Jaz Sawyers leads Loughborough’s six-medal surge

beehiveweb.co.uk editorial team 2026-08-02 09:33 3 min read

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Jaz Sawyers completed an injury comeback with Commonwealth long jump gold as Loughborough-linked athletes collected six medals on the penultimate day of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The haul comprised one gold, three silver and two bronze medals. It lifted Loughborough’s overall total at the Games to 43: 10 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze.

Sawyers supplied the day’s defining performance at Scotstoun Stadium. Representing Team England, she recorded 6.93m to win the women’s long jump — 12 years after earning her first Commonwealth medal in the same host city.

Sawyers turns injury setback into Glasgow gold

Sawyers established herself as a contender from the opening stages of the competition before securing the title with her 6.93m mark.

The result carried added weight after an injury prevented her from competing at the Paris Games two years earlier. Her return to the top of a Commonwealth podium delivered Loughborough’s only gold of the day and added another chapter to a Glasgow connection stretching back more than a decade.

Six medals across athletics and boxing

The medals were spread across jumping, throwing, sprinting, relay competition and boxing.

Jaz Sawyers leads Loughborough’s six-medal surge

Athlete	Penultimate-day result
Jaz Sawyers	Gold, women’s long jump — 6.93m
Sophie Hahn	Silver, women’s 200m T38 — 27.53 seconds
Poppy Malik	Silver, mixed 4 x 400m relay
Chantelle Reid	Silver, women’s 70kg boxing
Owen Heard	Bronze, men’s pole vault — 5.70m
Lawrence Okoye	Bronze, men’s discus — 64.45m

Owen Heard produced a personal breakthrough in the men’s pole vault. The Loughborough alumnus cleared 5.70m to win his first international medal, with his bronze also becoming Team England’s 100th medal of the Games.

Lawrence Okoye secured the second bronze in the men’s discus. The University-based athlete reached 64.45m with his final throw, finishing behind Australia’s Matthew Denny, who won with 67.73m, and Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres, who took silver with 65.10m.

Hahn, Malik and Reid complete the silver tally

Sophie Hahn narrowly missed a second Glasgow gold in the women’s 200m T38 final. She finished in 27.53 seconds, behind Australia’s Rhiannon Clarke in 26.92 and just ahead of bronze medallist Briseis Brittain, who clocked 27.66.

The result completed a two-medal Games for the Loughborough sprinter, following her earlier gold.

Current student and sports scholar Poppy Malik earned silver as part of Team England’s mixed 4 x 400m relay squad. Her performance in the heats helped the team secure a favourable lane for the final, demonstrating how athletes contributing in preliminary rounds can share in a relay medal even when they do not contest the final itself.

Loughborough College alumna Chantelle Reid added the third silver in the women’s 70kg boxing category. The 29-year-old reached the gold-medal bout at the SEC Centre but was beaten 5-0 by India’s Arundhati Choudhary.

The six-medal return continued a sequence of strong results after Loughborough-linked competitors secured five medals earlier in the Games.

Loughborough enters the final day with 43 medals

With one competition day remaining, Loughborough-linked athletes had accumulated 43 medals across Glasgow 2026. The penultimate-day results alone contributed six of those medals and included a comeback title, a maiden international podium and Team England’s 100th medal.

The final total remained undecided heading into the closing day, with the confirmed breakdown standing at 10 gold, 18 silver and 15 bronze.

Source: Loughborough University Press Releases

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This report is based on Loughborough University’s account of the penultimate day’s confirmed performances and medal tally.

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Matched the six named athletes with their reported medal colours.
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Kept relay participation distinct by noting Poppy Malik’s contribution in the heats.

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