Loughborough’s 45-medal haul would rank sixth

demoduck.co.uk editorial team 2026-08-02 19:31 3 min read

A female high jumper clearing the bar at a track and field competition.

By the demoduck.co.uk Sports Desk | August 2026

Loughborough-linked athletes ended the 2026 Commonwealth Games with 45 medals: 10 gold, 20 silver and 15 bronze. Loughborough University said that total would have placed the group sixth in the Glasgow medal table if it had competed as an independent nation.

The comparison puts the scale of the achievement into national terms. On the university’s calculation, the Loughborough contingent would have finished ahead of Malaysia, South Africa and New Zealand.

It remains a hypothetical ranking rather than an official Commonwealth Games result. The tally combines athletes with several types of Loughborough connection—including current students, alumni, training-base athletes, scholars and former Loughborough Lightning players—who represented different countries.

The numbers behind the 45-medal total

Measure	Loughborough-linked result
Gold medals	10
Silver medals	20
Bronze medals	15
Total medals	45
Hypothetical nation ranking	Sixth

Silver medals formed the largest part of the haul, accounting for 20 of the 45 podium finishes. Gold medals came from athletics, para powerlifting, basketball, wheelchair basketball, track cycling and pole vault.

The final count followed a six-medal surge led by Jaz Sawyers that took Loughborough’s total to 43 before the last day. Two closing silver medals then completed the final tally.

Team events are counted as one medal in the university’s figures, even when several Loughborough-linked athletes contributed. That convention matters in swimming relays, basketball, wheelchair basketball, cycling team events and netball, where multiple named competitors may share one result.

Students, alumni and training-base athletes all contributed

The medal list shows how widely Loughborough’s sporting network extends. Current students delivered medals in swimming, cycling, athletics and wheelchair basketball, while alumni reached the podium in swimming, basketball, boxing and pole vault.

Loughborough’s 45-medal haul would rank sixth

Athletes based at Loughborough for training also contributed prominently. Sophie Hahn won the women’s 100m T38 title and took silver over 200m, while Olivia Breen collected women’s long jump T38 gold and 100m T38 silver. Thomas Young, Zac Shaw and Jaz Sawyers were among the other training-base athletes to win gold.

Loughborough Lightning connections extended the total beyond university students and alumni. Former or current Lightning athletes won medals in wheelchair basketball, cycling and netball, demonstrating that the tally reflects a broader high-performance sporting network rather than one university team.

Multiple-medal performances lifted the total

Several athletes appeared more than once in the final medal list. Freya Colbert was associated with three swimming relay silvers, while fellow current student Sophie Capewell earned silver in both the women’s team sprint and individual sprint.

Rhian Edmunds won team sprint gold for Wales and later added individual sprint bronze. Hahn and Breen each paired a gold medal with a silver, while Joe Truman finished the Games with two cycling silvers.

The results also covered different national teams. Loughborough-linked competitors represented England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Jamaica and New Zealand, another reason the sixth-place comparison should be read as an illustration of collective performance rather than a formal national standing.

Final-day silvers completed the Glasgow campaign

Track cyclist Joe Truman supplied one of the last additions. The current student recorded 59.525 seconds in the men’s 1,000m time trial, securing second place and his second silver of the Games after also reaching the podium in the men’s sprint.

Jamaica’s national netball team delivered the other final-day silver through former Loughborough Lightning players Shamera Sterling-Humphrey, Rhea Dixon and Brie Grierson. The Sunshine Girls finished runners-up after New Zealand won the final 56-48.

Source: Loughborough University Press Releases

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The medal breakdown, final-day results and hypothetical ranking were checked against Loughborough University’s August 2026 account.

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Confirmed that 10 gold, 20 silver and 15 bronze medals produce the stated total of 45.
Checked Joe Truman’s 59.525-second time and men’s 1,000m time-trial silver.
Checked Jamaica’s 56-48 netball final defeat and the three former Loughborough Lightning p...
Retained the source’s convention that each team result counts as one medal overall.

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