Australia's superstar steals show from Adam Ramsay-Peaty at Commonwealth Games as Scotland miss out

Teenage sensation Nowacki did get the better of Ramsay-Peaty but the Jersey swimmer had to settle for silver, while England’s Ramsay-Peaty took bronze.

Williamson was the man on top of the podium on another profitable night for Australia. They won five swimming gold medals to add to the six they won in the pool on Friday. Williamson won in a time of 59.17 seconds, 0.17 of second faster than Nowacki.

Ramsay-Peaty’s crown as the greatest breaststroker in the world is starting to slip. Nowacki, who is part of the 31-year-old's AP Race stable and a GB team-mate of his, made history with his silver: it is the first medal, in any sport, in the Commonwealth Games for Jersey since 1990.

Scotland’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athlete Duncan Scott could not repeat his heroics of Friday night. The 200m individual medley champion joined Evan Jones, Evelyn Davis and Katie Shanahan in the mixed 4x100m freestyle relay but Scotland had to settle for fifth place. It was another triumph for the Aussies, with England second and Wales third.

Scott will return on Sunday in the men's 4x200m freestyle relay where the host nation will fancy their chances. As will another Scottish medal prospect, Angharad Evans, who stormed into Sunday’s final of the women’s 100m breaststroke as the fastest qualifier, winning her semi in a time of 1:05.34. It was a mightily impressive swim from the University of Stirling athlete.

Home favourite Katie Shanahan followed up her brilliant silver medal on Friday night in the women’s 200m backstroke by qualifying for Sunday’s final of the 100m. The Bishopbriggs swimmer was seventh fastest in the semis in a time of 1:00.74.

“The race tonight was a bit slower than I thought it would be but I was glad to get under that 1:01 again,” she said. “I’ve struggled with that all season and that’s my best so far. I’ll take that.

“If anything, getting the silver medal on Friday night probably helped me today. I always swim well when I do well on day one of a meet.”

Holly McGill, who finished fourth in the 200m, was eliminated after a time of 1:02.16 in the first 100m semi.

Scotland’s Matt Ward made a valiant effort in the final of the men’s 50m backstroke, threatening briefly before having to settle for seventh. But he had the consolation of a new Scottish record. “To get a PB and a Scottish record, I’m over the moon,” he said.

Gold went to South Africa’s Pieter Coetze whose time of 24.18 was a new Games record, with England’s Oliver Morgan taking silver. Ward was 0.57 of a second behind the winner.

Fellow Scot Lucy Grieve (26.42) was also seventh in the final of the 50m butterfly but even being at Tollcross was a triumph for the University of Aberdeen swimmer who found out she has Coeliac disease while preparing for the Games. “Two months ago when I was diagnosed, I never thought I was going to swim again,” she said. “So for me, that was a really successful race and I felt like I’d won when I came out of the water.”

Alex Perkins took gold for Australia in a time of 25.37.

Scottish duo Dean Fearn and Evan Jones were both eliminated in the semi-finals of the men’s 100m butterfly, finishing fifth (52.64) and sixth (52.00) in their respective heats. Australia’s Matthew Temple was the fastest qualifier in 50.63sec, setting a new Games record.

Tom Short led an Aussie 1-2-3 in the 400m freestyle final and Mollie O’Callaghan won the women’s 200m freestyle. England won both the women’s and men’s 200m freestyle S14 para finals, through Georgia Sheffield and William Ellard, the latter claiming his second gold in as many days.