Kukundakwe wins historic Silver as Kaumi breaks Personal Best on Day Four for Uganda at Glasgow 2026

Uganda’s swimmers delivered another encouraging day in the pool at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, highlighted by a historic silver medal from Paralympian Husnah Kukundakwe and a new long-course personal best from rising sprint star Tendo Kaumi.

The third day of competition belonged to Kukundakwe, who etched her name into Uganda’s history books by winning silver in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB8 final. Her medal was not only Uganda’s first swimming medal at the Games but also the country’s first medal overall at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

After comfortably progressing from the morning heats, where she finished third in 1:27.38, Kukundakwe returned for the evening final with an even stronger performance. She touched the wall in 1:26.20, shaving more than a second off her heat time to claim the silver medal. With a reaction time of 0.73 seconds, the Ugandan produced a composed and determined race, finishing 4.15 seconds behind England’s Brock Whiston, who claimed gold.

The silver medal is another milestone in Kukundakwe’s already impressive career and reinforces her position as one of Uganda’s most accomplished para swimmers on the international stage. More importantly, it gives Team Uganda its first podium finish in Glasgow and provides a significant boost to the country’s campaign with several days of competition still remaining.

Earlier in the day, Uganda’s freestyle specialists also delivered promising performances in the men’s 100m freestyle.

Kaumi continued his impressive form by clocking 51.51 seconds, producing a new long-course personal best. His previous best of 52.10 seconds, set at the Hungarian National Championships in April this year, was lowered by nearly six-tenths of a second, underlining the progress he has made this season. Although the time was not enough to advance to the next round, it represents another significant step forward for one of Uganda’s fastest young sprinters.

His teammate, Tendo Mukalazi, also featured in the same event, finishing in 52.63 seconds. The performance came just one-hundredth of a second outside his own Ugandan long-course national record of 52.62 seconds.

In the women’s sprint events, Tara Naluwoza lined up in Heat Two of the 50m backstroke, where she finished fourth in 32.66 seconds. Although backstroke is not her specialist discipline, Naluwoza showed admirable versatility by competing in an event outside her strongest stroke, with butterfly remaining her primary event.

Meanwhile, Kirabo Namutebi raced in Heat One of the women’s 50m breaststroke, recording 33.18 seconds. The swim came close to her outstanding long-course personal best and Ugandan national record of 32.99 seconds, once again demonstrating the consistency that has established her as the country’s leading breaststroke swimmer.

Day four reflected both the progress and promise within Uganda’s swimming team. With confidence growing and momentum building, Uganda’s swimmers will head into the remaining events inspired by a medal-winning performance that has already secured the country’s place on the Glasgow 2026 podium.

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