Athletics

Abigail Pawlett took to the track first of all, finishing 4th in her Women’s 200m heat but missed out on semi-final qualification with a 27th overall finish.

Jake Heyward also featured in the morning session, making the Men’s Mile final as he finished 3rd overall in the heats.

Issy Boffey was also in action with the hopes of making the Women’s 800m final, and her placing of sixth in the semis made sure of just that.

There was brilliant success in the Women’s Discus Throw F42-44/F61-64, as Team Wales secured two places on the podium. Funmi Oduwaiye set a Games Record at the time with a throw of 38.52 that secured Silver, while Bree Cronin earned Bronze with a brilliant effort of 36.00.

Adele Nicoll was on the field competing in the Women’s Shotput final, placing fifth.

Meanwhile, Aled Davies and Harrison Walsh featured in the Men’s Discus Throw F42-44/F61-64 final, a certain highlight of the day. Harrison Walsh threw a season’s best to place fifth, while Aled Davies secured Gold in the event.

Finally up for Team Wales, Cari Hughes stepped up to the start line for the Women’s 3000m steeplechase, setting a new Welsh record of 09:40:71 as she finished eighth.

Swimming

Tyler Melbourne-Smith and Kieran Bird raced in the Men’s 200m Freestyle in the morning, finishing ninth and 12th in the heats respectively.

Fresh from winning Silver in the Men’s 100m Freestyle on Day 5, Matt Richards also returned to the pool for the Men’s 200m Freestyle, finishing fourth in the heats and qualifying for the final, where he doubled his tally for Glasgow 2026, swimming a 01:45:72 to claim Silver again. In the process, Richards became the first ever Welsh swimmer to win four medals in a single Commonwealth Games.

Meghan Willis also featured in the morning at Tollcross, placing seventh in the Women’s S9 100m heats and progressing to the final, where she matched that earlier placement.

Both the Men’s and Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay teams featured in the morning session, making their finals with seventh- and fourth-placed finishes respectively.

Theodora Taylor was also in final action at Tollcross in the evening, racing the Women’s 50m Freestyle final; the 17-year-old was 0.23 seconds away from the podium as she placed fourth.

Alongside Medi Harris, Rebecca Sutton and Amy Crowley, Taylor was also in action for the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay relay final, in which Wales finished sixth.

Meanwhile, it was a seventh-placed finish for Wales in the Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay final.

Bowls

Dan Salmon and Ross Owen weren’t able to follow up their opening win as they faced a strong Malta pairing who won the tie 2-1 after a tie-break.

Amy Williams was also back in the rink in the Women’s Singles, and carried on her amazing form at these Games, showing fantastic composure and skill to see of South Africa’s Bridget Herselman 2-0.

Weightlifting

Laura Hughes produced heroics in the Women’s 77kg category at the Armadillo in the morning. Delivering a PB Total of 224kg, including a PB clean and jerk 129kg to really get her in medal contention, Hughes walked away with Bronze, eight years after achieving the same feat at Gold Caost.

Boxing

It was a very busy day in the ring for Team Wales, with five bouts taking place involving Welsh athletes, and a fervent backing in the crowd to spur them on.

First up was Niamh Brookes in the Women’s 51kg category, bowing out of the competition at the quarter-final stage at the hands of Canada’s Amber-Jane Wall.

Birmingham 2022 Gold medallist and Team Wales Flag Bearer Rosie Eccles was up next, demonstrating her quality and prowess with a comprehensive and dominant RSC win against South Africa’s Samukelisiwe Sinothile Ncube to make the Women’s 70kg semi-final and guarantee a Bronze.

Another medallist in Birmingham, Owain Harris-Allan faced his second bout of Glasgow 2026, taking on Scotland’s Nicholas Devlin in the Men’s 60kg category. Despite a loud home crowd competing with the famous Welsh support, Harris-Allan showed his class to also guarantee a Bronze medal as he won by UD to make the semi-final.

The boxing came thick and fast as Orlando Holley-Sotomi then took to the ring for another quarter-final, beating Lesotho’s Refiloe Thai by KO to make the Men’s 70kg category and therefore securing another Bronze medal at least.

After a bit of respite for Team Wales Boxing, Dan Pitt was back in action in the evening, taking on Paul Trainor of Australia in the Men’s 80kg category, but couldn’t progress to the semi-finals as he fell to defeat by SD.

Netball

Approaching the end of Pool B, Wales faced New Zealand at the Hydro on the evening of Day 6, and were defeat 37-65.