The Commonwealth Games are coming up, and a new face will be joining the reporting side. Olympian Ariarne Titmus is joining Seven and 7plus Sport as a mixed zone reporter.
Ariarne is one of Australia’s most accomplished swimmers. In her career, Ariarne has won eight Olympic medals across the Paris and Tokyo Games, in 2024 and 2021, respectively. She has also won nine world championship medals, including four gold. She retired from swimming on 16 October 2025. The year prior, she underwent surgery to remove benign tumours from her ovary, and it “rocked” her mentally.
“I think dealing more into those health challenges, I’ve really had to look within and think about what’s most important to me,” she said at the time.
Since her retirement, Ariarne has been focusing on her loved ones. She has also done a couple of brand deals and worked on campaigns to help young athletes access sports facilities.
Now she’s going to Scotland to work on the other side of the pool.
“I’m really excited to be joining Seven for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games,” Ariarne said. “Swimming has given me so much, and I’m looking forward to being part of our Australian team’s journey, in a slightly different way this time around.
“The Commonwealth Games mean so much to the athletes competing, and I cannot wait to be on deck to deliver more incredible historic moments from the pool, live and free on Seven and 7plus Sport,” she continued.
The Commonwealth Games were first held in 1930 as the British Empire Games, but it has evolved over the centuries. It now aims to unite the Commonwealth countries through sport. The Games were the first major multi-sport event to fully integrate para-sports in its program.
Over 6,600 athletes compete. Australia has hosted it five times in its history (1938, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2018), with the Gold Coast 2018 Games being the most recent.
Australia was set to host the games again in 2026; however, the Victorian Government cancelled it after the costs ballooned from an initial $2.6 billion to between $6 billion and $7 billion. Then-state premier Daniel Andrews stated that the new figures made the event unviable.
Instead, this year’s Commonwealth Games are coming to Glasgow, Scotland, who swoipped in to host a scaled-down event with only 10 sports across four venues.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games will take place from 23 July to 2 August (24 July in Australia). Watch live on Seven and stream on demand on 7plus Sport.
