Cam McEvoy stars on golden night for Australia at Glasgow

While you were sleeping, our athletes have been giving their all in Glasgow. Australia has continued to dominate the Commonwealth Games medal tally in Glasgow, after another hugely successful night in the pool.

Australia has won five more gold medals in the pool as our “field of dreams” continued.

Australian swimming superstar Cameron McEvoy finally completed his set of major titles in 50 metres freestyle by winning an elusive Commonwealth Games gold medal.

Distance star Lani Pallister dominated the 1500m from start to finish to clinch her second gold medal of the meet

West Australia’s Iona Anderson pulled off a shock 100m backstroke victory, snatching the gold medal from Canada’s Kylie Masse in the final strokes

Australian team baton bearer Tim Hodge lived up to his big performance reputation with a stunning gold medal win in the S9 100m backstroke

The men’s 4 x 200m relay team capped off another stunning night in the pool with a thrilling win in the last race of the night.

Matt Temple missed out on his first individual gold medal at a major international competition by the smallest possible margin: one-hundredth of a second.

Mollie O’Callaghan withdrew from her third and final individual event, the 50m backstroke, revealing she had made the call not to put too much pressure on her body as she struggles with pain to complete her massive Commonwealth Games schedule.

Ruthless* Australia showed why it is favourite for netball gold in Glasgow, beating England 66-47 in arguably its toughest fixture match of the competition.

Gymnast Breanna Scott held her composure* in a nerve-racking final rotation to win a silver medal in the all 'round competition

Gymnast Jesse Moore won an individual all 'round bronze medal four years after being forced to withdraw from the final.

But let’s talk about that men’s relay.

When you are born into Australian swimming royalty like Kai Taylor, it can be hard to live up to the hype.

The son of legendary Hayley Lewis, a seven-times Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Taylor has thus far carved his own reputation as a relay swimmer always doing his job for the team – but this just might be his breakout moment.

“It’s awesome that I’m making a name for myself,” Taylor said.

Tasked with anchoring* Australia’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay team that included Sam Short, Harrison Turner and Edward Sommerville, Taylor entered the water with a one-second deficit to England in swimming’s version of the Ashes.

The Poms don’t often challenge Australia in the pool, but the 4 x 200m is an event where they match up strongly and when they join forces as Great Britain they actually prevail.

So if England were to win relay gold over Australia, it would be their crowning moment of the Games.

The pressure on Taylor’s shoulders was immense. It was his first time ever anchoring an Aussie relay and suddenly the entire result rested on him producing a comeback for the ages.

His 1:44.10 relay split just might be life-changing for Taylor. It not only secured Australia their fifth gold medal of the night in 7:01.47, but it completely obliterated* England as they faded to touch in 7:04.98 – more than three seconds behind.

Australia has never lost this relay at the Commonwealth Games and while it was a true team effort, the performance of Taylor stole the show.

“I couldn’t have done it without these boys putting me in that position,” Taylor said.

“It was definitely a little bit nerve-racking and I felt like there was a time there where, you know, it might not go my way.

“But I had these boys backing me and I backed myself and we got it.”

Gold medal winning anchor legs are what build reputations in the world of swimming. Ian Thorpe and Kyle Chalmers are renowned* for such heroic feats.

While Taylor is a long way from those lofty heights, the hope is this moment could unlock the belief for him to reach individual glory too, with his own 100m and 200m freestyle events still to come.

As much as he has forged his own path in the sport, following in the footsteps of his famous mum could be something of a burden*.

But Taylor has never seen it that way and is determined to add more to the family legacy*.

“I wouldn’t say it’s been hard. I’d say it’s almost been, you know, kind of amazing and I’m very proud to have had that,” he said.

“Obviously Mum had such amazing success in the Commonwealth Games and beyond the Commonwealth Games, and I think ... to be her son and to just be in her legacy and to sort of make a name for myself and come through and make her proud is all that I’m happy with.”

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