the tournament.

Earlier today, both teams notched victories - as did their wheelchair counterparts.

Much of our attention has been on the pool this evening, but one of our great gymnasts is also out for another Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Georgia Godwin currently sits sixth in the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around final.

After being the talk of the town in Glasgow yesterday, Sam Williamson was the quickest man in his men’s 50m breaststroke semifinal.

After what he admitted was a night without much sleep yesterday, he posted a 26.79sec effort.

There will now be another lull in proceedings for roughly the next 15 minutes, until we resume with the second block of finals for the evening.

Shayna Jack already has two relay gold medals to her credit in what will be her final Commonwealth Games and she will have the chance to compete for another in the 100m final.

Jack (53.67sec) and Meg Harris (53.29) cruised through their semifinals, with Mollie O’Callgahan (53.29) through quickest despite entering cruise control in the closing stages of the first one.