Olivia Breen secured gold for Wales in the T38 long jump competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, competing at Scotstoun Stadium. The Team Wales captain registered a winning distance of 5.03m in the second round, which achieved wind-legal status and set a new Games record. Her first round jump of 5.09m had exceeded that distance but could not be ratified due to excessive wind speed of +3.9.
Australia’s Layla Sharp finished second with a jump of 5.06m, three centimetres behind Breen’s winning effort. Another Australian competitor, 15-year-old Ayla Kowalczyk, claimed the bronze medal. The victory marked Breen’s defense of the title she won at Gold Coast in 2018, as the event had not been contested at Birmingham 2022.
The gold represented Breen’s second medal of the Games. Earlier in the week, the 30-year-old had secured silver in the T38 100m final. Wales achieved additional success on the same evening, with Anna Morris and Emma Finucane winning titles in individual pursuit and individual sprint cycling events at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Breen’s long jump gold was Wales’s third gold medal of the day.
With this victory, Breen added to an accomplished Commonwealth Games record spanning four appearances for Wales. Across these Games, she has accumulated five medals total, comprising three gold, one silver, and one bronze. The athlete previously competed at Glasgow in 2014, finishing seventh in the same event during that Games.
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