Records fall on Day 1! Nigeria tops early medal table 🇳🇬 | HIGHLIGHTS | Day 1 | Glasgow 2026
Catch up on all the action from Day 1 at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Key moments:
00:59 Mark Swan wins para powerlifting gold for England after breaking his own European record with a 222kg lift.
08:48 Nigeria dominates the para powerlifting, including a world-record 175kg lift from Folashade Oluwafemiayo in the women’s heavyweight competition.
09:24 Australia defeat New Zealand 21-15 in a high-intensity opening 3x3 basketball clash.
16:27 Defending champion Aaron Wilson begins his pursuit of a third consecutive lawn bowls singles title with a commanding victory.
19:57 Guernsey’s Tommy Tears wins a closely contested boxing bout against Kiribati’s Rio Timau.
24:02 Canada deliver a polished final rotation to secure gold in the men’s artistic gymnastics team competition.
29:09 Lani Pallister wins the women’s 400m freestyle for Australia in 3:59.56.
32:04 Duncan Scott defends his men’s 200m individual medley title, winning Scotland’s first gold medal of Glasgow 2026.
35:05 Jenna Jones wins the women’s S13 100m freestyle, before Nathan Hendricks claims South Africa’s first gold in the men’s event.
40:55 Faye Rogers brings the Tollcross crowd to its feet with gold for Scotland in the women’s SM10 200m individual medley.
44:31 Australia close the night by winning both 4x100m freestyle relays, while Chad le Clos earns a record-breaking 19th Commonwealth medal.