Le Clos and Nwachukwu headline historic Day Six
Chad le Clos became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history and Goodness Nwachukwu shattered her own world record on a day when Glasgow 2026’s biggest moments came from across the Commonwealth.
Le Clos moved to the top of the all-time medal list in the final race of the swimming programme, helping South Africa to bronze in the men’s 4x100m medley relay. It was his 21st Commonwealth Games medal, taking him past Australia’s Emma McKeon after he had equalled her record earlier in the session.
At Scotstoun, Nwachukwu produced the first world record of the Games’ track-and-field programme. The Nigerian had already secured gold in the women’s discus F42-44/F61-64 before throwing 39.66m, improving her own mark by more than three metres and retaining the title she won at Birmingham 2022.
Their achievements bookended a day in which nations far beyond the top of the medal table made Commonwealth history.
Uganda took silver in the women’s 3x3 basketball on their Games debut after overwhelming Birmingham 2022 silver medallists New Zealand 21-9 in the semi-finals. The result followed another Ugandan breakthrough in the pool, where Husnah Kukundakwe won the country’s first Commonwealth swimming medal.
Nigeria also reached new territory at Tollcross through 17-year-old Abdul Jabar Adama, who won a swim-off to become his country’s first Commonwealth Games swimming finalist.
In boxing, Rapelang Maselela guaranteed Lesotho’s first women’s Commonwealth medal in the sport by reaching the 57kg semi-finals, while Jasmine Daunakamakama became Fiji’s first female Commonwealth boxing medallist in the same division.
India claimed a one-two in the men’s 100m T47 through Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath, extending the day’s run of Para-sport success beyond the established powers.
A historic double podium for Bharat! 🥇🥈
— Dr Mansukh Mandaviya (@mansukhmandviya) July 29, 2026
Heartiest congratulations to Dilip Mahadu Gavit for winning Gold with a Games Record (10.71s) and Mohammed Basil for clinching Silver (10.83s) in the Men's Para 100m T47.
Dilip scripting history as the first Indian male para-athlete to… pic.twitter.com/yM7jxhYEwu
The weightlifting platform brought further gold medals for Samoa and Malaysia. Eighteen-year-old Seine Stowers won the women’s 77kg title for Samoa, while Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali edged Canada’s Alex Bellemarre by one kilogram in the men’s 94kg final.
Australia again dominated the pool across the six-day swimming programme, but Tollcross also produced firsts for Uganda and Nigeria before Le Clos closed the competition by moving clear at the top of the Games’ all-time medal list.
From Nwachukwu’s world record to Uganda’s debut basketball medal and historic boxing breakthroughs for Lesotho and Fiji, Day Six showed the Games at their widest: established champions reaching new heights while smaller nations created milestones of their own.
In weightlifting, 18-year-old Seine Stowers won the women's 77kg title for Samoa, while Malaysia's Mohamad Syahmi Bin Nor-Ghazali edged Canada's Alex Bellemarre by a single kilogram to take men's 94kg gold.
The day ended with Le Clos alone at the top of the Commonwealth Games all-time medal list, 16 years after winning his first medals at Delhi 2010.
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