Rivals, teammates, best friends and – after a superb night for Team England in the pool – gold and silver Commonwealth Games medallists.

Georgia Sheffield and Poppy Maskill brought the house down in Glasgow by delivering a famous one-two on a night when Team England’s swimmers added six medals to the tally.

The main event proved to be the women’s 200m freestyle S14 final, where Sheffield, Maskill and Northern Ireland’s Bethany Firth were locked in an intense fight.

Sheffield and Maskill are best friends after meeting in the pool as teenagers and have pushed each other throughout their careers.

Maskill won three gold medals at the Paralympics but Sheffield rose to the occasion here, storming home to win in 2:06.07, 1.37 seconds clear of Maskill.

“I'm really happy. It's my first Commonwealth Games, so to come away with a gold medal is really special,” the 21-year-old said.

“We’re best friends, so to share this moment together makes it even better.

“We got selected for international teams together and made our first international team at the same time. We've pretty much been on the whole journey together ever since.”

Maskill was content with silver and, on a doubly special night, she then celebrated boyfriend William Ellard’s victory in the men’s 200m S14 freestyle just seven minutes later.

As the reigning Paralympic and world champion, Ellard is the dominant force in the event and he underlined his supremacy with a victory by 3.56 seconds.

His time of 1:51.66 marked a new Commonwealth Games record and he was thrilled with his performance.

"I think there's more pressure on this event because there's only one, so I'm done now until the start of September when I come back to training,” he said.

"I felt a bit tingly in the last five metres of the first leg, felt a bit weird and I came up and the boy next to me seemed closer to me than so I started to panic a bit.

“But I did try to calm myself down because I think if I had carried on like that I would have started spinning but I think I composed myself and came back strong."

Meanwhile, Adam Ramsay-Peaty medalled at a fourth consecutive Commonwealth Games by finishing third in the 100m breaststroke final.

The 31-year-old was beaten to gold by Australia’s Sam Williamson, while Jersey’s Filip Nowacki, just 18, claimed Jersey's first Commonwealth Games medal in 36 years by finishing second.

“I'm not too fussed about the performance there because I really enjoyed it,” Ramsay-Peaty said.

“I think there's obviously something going wrong in terms of the data, and we'll go through that in the debrief.

“I’m very happy to race Filip, to come away with a bronze medal is still a privilege.”

Meanwhile, Ollie Morgan won silver in the men’s 50m backstroke final.

The 23-year-old was beaten by South Africa’s Pieter Coetze, and, after finishing eighth in the Olympic final two years ago, he says he is increasingly confident at major Games.

“I think it's all about experience. Racing in international finals has built my confidence and I feel like I belong on that stage now,” he said.

“These days it's more excitement than nerves. The nerves are always there, which is a good thing because it shows you care. We do this day in, day out, so it's important to be able to perform in those environments - and I love it.”

There was also a third relay medal in two days, as Jacob Mills, Jacob Whittle, Freya Colbert and Freya Anderson won silver in the mixed team 4x100m freestyle relay final.

Australia won gold in a new Games record time, while the Team England quartet beat Wales to second.

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