Golden sweep for SA's Coetze in Glasgow
South Africa's Pieter Coetze stormed to his third gold of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday night, winning the Men’s 100m backstroke final in a Games record time of 51.77 to record a clean sweep in the three backstroke events.
Coetze's compatriot Ruard van Renen took bronze in 53.31 seconds, with England's Oliver Morgan claiming silver.
🇿🇦 Pieter Coetze does the Men's 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke gold medal clean sweep 🧹🥇
Ruad van Renen comes in 3rd place to secure the bronze medal 🥉#SSCommonwealthGames #Glasgow2026 pic.twitter.com/gtbuhgRuWe
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Kaylene Corbett earned her first medal of the Games with silver in the Women's 200m Breaststroke.
Corbett finished in 2:24.46 behind Scotland Angharad Evans, who held off the South African by a mere 0.67-s. Northern Ireland's Ellie McCartney picked up bronze.
Kaylene Corbett secures a silver medal in the Women's 200m Breastroke final 🇿🇦🥈
Aimee Canny and Rebecca Meder finished in 5th and 8th, respectively.#SSCommonwealthGames #Glasgow2026 pic.twitter.com/AQ5GmasfEj — SuperSport 🏆 (@SuperSportTV) July 29, 2026
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