Commonwealth Games: Live coverage of Day 6 from Glasgow

It’s a record haul in swimming - and a mind-blowing shared gold medal for two of our Aussie stars in Glasgow. Recap all the news and developments from Day 6 of the Comm Games here!

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Kyle Chalmers and Ben Armbruster couldn't be separated at the end of the 50m butterfly final - and each earned a gold medal.

Sport : It’s a record haul in swimming - and a mind-blowing shared gold medal for two of our Aussie stars in Glasgow. Recap all the news and developments from Day 6 of the Comm Games here!

A PODIUM SWEEP FOR AUSTRALIA, Bronze for Jack

Meg Harris makes it five gold medals in a single games after powering over the final 15m.

Jack shot out of the blocks and led through the first 25m but Harris was far too good before Perkins pipped Jack on the wall by four hundreths of a second.

Another 1-2-3 for Australia.

Jack is embraced by her teammates, and she’s clearly emotional as she waves goodbye and is in tears as she talks to Ariane Titmus.

Shayna Jack up in the women’s 50m freestyle final

It will be the final event of a storied career and it could be a fairytale finish.

But fellow compatriots Alex Perkins and Meg Harris are also big threats.

Jack emrbaces the crowd as she walks out.

Australia up early in the men’s 3x3 final

They were up 9-6 before a huge two-pointer from England makes it a one-point game.

Australia respond with a point of their own but it’s going to be a tense four minutes.

Australia are in team foul trouble now two and England take a one point lead.

Taylor can’t believe it

“I don’t think it’s sunk in yet, but I’m over the moon,” he says.

“I just wanted to go out hard, in the outside lane, and I was paying the price in the last 50, but I dug deep.”

“It’s been amazing. I’ve worked extremely hard over the past year, and I’m just so happy.

“It’s Kai’s world, and we’re all just living in it,” says Turner.

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GOLD FOR KAI TAYLOR!!

A stunning performance from lane one as he was under World Record pace across the first 100m.

He held on across the final 50m and finished just 0.08 outside his PB.

That’s his first individual gold, having secured two relay golds.

Turne and Short finished 4th and 5th, and that’s Australia’s 29th gold a new record.

200m freestyle next

Sam Short, Harrison Turner, Kai Taylor in the pool for Australia with Englishmen James Guy the biggest threat to the Aussies with three Olympic golds to his name.

Evans takes historic gold for Scotland

Kinder faded badly as the race went on while Ramsay stormed home but just missed out on a medal to finish fourth.

Angharad Evans was dominant to become the first ever Scotswomen to win this event and the home crowd is rightly going wild.

Perogliti secures at least a bronze

She sweeps the final round with some dominant crosses, and boy, she needed that to win in a 3-2 split decision.

She was struggling to get the better of her smaller opponent and was warned mutliple times for holding but no doubt she landed the more dominant punches when it counted.

She will add her Commonwealth medal to her world championship silver.

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: Lekeisha Pergoliti of Team Australia celebrates victory over Blessing Orakwe of Team Nigeria during the Women's 70kg Quarter-Final match on day six of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at SEC Centre on July 29, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 29: Lekeisha Pergoliti of Team Australia celebrates victory over Blessing Orakwe of Team Nigeria during the Women's 70kg Quarter-Final match on day six of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games at SEC Centre on July 29, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) Credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

200m breaststroke up next

Tara Kinder and Ella Ramsay are up against local hope Angharad Evans.

The two Aussies are out fastest across the first 50 but Evans is powerinmg through on the second lap.

Dominant win for Coetze

South Africa’s Pieter Coetze wins gold in 51.77 a new games record, in a dominant swim as he nearly threatened a world record.

Allan finishes 5th in a solid swim of 53.51 his third fifth-place finish of these Games.

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