Wales claim two swimming medals on dramatic nightImage source, Team WalesImage caption, Rhys Darbey competed at the Parlympics in Paris in 2024Published22 minutes agoWales claimed two more Commonwealth Games medals in the pool with Para-swimmer Rhys Darbey and the 4x100m mixed freestyle relay squad winning bronze in Glasgow.Darbey, the 19-year-old from Deeside, initially finished fourth in the men’s S14 200m freestyle final after being edged out by team-mate and room-mate Dylan Broom.But Broom was agonisingly disqualified for “initiating a start early”, which meant Darbey was promoted to third.Olympic champion Matt Richards won the first Commonwealth Games medal of his career as part of the relay squad alongside Dan Jones, Rebecca Sutton and Theodora Taylor.Darbey and the relay squad have followed fellow Welsh Para-swimmer Ela Letton-Jones onto the podium after she claimed silver on the opening night, with Team Wales’ tally now standing at three.
