Australian sprint ace Cam McEvoy has dominated the 50m freestyle final in Glasgow, breaking the Commonwealth Games record.

McEvoy, who broke the world record in March, was the only finalist to crack 21 seconds as he led home an Australian medal sweep.

The 32-year-old dad clocked 20.97 seconds to beat Flynn Southam’s 21.44, while Jamie Jack took bronze in 21.47.

It is McEvoy’s first individual Commonwealth Games gold medal.

McEvoy broke the world record mark in March this year with 20.88 at the China Swimming Open.

The world record had stood for 17 years before McEvoy broke it on March 20.

He was the first swimmer to claim the mark without the now-banned “super-suit”.

The Australian’s latest achievement continues his remarkable swimming renaissance since taking a sabbatical after the Tokyo Olympics and nearly quitting the sport.

Nicknamed The Professor, he returned to the sport and radically overhauled his training before winning the 50m freestyle at the Paris Olympics.

This is McEvoy’s fourth Commonwealth gold at his third Games and Australia’s 13th so far at Glasgow’s Tollcross pool.

Earlier on Monday morning (AEST), Iona Anderson won the 100m backstroke and opening ceremony baton bearer Tim Hodge claimed the 100m backstroke S9.

Deja vu claims Temple

Matthew Temple suffered a bad case of deja vu, again losing to Canadian star Josh Liendo in a record-breaking 100m butterfly final at the Commonwealth Games.

Liendo beat the Australian by one one-hundredth of a second early on Monday morning (AEST) in the third finals session at the Glasgow pool.

The Olympic silver medallist clocked 50.42 seconds while Temple touched the wall in 50.43, going under the Game record of 50.63 that the Australian had set on day two in the semi-finals.

Liendo also won gold in the 100m butterfly four years ago at the Birmingham Games and Temple dead-heated for silver with English swimmer James Guy.

It is Temple’s second medal in Glasgow, after he swum in the heats of the 4x100m freestyle relay and his teammates went on to win the final.

Breanna Scott has won the silver medal in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s All-Around Final. Photo: AAP 

Surprise Aussie medal

Australian gymnast Breanna Scott has broken through for individual all-around silver at the Commonwealth Games as Georgia Godwin fell short in her title defence.

All eyes were on Godwin, but it was Ellie Black who won gold for Canada after a superb outing across four apparatuses at Glasgow International Stadium on Monday morning (AEST).

Black’s 16-year-old teammate Lia-Monica Fontaine followed for bronze, while Godwin settled for fifth after guiding Australia to a team gold the day before.

Stealing the headlines after winning two gold and three silver medals at the 2022 Birmingham Games, Godwin was aiming to become the first gymnast in Games history to successfully defend their individual all-around title.

But the tight turnaround proved too much for the 28-year-old, who readily admitted she was struggling with soreness after the team final in her comeback from an Achilles injury.

Godwin had become the nation’s most decorated women’s gymnast at the Games after winning the team gold, surpassing Allana Slater with nine total medals.

The Queensland product will have another chance to win a medal in Glasgow when she competes in the vault and floor finals.

She trails just Philippe Rizzo (10 medals) and Brennon Dowrick (11) in Australia’s history books.

After a quiet start on the vault and uneven bars, beam specialist Scott surged into medal contention after scoring 13.900 points in her pet event.

Scott was on target to claim gold at the final rotation after her floor routine netted her 12.800 points, but Canada’s Black – the final competitor – did just enough to pip the Sydney product.

It is Scott’s first individual medal at the Games, having won team silver on debut in Birmingham.

The 24-year-old will again take to the balance beam for the individual apparatus final with teammate Kate McDonald.

Scott’s silver medal comes after Australia’s leading male gymnast Jesse Moore ended the nation’s 16-year medal drought by claiming individual all-around bronze.

Reuben Ward won gold and became Scotland’s first-ever all-around champion at the Games, and Canada’s Felix Dolci took silver.

Aussie not done after second bronze

Jesse Moore is hungry for more medals after becoming Australia’s first men’s individual all-around medallist at the Commonwealth Games in 16 years.

Moore shook off a shaky start to claim bronze as a near-capacity crowd at Glasgow International Arena erupted into cheers when Scotland’s Reuben Ward won gold in the final.

Ward secured the all-around title with a combined score of 79.650 points across the six apparatuses, while Canada’s Felix Dolci trailed by 0.200 points to take silver.

Dolci had knocked Moore out of second at the death, with the South Australian missing out on silver by just 0.450 points.

Moore will have a chance to add to his medal haul while competing in the pommel horse, rings and parallel bars finals.

“Of course, you’ve got to back yourself,” he said, when asked about winning more medals in Glasgow.

“I’m not sure about rings – but we’ll still have a go. But yeah, the other two for sure.

“I’m pretty stoked. It’s a dream, the all-around Commonwealth Games medal. It’s a shame it couldn’t be the gold … it wasn’t my best day.

“On another day, I could have got gold. I think a few of the other boys could say the same. That’s sport. It’s pretty ruthless, it’s cutthroat.”

The bronze is his second medal at the Games, having guided Australia to a team bronze on the opening day of competition.

Moore is the first Australian man to medal in the individual all-around since four-time gold medallist Josh Jefferis won bronze at the 2010 Delhi Games.

It is sweet redemption for the 23-year-old, whose 2022 Birmingham campaign was cruelled by a shoulder injury.

“I’s a kind of like a full circle moment,” he said.

“That was a tough decision (pulling out of the 2022 all-around final).”

Moore had been out of action for six months following shoulder surgery, missing out on a maiden world championship appearance in 2023 before making his Olympic debut in Paris.

In 2024, Moore also matched Jefferis by becoming the first Australian man to reach an all-around Olympic final since the 2012 London Games and finished 21st overall.

Moore – the only one to have Games experience in Australia’s five-man squad in Glasgow – raised the bar, overcoming a fall on his opening pommel horse routine to score 14.100 on horizontal bar.

Australian teammate Ritam Malik, aged 19, finished seventh (77.400 points) on debut.

The men’s all-around final was paused for 10 minutes after Singaporean gymnast Jovi Loh hurt his right knee from a fall during his parallel bars routine.

Loh, 18, was stretchered from the floor, just two days after English gymnast Gabriel Langton fell headfirst from the horizontal bar during the team final.

Langton has since been cleared of serious injury.

—AAP