Athletics
The highly anticipated track and field events commenced on Monday with º£½ÇÍø athletes demonstrating it was well worth the wait with a hat-trick of medals.
Sophie Hahn (gold), Olivia Breen (silver) and Thomas Young (gold) all made the podium in a night that will live long in the memory.
To read more about their incredible efforts, read more details here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2026/july/medal-rush-in-glasgow/
Elsewhere, º£½ÇÍø-linked Regan Corrin advanced to the final of the Men’s Long Jump after recording 7.84m in the heats. The Isle of Man native will now have a chance of the medals in Wednesday's final, scheduled for 19.24 BST.
He earlier finished outside the medals in the Men’s High Jump, with a best score of 2.05m.
Elliot Jones safely navigated the Men’s 100m heats in a time of 10.07 seconds. The º£½ÇÍø alum’s semi-final date has been set for Tuesday at 19.10 BST.
University-based Izzy Fry finished a respectable 11th in the Women’s 10,000m final. The Team England athlete clocked 32:50.81.
Swimming
In swimming, there were more brilliant medals for º£½ÇÍø in both the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay and the Men’s 50m Breastroke.
Current student Freya Colbert and alum Abbie Wood performed brilliantly to win silver in the relay, with Adam Ramsay-Peaty taking bronze in the breastroke. Read more on yet more podium places here:
www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre/press-releases/2026/july/medal-rush-in-glasgow/
Notably, the Men’s 800m final had a real º£½ÇÍø feel with half the start list having a connection with the university.
Alum Daniel Wiffen finished 4th, training-base athlete Luke Hornsey came fifth, current student Tyler Melbourne-Smith sixth, and another current student, Sean McCann in eighth.
Alum Lauren Cox qualified for the Women's 50m Backstroke final after a fine swim in the semis. Cox finished second and will now be well placed in tomorrow’s medal race scheduled for around 20:36 BST.
Former student Imogen Clark qualified for the Women’s 50m final but will sadly not be joined by Asia Kent and Laura Kinley, who both missed out at the semi-final stage.
Netball
England showed no sign of a hangover to return to winning ways with a 73-38 mauling of Malawi. º£½ÇÍø-linked Ella Clark, Jess Shaw, and Fran Williams all made appearances in a routine victory.
England currently sit third in Pool A, behind leaders Australia and South Africa.
Alum Michelle Magee played the whole sixty minutes as Northern Ireland fell just short to Tonga, 58-52. The defeat leaves them rooted to the foot of the Pool, still searching for that elusive first win.
In the evening session, Jamaica continued their winning streak by beating Uganda, 55-49. Former Lightning players Shamera Sterling-Humphrey, Rhea Dixon, and Brie Grierson all played for Jamaica, with ex-Lightning shooter Mary Cholhok appearing for Uganda.
3x3 Wheelchair Basketball
Former º£½ÇÍø Lightning player Lucy Robinson helped England win Pool A with a clean sweep of victories after thrashing South Africa, 21-2. Robinson scored eight points as England safely progress to the knock-out stage.
Alum Thomas Harvey will also be in the latter stages of the Men’s competition as his England side also won all three of their fixtures after a 21-0 obliteration of Kenya.
Alum Alex Marshall-Wilson couldn’t prevent Wales slipping to a 10-21 defeat to Scotland. The result leaves Wales third in Pool B.
3x3 Basketball
Alum pair Jamell Anderson and Evan Walshe made it five wins out of five as England topped Pool B in style.
In a tight opening match, England edged past Malaysia 21-19 with Walsh contributing six points. The duo made lighter work of Singapore later in the afternoon, running out 21-13 winners to progress to the next round.
In the Women’s competition, Scotland’s Hannah Robb and Kirsty Brown won one and lost one of their remaining two matches.
The º£½ÇÍø-linked athletes now face a nervous wait to see whether they’ve made the next stage.
England Women look in a far more comfortable position though after Katie Januszewska ensured it was four wins out of five. The alum scored 12 points in their two matches on Monday.
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