Sports24 July, 20262 min read
Adam Ramsay-Peaty Wins Commonwealth Bronze Behind Sam Williamson and Filip Nowacki in Glasgow
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Adam Ramsay-Peaty won bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke at Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Sam Williamson won gold and Filip Nowacki silver in the race ahead of Ramsay-Peaty.
Bronze in Glasgow
Adam Ramsay-Peaty settled for Commonwealth bronze in the men’s 100m breaststroke at Glasgow 2026, finishing third behind Australia’s Sam Williamson and Jersey’s Filip Nowacki. Williamson won in 59.37 seconds, Nowacki took silver 0.17 back, and Ramsay-Peaty touched in 59.65, nearly three seconds off his world record.
After the race at the Tollcross Swimming Centre, Ramsay-Peaty said, “You can’t hurt me,” before telling critics to “do better”. He described the result as raw and said, “I’m crying because I know that the swim could have been better,” adding that he felt “Something isn’t hitting right.”
Tears and backlash
Ramsay-Peaty broke down in tears after the bronze, with the BBC saying his eyes and cheeks were red with emotion as he reflected on how much it “hurts too much.” He told reporters, “I work a lot harder than what it says on the scoreboard,” and said, “I have got to approach training differently now because it hurts too much.”
The Guardian also described his post-race attack on critics on social media and the media, with Ramsay-Peaty insisting, “You don’t know who I am,” and urging people who read headlines to “look themselves in the mirror.” In the same account, he said the criticism had to stop, adding, “How many athletes, how many people, have to go through this until the media learn their lesson?”
What comes next
Ramsay-Peaty said he still has another chance for gold at the Commonwealths as he competes in the heats of the 50m on Sunday, with the final on Monday.
“He kissed his wife, Holly, whose baby is due in December, on the belly.”
The BBC framed the 100m as possibly no longer viable for him, quoting him asking, “Is the 100 even viable any more? I don’t know,” and adding that “the 50 is probably my super strength with my power.”
He also tied his future to Los Angeles, with the BBC reporting he committed to another four years when the 50m race was added to programme for Los Angeles 2028.
In the Guardian’s account, he kissed his wife Holly after winning bronze and said, “As a father, it doesn’t matter if you come home with gold,” as he looked ahead to the next opportunity in the pool.