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The two race walking events for the 2026 Commonwealth Games were held at Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow (GBR) on Friday, July 312, and Saturday, August 1.
The two events were the 10,000m track walk.
10.000m track walk Men (Friday July 31, 2026)
The Australian Isaac Beacroft won on July 31, 2016 in Glasgow the 10.0000m track walk of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow (GBR), in 38.45,51. Second place to Stephen Kihu (KEN – 38.46.57, personal best) and bronze to Evan Dunfee (CAN – 40.03.39). Only five participants: Australia (3), Kenya (1) and Canada (1)
The first two kilometres saw Declan Tingay in the lead ahead of a group that was proceeding entirely in single file.
Split times are the following:
1.000m – Tingay in 3:53.89
2.000m – Stephen Ndangiri Kihu (KEN) in 7:40.50
Before 3.000m Kihu takes the lead, and stopped the clock at 3.000m in 11:31.37, while Tingay is is shoulder to shoulder with him.
4.000m – Kihu is still leading in 15:23.48
Halfway through the race Isaac Beacroft (AUS) who in the meantime had catched Kihu (unfortunately his passes were not provided, most likely due to a malfunctioning transponder), took the lead of the race together with Kihu passed in front, in 19:14.54, maintaining a pace that almost remained unchanged at a time of 3:53 minutes per kilometer.
After 19:17 of the race, the first significant moments were the 3rd red card (loss of contact) issued against Tim Fraser (AUS); he stopped (19:24) 60 second in Penalty Zone and exit at 19:25.
The same fate happens to Declan Tingay (3rd red card/contacts issued on 19:20; stopped in Penalty Zone (19:30) and exit at 19:31.
But the surprises weren’t over yet. At 19:39 Tim Fraser received his fourth red card (bent knee) and was stopped at 19:41 just as he passed 6,800m.
Stephen Kihu cornered Beacroft, increasing the pace in an attempt to break away at the front (800 meters from the finish), 
and then the Australian’s devastating attack, 300 meters from the finish, allowed him to definitively take the lead of the race after a powerful acceleration to which the Kenyan was unable to respond also because the jury had their eyes fixed on him and sanctioned him with 2 red cards (loss of contact).
Gold medal to Isaac Beacroft (AUS) in 38:45.51
Silver Medal to Stephen Ndangiri Kihu (KEN) in 38:46.57
Bronze medal to Evan Dunfee (CAN) in 40:03.39
4th place to Declan Tingay (AUS) in 41:06.05
10.000m track walk women (Saturday August 1, 2026)
Australian Jemima Montag (AUS) won the women’s 10,000-meter walk this morning at the XXIII Commonwealth Games, underway in Glasgow, Scotland, beating all her competitors with a new personal best of 42:13.40 (the previous record was 42:34.30, set in 2022).
Only six athletes participated in the competition, representing Australia (3), India (2), and Kenya (1). Australia monopolized an all-Australian podium: Elizabeth McMillen finished second in 42:39.87 and Rebecca Henderson third in 43:27.46.
In a race with six athletes, Elizabeth McMillen and Jemima Montag broke away from the pack in the first of 25 laps of the Scotstoun Stadium track, building a growing lead. With McMillen still in the lead and Montag right behind her, the laps continued, allowing them to pass the halfway mark in 21:19.97.
These were their split times: 1,000m (4:07.24) – 2,000m (8:21.83) – 3,000m (12:35.61) – 4,000m (16:51.28) – 5,000m (21:19.97).
Rebecca Henderson seemed capable of catching the two leaders at the halfway mark, having closed her gap to the leading pair to 30 meters.
Shortly before the 4,500m mark, Indian athlete Ravina was disqualified with four red cards for a bent knee. Priyanka Goswami (India) and Sylvia Jerono Kemboi (Kenya) fell too far behind to pose a threat to the Australians, with the Kenyan already lapped at the third kilometer.
The second half of the race didn’t add much to the story.
Elizabeth McMillen continued to lead until the 8,000m mark with the following times: 6,000m (25:36.15) – 7,000m (29:57.28) – 8,000m (34:31.04).
With three laps remaining, Jemima Montag accelerated her pace and had already passed her teammate at the 9,000m mark (38:17.33). Jemima Montag ran the final 1,000m in 3:56.07, securing gold in 42:13.40.
This was Montag’s third consecutive Commonwealth Games victory, taking into account her successes in 2018 (Gold Coast, 20 km, 1:32:50) and 2022 (Birmingham, 10,000 m, 42:34:30), which represents a Games record, breaking her own record set in Birmingham, England, at the previous edition.
Elizabeth McMillen (AUS) had no choice but to settle for second place in 42:39.87.
Third place to Rebecca Henderson (AUS) in 43:27.26.
Fourth place to Priyanka (IND) in 45:53.93
Fifth place to Silvia Jerono Kemboi (KEN) in 51:30.80
Photo gallery by Tony Bell (GBR)
