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Hoffman claims sprint gold to secure third Commonwealth Games medal
Fresh from team sprint gold and keirin silver earlier in the week, the Queensland rider produced another commanding performa...
Queensland swimmers have played a starring role in Australia's most successful Commonwealth Games swimming campaign, helping the Dolphins rewrite the record books with an extraordinary 76-medal haul in Glasgow.
Australia closed the meet with 37 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze medals, surpassing the nation’s previous best performances at Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022 to deliver a campaign defined by remarkable depth, dominant relay performances and history-making individual achievements.
The Dolphins signed off in style with Commonwealth Games records in both the men’s and women’s 4x100m medley relays, completing a clean sweep of all eight relay events across the meet.
QAS-supported swimmers featured prominently throughout the relay success, with Alex Perkins and Meg Harris helping Australia secure gold and a Games record in the women’s event, while Flynn Southam powered home the men’s quartet to another record-breaking victory.
The final night also produced another memorable moment for Queensland, with Ben Armbruster sharing Commonwealth Games gold in the men’s 50m butterfly after dead-heating with Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers in a Games record 22.73 seconds.
Fellow QAS-supported swimmer Cameron McEvoy completed an all-Australian podium by claiming bronze, adding to the historic individual 50m freestyle gold he won earlier in the week.
Australia’s depth was again on display in the men’s 200m freestyle, where Kai Taylor produced a fearless swim from lane one to claim gold in 1:45.22, while Harrison Turner finished fourth and Sam Short fifth in another Australian-dominated final.
Earlier in the session, Meg Harris, Alex Perkins and Shayna Jack completed an Australian clean sweep in the women’s 50m freestyle, with Harris claiming her sixth gold medal of the Games ahead of Perkins and Jack.
In the Para pool, QAS-supported Paralympian Lakeisha Patterson capped a remarkable return to the Commonwealth Games with gold in the women’s S9 100m freestyle, touching the wall in 1:02.99.
“It’s been a long time in the making. To go under the 1:03 mark is so exciting,” Patterson said.
“Massive credit to my coach for believing in me and not giving up.”
Fellow Queenslander Emily Beecroft added silver in the same event, while Victoria Belando Nicholson finished fourth to complete another strong showing for Australia’s Para swimmers.
Queensland’s success continued in the women’s 200m butterfly, where Elizabeth Dekkers claimed bronze, while Sam Short secured his third individual distance freestyle title of the Games with victory in the men’s 1500m freestyle. Benjamin Goedemans added bronze and Matthew Galea finished fourth in another Australian display of distance swimming depth.
Throughout the week, QAS-supported athletes consistently delivered on the biggest stage, producing Commonwealth Games records, podium sweeps and career-defining performances that underpinned Australia’s dominance in the pool.
From Cameron McEvoy’s long-awaited individual Commonwealth gold to Lani Pallister’s distance double, Sam Short’s golden treble, Meg Harris’ six-gold campaign and Lakeisha Patterson’s inspirational return to the top of the podium, Queensland athletes helped shape one of the greatest swimming campaigns in Commonwealth Games history.
As the curtain falls on the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, the Dolphins leave Glasgow having reset the benchmark for Commonwealth Games swimming, with QAS-supported and Queensland athletes firmly at the heart of a record-breaking campaign that will be remembered for years to come.
