Commonwealth Games 2026: Scotland’s Josh Kerr storms to gold in men’s mile final – as it happened

Key events

• 17h ago

  Australia’s Kurtis Marschall wins gold in men’s pole vault

• 18h ago

  Abbey Caldwell wins gold in Australia clean sweep in women's mile!

• 18h ago

  Jamaica win gold in 4x400m mixed relay!

• 18h ago

  Kerr: 'I think we saved everyone some stress'

• 18h ago

  Scotland's Josh Kerr wins gold in men's one mile!

• 18h ago

  Jamaica's Navasky Anderson wins gold in men's 800m final

• 19h ago

  England's Jazmin Sawyers wins women's long jump!

• 19h ago

  Jamaica win women's 4x100m relay!

• 19h ago

  Australia win gold in men's 4x100m relay!

• 19h ago

  Kenya's Matthew Kipsang wins gold in men's 5000m

• 20h ago

  Scotland's Melanie Woods wins women's T54 400m!

• 21h ago

  England's Henry Hobbs wins men's scratch race after massive pile-up

• 21h ago

  Australia's Leigh Hoffman wins gold in men's sprint

• 21h ago

  England's Kelly Petersen-Pollard wins gold in women's 70kg judo

• 22h ago

  Gold for Emma Finucane in women's 1,000m time trial

• 23h ago

  Neil Fachie takes gold!

• 23h ago

  Gold for India in women's 51kg

• 23h ago

  Gold and silver for Wales in the women's 25km points race

• 1d ago

  Jamaica stun Australia to reach netball final!

• 1d ago

  Gold for England's Isaac Okoh

• 1d ago

  More golds for Australia

• 1d ago

  Gold for McConnell and Northern Ireland

• 1d ago

  Gold for Mughalzai

• 1d ago

  Dejanea Oakley wins 400m gold!

• 1d ago

  Samuel Ogazi storms to 400m gold!

• 1d ago

  Jordan Scott wins triple jump gold

• 1d ago

  England's Nathan Maguire wins gold!

• 1d ago

  New Zealand beat England in netball semi-final

• 1d ago

  Preamble

That’ll do from me. Sean Ingle has filed his report on a momentous evening at Scotstoun Stadium …

Kurtis Marschall breaks the Commonwealth record! The man from Adelaide signs off the men’s pole vault – and athletics at these Games – in style with a clearance of 5.85m at the second attempt.

It’s a third Commonwealth gold in a row for Marschall too after wins in 2018 and 2022. Silver for Kyle Rademeyer of South Africa and bronze for Owen Heard of England.

Men’s pole vault: The moustachioed Marschall looks like he’s enjoying being the centre of attention. The organisers get on with the remaining medal ceremonies anyway while we wait for his second jump. There is going to be a lot of Advance Australia Fair being sung.

Australia’s Kurtis Marschall wins gold in men’s pole vault

England’s Owen Heard fails on his final attempt at 5.80m – which would have been a major PB – but treats the crowd to a backflip on the mat anyway. A nice way to celebrate an excellent bronze.

South Africa’s Kyle Rademeyer can only hop on to the mat on his final attempt and that confirms his silver.

Just for the hell of it, Marschall goes for a Commonwealth Games record of 5.85m – the bar wobbles agonisingly after he goes over … but falls to the ground.

Scotstoun Stadium lets off more blue and white fireworks and smoke because, well, why not. Presumably they didn’t have any green and gold. Calvert (7th) and Reekie (10th) weren’t close to the medals. Stafford, who made that attack, held on well for fourth.

Australia’s medallists head out on a victory lap. What a Games they’ve had.

That’s all from the track events, but how did the pole vault finish?

Abbey Caldwell wins gold in Australia clean sweep in women's mile!

Stafford grimaces as she heads down the back straight. Hull and Caldwell ease past her on the final bend and it’s Caldwell who kicks hardest! Hull can’t catch her and has to settle for silver, with Claudia Hollingsworth coming in with bronze to make it an Australia one-two-three.

Women’s one mile: Lucia Stafford of Canada makes a break for it down the back straight and we’re off. Hull is just biding her time as they hit the bell.

Women’s one mile: With two laps to go, Reekie and Calvert still lead a pedestrian race. Nobody is making a move yet.

Women’s one mile: And they’re off. The Scottish duo of Reekie and Calvert go out in front.

Men’s pole vault: More failed 5.80m attempts from Heard and Rademeyer. Marschall may not have long to wait to be confirmed as the winner.

Let’s go running first.

Women’s one mile: The athletes are coming out for the final track event of these Games. Australia’s Jessica Hull is the woman to beat. Glasgow have Scotland’s Jemma Reekie and Sarah Calvert to cheer for.

Men’s pole vault: Heard and Rademeyer fail in their first attempts at 5.80m. Marschall can feel a bit smug as he watches on.

Mixed 4x400m relay: Australia have been disqualified for a lane infringement – they finished 7th anyway.

Men’s 4x100m relay: Yes, this happened a while ago but Canada have been reinstated in silver, presumably after an appeal. That means Nigeria drop to bronze and Ghana out of the medals. South Africa remain disqualified.

Men’s pole vault: Marschall goes clear at 5.80m at the first attempt and he makes it look easy. The Australian cleared 5.90m to beat Mondo Duplantis in Stockholm in June. And, well, you don’t really do that unless you’re very good.

Men’s pole vault: It’s storming contest in the infield with a three-way fight for gold between Australia’s Kurtis Marschall, South Africa’s Kyle Rademeyer and England’s Owen Heard – they’ve all cleared at 5.70m and are guaranteed a medal.

It’s a real shame for Australia. Mia Gross ran an excellent second leg and handed over to Tom Reynolds in first place. They finished all the way down in 7th. Jemma Pollard looked to be struggling with an injury on the final leg before tripping on the home straight.

Kenya were 4th, Scotland 5th and India 6th. Zambia did not finish.

Jamaica win gold in 4x400m mixed relay!

It’s an astonishing final leg from Jamaica’s Dajanea Oakley as she storms through the field from fourth all the way to gold!

Lina Nielsen of England kicks hard to come past Nigeria’s Ella Onojuvwevwo on the home straight.

Mixed 4x400m relay: The top three after the first two legs …

1. Australia
2. England
3. Nigeria

Next up – the mixed 4x400m relay final. England, Nigeria, Jamaica, Kenya, Australia and Scotland are among those vying for a first Commonwealth title in this event.

Two men, two women – the men head off on the first leg, the women will bring it home. They’ll start in their lanes but it will be a free-for-all after the first leg.

Kerr: 'I think we saved everyone some stress'

Josh Kerr speaks to TNT Sports …

On the gold medal:

It means everything. This was the championships of my season. World indoors, going to London and everything … this was the one we had circled on the calendar. Didn’t put my performance together in the way I wanted in 2022 – I think a British crowd deserved more from me. I owed them that for sure.

On the race tactics …

I think when you’re running that slow, your job is just not to waste energy. I did that very well. I knew an opportunity would open up. Jake was on my outside and he’s such a great closer, so I knew the door would open when it was time.

I had a lot of energy where I could put a gap on them last 200, so I was like: you know what, I’ll just go early. I think we saved everyone some stress.

On following up his world record …

London was a big stress, pushing my body to the absolute extreme limit. Coming in and doing a championship race is a nice clean of palette – using your brain instead of your body. It’s how I love to race, so it’s nice to do that.

On winning at a home Games …

This is absolutely incredible. To do it in front of a Scottish crowd, where I learned how to race – I came here week after week growing up as a kid. We’re very fortunate in Scotland to ahve great faciltiies – to have a home Games like this, hopefully we can continue that, the depth of the athletes coming through.

Scotland have their golden moment of these Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, delivered by their poster boy. Kerr looked like he was boxed in during the second lap but he came on to the outside of Myers and Cheruiyot at the bell and set off down the back straight, propelled by huge home support. He didn’t look back after that.

There were white and blue fireworks/smoke at Scotstoun Stadium to top it all off. I’m glad they got to use those.

Scotland's Josh Kerr wins gold in men's one mile!

Kerr hits the front on the back straight and the Glasgow crowd go mad! Wightman tries to go with him but nobody can catch him! Kerr streaks away down the home straight and wins the mile by a mile! He even has time to ask the crowd for some more noise before crossing the line.

Myers takes silver and Cheruiyot bronze. Heyward finishes in a superb fourth and Wightman drops to sixth.

Men’s one mile: Lots more pushing on the penultimate lap. Wales’ Jake Heyward is in a very decent position. Cheruiyot takes the lead heading for the bell, Myers is on his shoulder …

Men’s one mile: The big names let Tshepiso Masalela lead from the front on the first lap. Brian Komen is on his shoulder but Wightman and Kerr are there too. There are some elbows flying about.

It’s the men’s mile next! Josh Kerr, Jake Wightman and Cameron Myers will fight this out but the field is so strong. Timothy Cheruiyot is here too.

Kerr broke the world record in London last month. Will we get another one? This should be tasty.

Jamaica's Navasky Anderson wins gold in men's 800m final

A shock result! Kenya’s Wycliffe Kinyamal, the defending champion, led for most of the race until Anderson took charge on the final bend and powered home on the straight. Anderson does the Usain Bolt finger point celebration. That’s nice.

Luke Boyes of Australia came through for silver while England’s Pattison and Botterill gave themselves too much to do. Botterill tried to edge past Kinyamal on the inside approaching the line but, without getting all VAR, he probably initiated the contact himself. Kinyamal holds on for bronze.

Men’s 800m: They’re off again on the track. England have a good chance of some medals here with Alex Botterill, coached by Steve Cram, and Ben Pattison. There are three Australians in this final.

England's Jazmin Sawyers wins women's long jump!

Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro cannot improve on her opening jump of 6.87m and Sawyers drops to her knees in a fit of giggles! She doesn’t need to do a final jump because her best of 6.93m has earned her a first Commonwealth title! The 32-year-old sets off in celebration – what a reward after so many injury problems. It’s bronze for Australia’s Brooke Buschkuehl on 6.80m.

Here’s Sean Ingle to get you in the mood for the men’s one mile, coming up shortly.

On Saturday night the men’s mile should provide another contest for the ages, with Scotland’s Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman facing Australia’s new superstar Cameron Myers.

Everyone knows about Kerr. Since the 28-year-old ran an astonishing 3:42.66 to break the world mile record, there have been profiles in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, and he has become joint favourite with Jude Bellingham to win the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year.

Plenty of non-athletics fans will also be aware of Wightman, given that he won the world 1500m title in Eugene in 2022 while his dad, Geoff, was commentating in the stadium, and followed it up with a world silver in Tokyo in September 2025.

And while the 20-year-old Myers might be a new name to some, everyone in track and field is in awe of his talent. “I got beaten by him in 2024 in Australia,” says Wightman. “And I was like, ‘man, he’s going to be good.’ But he just kept getting better every year. He’s the future of the sport.”

Women’s long jump: England’s Jazmin Sawyers (6.93m) still leads with one jump remaining. Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro (6.87m) and Australia’s Brooke Buschkuehl (6.80m) are trying to stop her.

Australia’s Mackenzie Little wins the women’s javelin

Tori Moorby of New Zealand cannot improve on her best throw of 60.04m, leaving Little to a victory throw of her own. She wins with a season’s best of 61.88m. Irene Jepkemboi of Kenya takes bronze on 57.85m.

Women’s javelin: We’re at the business end of this competition as Australia’s Lianna Davidson has to settle for fourth after her sixth throw. Irene Jepkemboi of Kenya already has bronze and can’t improve on that in her final throw. It’s between New Zealand and Australia for gold.

Women’s 4x100m relay: Success Eduan had a good anchor leg for England but she had little chance of a medal by that point. More disappointment for the defending champions here too. Nigeria are disqualified, bumping Scotland up to 6th.

Jamaica win women's 4x100m relay!

Ashanti Moore brings the baton home for Jamaica! She was pushed all the way down the home straight by Canada’s Audrey Leduc. Trinidad and Tobago take bronze ahead of Australia, England, Nigeria and Scotland.

Women’s 4x100m relay: England, Nigeria, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica are all in the hunt for gold here. Unless Australia can cause another upset – or what about Scotland?

Women’s long jump: England’s Jazmin Sawyers goes into provisional gold with a massive jump of 6.93m – that’s her personal best outdoors.

Scratch that. Canada have bene disqualified for a lane infringement on their first baton change between Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake. South Africa have also been disqualified.

So Nigeria move up to silver, Ghana up to bronze, England up to 4th.