Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics is one of the most visually spectacular disciplines on the Commonwealth Games programme, blending raw athleticism with extraordinary grace. Competitors push the boundaries of human movement, performing routines that demand explosive power, pinpoint precision, and complete fearlessness. With Commonwealth nations producing some of the world’s finest gymnasts, audiences in Glasgow can expect breathtaking performances and moments of brilliance.
Athletics and Para Athletics
Athletics is the heartbeat of any major multi-sport event, and at Glasgow 2026 it remains the showpiece discipline that crowns the fastest, strongest, and most enduring competitors in the Commonwealth. The fully integrated Para Athletics programme places elite Para athletes at centre stage across track, jumping, and throwing events, sharing the same arena, the same crowds, and the same global spotlight. Iconic moments are made here: the dip on the line, the final lap kick, the perfect throw, the one extra centimetre that separates gold from silver. With deep talent pools across Commonwealth nations, expect world-class fields, electrifying finals, and stories of triumph, resilience, and human possibility unfolding session after session.
Swimming
Swimming is one of the marquee sports of the Commonwealth Games, drawing many of the biggest names in world aquatics into a uniquely competitive arena. Across freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley, and relay events, athletes contest distances from the explosive 50m sprints through to the punishing 1500m, with every race demanding a different mix of speed, technique, and tactical pacing. Commonwealth nations consistently produce world-record-breakers and Olympic champions.
Bowls
Bowls is one of the most beloved and characterful sports on the Commonwealth Games programme, a discipline where strategy, touch, and unflappable temperament matter every bit as much as physical skill. Played indoors at Glasgow 2026 across singles, pairs, triples, and fours formats, the sport rewards bowlers who can read a rink, weight a delivery to perfection, and stay composed when a single bowl decides an end. The standard of competition is consistently world-class.
Track Cycling
Track Cycling delivers some of the most electrifying action of the Commonwealth Games, with athletes hurtling around the steeply banked velodrome at speeds that defy belief. The programme spans pure speed events such as the sprint and keirin, technical team disciplines including the team pursuit, and tactical mass-start contests where positioning, timing, and nerve decide the medals. Commonwealth nations are home to many of the sport’s biggest names and most innovative programmes, ensuring world-class fields, tight tactical battles, and the kind of photo-finish drama that velodrome crowds adore.
Para Powerlifting
Para Powerlifting, contested on the bench press, is compelling, with athletes pressing extraordinary loads in a discipline that demands phenomenal upper-body power, precise control, and unshakable composure on the platform. Commonwealth nations include many of the world’s leading lifters, and the standard at Glasgow 2026 will be world-class throughout.
