England at the Commonwealth Games

Matthew Henry
BBC Sport Journalist in Glasgow

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Adam Ramsay-Peaty progressed through the 100m breastsroke heats with the quickest time of any swimmer in his first race at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

He won the final heat in 59.46 seconds - one tenth quicker than Australian rival Sam Williamson managed in heat five.

Ramsay-Peaty's 18-year-old Team GB team-mate Filip Nowacki, who swims for Jersey at the Commonwealth Games, was third quickest.

Peaty-Ramsay, 31, is chasing a fifth Commonwealth gold in Glasgow, 12 years on from winning two at the 2014 Glasgow Games.

The 100m breaststroke has always been his main event - he won Olympic 100m silver in Paris in 2024 after a difficult build-up including a break to protect his mental health - but he committed to competing up to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics after the 50m race was added.

Peaty will also race the Commonwealth 50m event in Glasgow.

He returns to the pool for the 100m semi-final on Friday evening. The final is on Saturday.

When Jacob Whittle blows off steam as a swimmer preparing for the Commonwealth Games, he does so in a literal sense.

While the 21-year-old has collected a hoard of medals during his young career in the pool - which includes gold at the World Championships and Birmingham Commonwealth Games in recent years - he has also been busy accumulating a fleet of steam engines.

Small-scale versions of traction engines sit pride of place in his collection of motors, alongside vintage motorbikes and a treasured tractor.

All are vehicles he maintains and drives, with each being a distraction from the pressures of competition.

In the lead up to the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the swimmer from Alfreton in Derbyshire sat down with BBC East Midlands Today sports editor Natalie Jackson to discuss how his hobby has helped him in the pool.

"It is sort of an addiction and not a hobby," Whittle said with a laugh.

"You can't stop thinking about it and looking at new things - I love it and it's a good switch-off for when I leave the pool."

Whittle's coach Jamie Main, who is based at Repton School, also talks about Whittle's dual passion for elite swimming and "rural life".