Swimming
Loughborough-linked athletes won a further two medals after an exhilarating evening session in the swimming pool at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Current student and Team England’s Freya Colbert backed up last night's medal-winning performance with another silver, this time in the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay.
Alum Abbie Wood also claimed a team medal after performing in the heats.
Elsewhere, honorary graduate Adam Ramsey-Peaty won bronze in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke to add yet another medal to his huge personal collection.
Read a more in-depth report on more Loughborough success in the pool here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2026/july/colbert-wood-ramsey-peaty-all-medal/
Earlier on, in the first final of the evening, it wasn’t quite to be for Loughborough athletes in the Men's 400m Freestyle. University-linked Sean McCann, Daniel Wiffen, and Tyler Melbourne-Smith all performed valiantly in an event dominated by Australia.
Alum Wiffen finished in fifth place with 3:47.22, with current students Melbourne-Smith in sixth (3:48.54) and McCann in eighth place (3:53.47).
In the Women’s races, Freya Colbert bounced back from disappointment in the 200m Freestyle after finishing in fourth. Her time of 1:55.74 unfortunately lay just outside the medals despite being in contention at the 100m mark.
Loughborough swimming duo Asia Kent (Gibraltar) and Laura Kinley (Isle of Man) both missed out on the Women’s 100m breaststroke final.
In tough fields, Kinley clocked 1:13.03 in the semi-final, with Kent posting 1:13.22 in the heats.
Elsewhere, alum Lauren Cox will fancy her medal chances in tomorrow evening’s Women's 100m Backstroke final after pulling through the heats. The 24-year-old already has two Commonwealth medals to her name from Birmingham 2022.
Netball
Saturday saw the netball action get underway at The Hydro with Loughborough once again well represented across the board.
In Pool A, Team England, whose coaching team features university-linked Olivia Murphy and Jo Harten, started their pursuit of a gold medal in ruthless fashion by dispatching Northern Ireland, 83-34.
Ella Clark and Jess Shaw – two players who were integral throughout Lightning’s recent league campaign – both made appearances. The duo were joined on court by former Lightning player Fran Williams, with alum Michelle Magee also playing for Northern Ireland.
Pool B saw Wales narrowly beaten by Uganda 59-50 in a tense contest.
With not much between the sides, it took a phenomenal Uganda third quarter, spearheaded by previous Lightning shooter Mary Cholhok, to give the African side an edge going into the final quarter.
It proved to be just enough despite the efforts of Loughborough Alum Alex Johnson, Lightning-linked Meg Pilkington, and Lightning U21s prospect Zoe Matthewman.
Also in Pool B, former Lightning player Niamh McCall was part of Team Scotland’s side that fell to a 74-44 defeat to New Zealand.
In the penultimate match of the evening, a trio of former Lightning players – Shamera Sterling-Humphrey, Rhea Dixon, and Brie Grierson – all played a role as Jamaica thrashed Trinidad and Tobago, 81-22.
Finally, former Lightning defensive player Nicola Smith was in the South Africa team that beat Malawi, 65-44.
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Current sport scholar Ana Blease top scored with seven points as Wales emphatically beat India 16-1 in their opening match in Pool B. In an excellent performance, Blease also recorded a key assist as Wales’s victory never really looked in doubt.
In the same Pool, Scotland Women beat Nigeria by the same score, 16-1, in a routine outing. Current Loughborough Lightning player Kayli English and former player Robyn Love both starred for the host nation, accruing 10 points between them.
In the Men’s competition, Wales played out a thrilling encounter with Malaysia, eventually winning 14-13 in a frantic finish. Alum Alex Marshall-Wilson played the whole match, netting five points.
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Alum Katie Januszewska appeared for Team England in all three of their fixtures on Saturday as her side recorded two wins and a loss: 22-7 v Singapore, 14-9 v Scotland, and 12-21 v New Zealand.
Loughborough-linked athletes Hannah Robb and Kirsty Brown played in all Team Scotland’s matches, winning one and losing two – 10-12 v Tonga, 9-14 v England, 21-15 v Singapore.
In the Men’s groups, Team England also won all their matches as alum duo Jamell Anderson and Evan Walshe contributed to convincing wins over Jamaica (22-16), Fiji (21-13) and Kenya (21-9).
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