{"id":562393,"date":"2026-07-27T20:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/562393\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:11:07","slug":"glasgow-2026-commonwealth-games-meg-harris-upsets-molly-ocallaghan-for-womens-100-metres-freestyle-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/562393\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games: Meg Harris upsets Molly O&#8217;Callaghan for women&#8217;s 100 metres freestyle gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/meg-harris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meg Harris<\/a> beat defending champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mollie-o-callaghan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan<\/a> to win the 100 metres freestyle title at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/matthew-temple\" 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gold&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;commonwealth-games-2026-meg-harris-upsets-molly-o-callaghan-for-women-s-100-metres-freestyle-gold&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026<\/a> on Monday (27 July).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/paris-2024\" 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Games 2026: Meg Harris upsets Molly O&#039;Callaghan for women&#039;s 100 metres freestyle gold&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-swimming\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-gb\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-za\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-au\\&quot;,\\&quot;shayna-jack\\&quot;,\\&quot;mollie-o-callaghan\\&quot;,\\&quot;meg-harris\\&quot;,\\&quot;2026-glasgow-commonwealth-games\\&quot;,\\&quot;scott-bregman\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Commonwealth Games 2026: Meg Harris upsets Molly O&#039;Callaghan for women&#039;s 100 metres freestyle gold&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;commonwealth-games-2026-meg-harris-upsets-molly-o-callaghan-for-women-s-100-metres-freestyle-gold&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris 2024<\/a> Olympic 50m freestyle silver medallist led an all-Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/aquatics-swimming\/\" 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Harris&#8217; victory denied the 22-year-old a third gold at these Commonwealth Games, with O&#8217;Callaghan already having claimed the 200 metres freestyle title and been part of the Aussie&#8217;s winning 4&#215;100 metres freestyle relay effort.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Harris led at the halfway mark with Jack close behind as they moved into the second 50m lap. Harris held off a surging O&#8217;Callaghan, who had been just behind her compatriots after the opening fifty, as Jack faded to third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 100 has always been the one that I&#8217;ve been working towards in the long run,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;It&#8217;s just &#8230; I guess I need to take a step back and just enjoy it for a while, but I&#8217;m happy with the result that came out of it tonight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is the reigning world champion over 50 metres, but the Commonwealth crown was her first international title in the 100 \u2013 and her first time atop a major individual podium ahead of O&#8217;Callaghan and Jack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been in that position, so hopefully this is just the start of my journey,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;These girls are absolutely incredible, so any chance I get to stand on the podium with them is great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For O&#8217;Callaghan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/swimming-mollie-o-callaghan-injury-commonwealth-games-2026\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;2e13ab72-55a6-47ee-a1ad-80059ba19234&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-07-27T18:42:40.228Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Commonwealth Games 2026: Meg Harris upsets Molly O&#039;Callaghan for women&#039;s 100 metres freestyle gold&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-swimming\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-gb\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-za\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-au\\&quot;,\\&quot;shayna-jack\\&quot;,\\&quot;mollie-o-callaghan\\&quot;,\\&quot;meg-harris\\&quot;,\\&quot;2026-glasgow-commonwealth-games\\&quot;,\\&quot;scott-bregman\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Commonwealth Games 2026: Meg Harris upsets Molly O&#039;Callaghan for women&#039;s 100 metres freestyle gold&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;commonwealth-games-2026-meg-harris-upsets-molly-o-callaghan-for-women-s-100-metres-freestyle-gold&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-swimming&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;SWM&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who wasn&#8217;t sure she&#8217;d be in Glasgow due to concurrent shoulder and back injuries<\/a>, the medal represents something bigger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve really, really learnt so much about myself off the modifications and rehabbing at the same time and racing,&#8221; she said afterward. &#8220;So I think I&#8217;ve done very well considering, and I&#8217;m pretty proud of myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meg Harris beat defending champion Mollie O&#8217;Callaghan to win the 100 metres freestyle title at the Commonwealth Games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-562393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}