Australian relay teams break an incredible three records at Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
Australia have dominated the medal podiums at Tollcross International Swimming Centre during the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2026 - and the relay team broke a hat trick of records across the board to boot
Australia are incredibly highly regarded in the pool, and the first few days of swimming at Tollcross just goes to show why.
On July 24, the Australian team in the 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay set a time of 3:09.49 on July 24 with a team of Kyle Chalmers, Flynn Southam, Kai Taylor, and Harrison Turner, beating out the Commonwealth Games record set by themselves at Birmingham 2022 of 3:11.12 - though they still fall short of beating the World Record held by the United States of America, since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, at a time of 3:26.78.
The next day on July 25, the Aussie side went on to break another Games record in the Mixed 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - clocking in a time of 3:19.36 with a team composed of Flynn Southam, Kyle Chalmers, Shayna Jack and Meg Harris. They beat out the previous record, also held by the Australians, of 3:21.18 set at Birmingham 2022. Though they've yet to catch up with the World Record set by the American's at 3:18.48 at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
They broke a final relay record in the Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay with a time of 7:01.47 and a team compromised of Harrison Turner, Kai Taylor, Sam Short and Ed Sommerville, beating out their own record again at Birmingham 2022 that sat at 7:04.96. The aussies once more fall short of catching up to the American World Record standard of 6:58.55.