Author: Australian Associated Press

• Meg Harris new 100m freestyle champion as Alex Perkins lifts 100m butterfly crown

• Jenna Forrester adds 400m individual medley title to her 200m backstroke gold

Mollie O’Callaghan has been sensationally dethroned as Commonwealth Games 100m freestyle champion by Meg Harris as the Australian tsunami of swimming medals gushed relentlessly in Glasgow.

Harris’s shock triumph came after Jenna Forrester continued her brilliant meet with a second gold medal, adding the 400m individual medley title to her 200m backstroke crown.

• Australia takes home gold, silver and bronze medals in men’s 50m freestyle final as Cam McEvoy dominates

• Lani Pallister cruises to victory in women’s 1500m freestyle final

Cam McEvoy has added another chapter to his swimming renaissance, dominating the 50m freestyle final at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The 32-year-old was the only finalist to go under 21 seconds as he led an Australian medal sweep ahead of Flynn Southam and Jamie Jack.

• Gymnast burst into tears after leading Australia to team gold

• Five more gold in pool on as Sam Williamson beats British breaststroke great

The star gymnast Georgia Godwin has no more tears left to cry, having survived the “horrible, horrible” road back from injury to guide Australia to a team gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.

Meanwhile in the pool, Australia are turning the Tollcross Swimming Centre into a fortress after Sam Williamson, Sam Short and Mollie O’Callaghan led a parade of five gold medals on day two in Glasgow.

• Australian wins 400m freestyle, Forrester stuns in 200m backstroke

• Women’s and men’s 4x100 freestyle relay teams cap dominant day one

Lani Pallister has consigned years of struggle and setbacks to history, opening Australia’s medal tally at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with the first of six gold medals in the pool. Pallister’s dominant win in the 400m freestyle – the first final on the Games swimming program – was the perfect start to a Glasgow campaign that is expected to reap her a rich medal haul.

Mollie O’Callaghan later spearheaded a comfortable win in the women’s 4x100 freestyle relay, while the men’s 4x100 freestyle team rounded out the session by ruthlessly capturing Australia’s sixth gold medal. Kyle Chalmers closed clinically to ensure Australia smashed their Games record from Birmingham 2022, winning in 3:09.49.

• Swimmers to earn $30,000 per world record, $20,000 for a gold medal

• Commonwealth Games Australia gives each team member $5,000

Freestyle king Kyle Chalmers has welcomed potential windfalls for Australia’s Commonwealth Games swimmers after Gina Rinehart offered up cash bonuses for medals and world records.

Amid a spate of high-profile athlete withdrawals from Glasgow 2026, Dolphins squad members have been given a significant incentive to take part. Billionaire Rinehart has confirmed she will deliver the same bonuses that were on offer in the pool at the 2024 Paris Olympics.