Scotland's Scott breaks Australia's swimming dominance at Commonwealth Games

Duncan Scott secured Scotland's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning the 200-meter individual medley with a Games record of 1 minute 56.38 seconds. This victory interrupted Australia's strong performance in the pool, where they claimed four of the five opening night finals. Australian swimmers are incentivized by mining baron Gina Rinehart, who offers 20,000 Australian dollars for each gold medal and 30,000 Australian dollars for a world record. Lani Pallister led an Australian 1-2-3 in the women’s 400m freestyle, and Jenna Forrester won the women’s 200m backstroke. Australia also triumphed in both the men’s and women’s 4x100m freestyle races, with the men's team setting a new Games record. Chad le Clos of South Africa made history by earning his 19th Commonwealth medal, the most by any male athlete. In other events, Canada won gold in the men’s gymnastics team final, an event marred by a serious fall from England’s Gabriel Langton. Mark Swan of England secured the first gold of the Games in para powerlifting, while Nigeria dominated other para powerlifting categories with three golds, including a world record for Folashade Oluwafemiayo.