Forrester doubles up for Australia as Chad le Clos hits new heights

Forrester’s first appearance of the night came in the 400m Freestyle in the opening finals session.

Her Australian team-mate Lani Pallister was the only woman to break the four-minute barrier as she claimed her first Commonwealth crown in three minutes 59.56 seconds, 36 years after her mother Janelle claimed bronze at Auckland 1990.

Erika Fairweather (NZL) finished second for her first Games medal (4:02.65) with Forrester clinching bronze in 4:05.25.

Forrester (pictured) returned little more than 40 minutes later for the 200m Backstroke where she came from fourth at the final turn to move past the field and take the title in 2:08.17.

Scotland's Katie Shanahan upgraded her Birmingham 2022 bronze to silver (2:08.54) with Hannah Fredericks taking bronze for Australia in 2:09.02.

“Honestly, I'm really tired right now, but I've got adrenaline pumping through me,” said Forrester.

“Those results were absolutely awesome. I've got my whole support crew back home to thank for that. They definitely put in the work as well as me to get me here, so I can't thank them enough.”

Le Clos anchored the South African Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay team to bronze to claim his 19th Commonwealth Games medal, the most ever by a male athlete.

The South African won his first Games medal at Delhi 2010 and 16 years later ensured he would be on the podium for the fifth straight Games.

“I'll try not to cry here, but it's a big moment for me," he said.

"I'm grateful for the boys. It's been a tough two years, tough four years, after those near misses in Birmingham. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a big moment for me and my family, so I'm really grateful.”

Home favourite Duncan Scott arrived in Glasgow commanding the spotlight as defending champion in the 200m Individual Medley.

The Team Scotland athlete - who has claimed silver in the event at the last two Olympic Games - moved ahead at the halfway mark, an advantage he never relinquished to come home for victory in 1:56.38. He shaved 0.50secs from his Games record in the process.

Lewis Clareburt set a New Zealand record of 1:56.77 for silver with Tom Dean of England taking bronze in 1:57.22.

It was Scott’s fourth title among 14 Commonwealth medals since he made his senior debut at Glasgow 2014.

He had the hopes of a nation on his shoulders in the lead-up to a home Games but he delivered.

“As it started to build up, the weight of expectation started to grow,” he said.

“It was probably one of those that was more of a relief than anything, but I'm actually pretty happy with the way I executed it.

“I wanted to work the backstroke and give myself an opportunity at 150, which I did. It's one of the quickest I've ever been out to 100, so it's going in the right direction. More than anything, though, it was relief.”

Australia won the Women’s and Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relays. The women’s quartet took the title in 3:31.40, ahead of England, with South Africa setting an African record of 3:38.67 to finish third.

The Australian men were similarly dominant, winning in a Games record of 3:09.49 ahead of England and South Africa.

In the Para Swimming events, Jenna Jones of Australia won the Women’s 100m Freestyle S13 in 1:03.89 with South Africa's Nathan Hendricks winning the Men’s equivalent in 54.54.

Scotland's Faye Rogers dominated the Women’s 200m Individual Medley SM10 in 2:29.61 with Alex Saffy winning the men’s 100m Butterfly S10 in 57.11.