The Team Wales swim team continued their early medal-winning form over the first weekend of the Commonwealth Games, taking three bronze medals.

After Day 1’s relay success, the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay team toke 4th place in the heats, before a shuffled team in the final put in a memorable showing to secure another bronze with yet another Welsh record of 03:24:33.

Olympic champion Matt Richards won the first Commonwealth Games medal of his career as part of the relay squad alongside Dan Jones, Rebecca Sutton and Theodora Taylor.

“That was special, especially after four years ago,” Richards told S4C.

“To come in with the guys and put in that performance and get on the podium was special.”

Wales opted for an entirely different quartet in the pool in the final after Kieran Bird, Harry Milne, Medi Harris and Meghan Higgs had qualified fourth fastest in the heats.

Rhys Darbey and Dylan Broom took to the platform to race in the same heat, subsequently taking 3rd and 4th places overall respectively, both qualifying for the final of the Men’s S14 200m Freestyle.

While Broom finished third, his heart-breaking disqualification allowed Darbey to claim the bronze with a new Welsh record time of 01:56:24.

The third bronze medal of the weekend came in another relay event, and the final race of Sunday night.

The final race of the morning sessions came with Wales’ Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay team stepping up.

A 4th-placed finish in the heats took them to the final, where, in a brilliantly tense final, the combination of Richards, Aled Jones, Kieran Bird and Tyler Melbourne-Smith secured Wales’ fourth medal of the Games with a bronze.

Elsewhere on Friday night, Josh Inglis secured a place in the semi-finals on his Commonwealth Games debut, placing 14th in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke heats, before ending his run with a 12th placed finish in the semi-finals.

Theodora Taylor also qualified for the semi-finals in the Women’s 50m Butterfly, three years after medalling five times at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. She did well to secure 10th in the heats, before matching the placement in the semi-finals.

While the Men’s 4x100m Relay team had the misfortune of being disqualified late on their heat, the Women’s team managed to claim a place in the final courtesy of a strong performance that placed them third in the heats.

In the final, the team gave everything they had, putting in an incredible shift to set a new Welsh record with a fantastic time of 03:39:81 to secure a fifth placed finish.

Fresh from breaking the Welsh record in the relay, Sophie Davies was in action in the Women’s 200m Freestyle heats on Saturday, where she placed 18th. Also competing was Alexandra Bastone, who finished in 13th place.

Taylor and Amy Crowley were both in action in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke, qualifying for the semi-finals from their respective heats as they placed 8th and 15th respectively.

Only Crowley went on to compete in the semi-final, where she placed 14th, as Taylor also prioritised the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay final, where she won bronze.

Tyler Melbourne-Smith raced brilliantly to clinch third in his heat and 6th overall to secure a place in the Men’s 400m Freestyle final, eventually achieving a sixth-place finish.

Rose Williams also finished 6th in the heats to qualify for the Women’s S14 200m Freestyle final and then produced an outstanding performance to claim fourth place.

Lewis Fraser finished ninth in the Men’s 100m Butterfly heats to qualify for the semi-final, then claiming sixth place to book his spot in the final.

On Sunday, Team Wales swimmers started the day in fantastic form, with Taylor, Davies and Higgs competing in the Women’s 100m Freestyle heats.

Fresh from anchoring Wales’ Bronze in the Mixed 4x100m Relay the night before, Taylor thundered to a third-place finish to qualify for the semi-finals, before booking her place in the final with a 4th-placed finish in the semi-final.

Meanwhile, Davies also qualified for the semi-finals in 16th, however Higgs was desperately unlucky to just miss out on that stage by under half a second.

Inglis and Booth were back in action together, as well, both competing in the Men’s 50m Breaststroke. Inglis placed 26th in the heats, while Booth secured progress courtesy of his 13th-placed finish, before matching that placement in the semi-final.

Meghan Willis swam her first race of Glasgow 2026, competing in the Women’s S9 100m Backstroke – an event in which she has been Welsh national champion for the past two years.

Willis got off to a good start to come 7th in the heats before sealing 6th place in the final.

What’s On Today (Monday 27th)?

Here is the scheduled timing for Team Wales swimmers in the pool today:

10:57: Medi Harris and Rebecca Sutton, women’s 50m backstroke heats

11:09: Matt Richards, Harry Milne, Dan Jones, men’s 100m freestyle heats

11:34: Amy Crowley, women’s 50m breaststroke heats

19:17: Matt Richards, Harry Milne, Dan Jones, men’s 100m freestyle semi-finals

19:26: Theodora Taylor, women’s 100m freestyle final

20:28: Medi Harris and Rebecca Sutton, women’s 50m backstroke semi-final

20:37: Tyler Melbourne-Smith, men’s 800m freestyle final

21:05: Amy Crowley, women’s 50m breaststroke heats

21:20: women’s 4x200m freestyle final

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