The gold medal-winning Para-swimmer competing in non-disabled race

The gold medal-winning Para-swimmer competing in non-disabled raceImage source, ReutersByRichard Winton & Harry HansenBBC Sport in GlasgowPublished29 July 2026, 01:30 BSTUpdated 4 hours agoFor most athletes at these Commonwealth Games, winning a gold medal on the opening night could not be eclipsed.But when Scotland’s Faye Rogers returns to the pool at Tollcross on Wednesday, what happens next is something she will cherish just as much as standing on top of the podium last Friday.The 23-year-old didn’t just win the S10 200 individual medley – she owned it. A winning margin of just over 2.5 seconds is an eternity over four lengths of the pool. But when she stands on the block for her next event, it will be an entirely different challenge, because Para-athlete Rogers will race the 200m butterfly.Five years ago, that was her event. And she was good at it. She’d qualified for the Team GB Olympic trials and was set to move to Aberdeen to study as well as train under Patrick Miley, father of Olympian Hannah.But the day she was due to leave home in Teesside to move to Scotland, Rodgers was involved in a serious car accident on the way to training. She suffered a complex open fracture to her right arm, multiple dislocations, and a severed ulnar nerve.She was told she would never swim competitively again. Scotland win three medals in 45 minutes to kick-start Glasgow 2026