Commonwealth Video games 2026 To Come with Males’s 800 & Girls’s 1500 Amongst 56 Medal Occasions
The 2026 Commonwealths in Glasgow will characteristic probably the most in depth medal programme within the pool in Video games historical past with the lads’s 800 and ladies’s 1500 unfastened at the time table for the primary time.
Fifty-six medal occasions shall be contested throughout swimming and Para swimming at Tollcross World Swimming Centre with the twenty third version of the Video games operating from 23 July to two August 2026.
The women and men will each and every contest 20 occasions – 17 person and 3 relays – plus two blended relays within the 4×1 unfastened and four×1 medley. The Para occasions include seven occasions for males and the similar for girls.
Daniel Wiffen: Photograph courtesy: Deepbluemedia
The boys’s 800 may just smartly characteristic the likes of Daniel Wiffen, the Olympic and global champion, who claimed his first medal at the senior level on the 2022 Video games in Birmingham the place he gained silver within the 1500 representing Northern Eire. Australian pair Sam Quick and Elijah Winnington may supply stern opposition.
Moesha Johnson used to be 6th within the longest race within the pool at Paris 2024 ahead of the Australian went directly to take silver within the 10k within the River Seine.
Amelie Blocksidge is a two-time British senior 1500 champion, claiming the identify for the primary time on her 14th birthday in 2023 ahead of a a success defence a yr later. In 2024, she used to be topped Ecu junior champion as she gained the gap double.
Each and every 4 years there’s little time between the Commonwealth Video games and Ecu Championships with a few weeks at maximum keeping apart the 2 occasions.
On the other hand, in 2026 the occasions conflict with the Europeans in Paris operating from 25 July to eight August.
Katie Shanahan gained double bronze within the 400IM and 200 again on the 2022 Video games in Birmingham and the Glaswegian will compete in entrance of a house crowd subsequent yr.
She stated: “The announcement of the medal events is another great milestone in Glasgow delivering the Games next year. And for me it really is a home Games. I learned to swim in Glasgow and spent many years with clubs in and around Glasgow, so competing for Scotland in a pool I know so well, will be so exciting, and I really can’t wait for it.”
Moesha Johnson: Photograph Courtesy: Adam Crane/Salt Diaries (Swimming Australia)
Leader Govt of Glasgow 2026, Phil Batty OBE, added: “What makes the Commonwealth Video games so particular to such a lot of is its totally built-in game programme. I’m proud that Glasgow 2026 will see the most important Para game medal match programme in Video games’ historical past and can play such a very powerful function in rising, supporting and championing Para game.
“Glasgow 2026 is a bridge to the Commonwealth Video games of the next day to come and we have now a transparent imaginative and prescient that it’ll be brilliantly other. The massive Observe Biking and Swimming programmes, along the go back of the Mile in Athletics, a wealth of disciplines presented to the Video games for the primary time around the Para Athletics, Para Observe Biking and Para Swimming programmes, to not point out the rise in 3×3 Basketball and three×3 Wheelchair Basketball groups, makes the Glasgow 2026 carrying programme a in reality thrilling prospect for enthusiasts and athletes alike.
“I’m confident that with action-packed programmes across all four venues in the city, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Glasgow 2026 is set to be a world-class sporting celebration, filled with passion, fun, and outstanding sport!”
