Tag: scottish swimming

Safe to say that the final session of swimming from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games is set to be a thrilling finale to a superb week from our Scottish athletes. Mark Szaranek and Duncan Scott (University of Stirling) will both contest the final of the 200m IM. Szaranek looked strong during his heat and his… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 6 heats round-up and finals preview

Ross Murdoch swam the race of his life to provide Team Scotland with their tenth medal from the pool on the penultimate night of swimming action of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Murdoch, swimming in his last individual event at his last Commonwealth Games, finished strongly to take the touch for the bronze medal in… Continue reading Brilliant bronze for Murdoch to complete Commonwealth Games breaststroke set

While it may have been a quieter heats session, the fact that all the Scottish swimmers in action this morning progressed, means another busy finals session is on the cards this evening. Craig McNally (University of Stirling) posted a season’s best time of 1:58.36 to secure a place in tonight’s 200m backstroke final, while Stirling… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 5 heats round-up and finals preview

Three more bronze medals tonight bring Team Scotland’s medal tally from the pool to nine, with two more days of racing to go at Sandwell Aquatics Centre for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Duncan Scott started the proceedings off tonight in the final of the 100m freestyle, the event he won on the Gold Coast,… Continue reading Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool

It was a busy morning for the Scots in the pool at Sandwell Aquatics Centre, at the halfway mark of the swimming competition of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Katie Shanahan (City of Glasgow Swim Team), Holly McGill (Hearts) and Cassie Wild (University of Stirling) all made it through to the final of the 200m… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 4 heats round-up and finals preview

There may not have been any Scottish medals won in the pool on day three of the swimming competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, but it was certainly a night of high emotion, drama and world class racing. Duncan Scott continued his relentless schedule with another double, taking on the final of the 200m… Continue reading Swimmers continue drive for more medals in Birmingham

Eight Scottish swimmers will be in action during the third evening of finals from Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Duncan Scott’s schedule rolls on at pace with him contesting the heats of both the 200m butterfly and 100m freestyle. A season’s best time of 1:57.48 in the fly saw him ease into tonight’s final, with his 100m… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 3 heats round-up and finals preview

Day 2 of the swimming competition of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games and Scotland has already secured six medals from the pool, with Duncan Scott and Stephen Clegg adding to the three won on the opening night. Scott’s race schedule was nothing short of brutal on day 2, with heats of the 200m freestyle and… Continue reading Double medal celebration for Scott while Clegg also adds to medal count