Day two of judo action at Glasgow 2026 provided more thrills and high energy, as Scotland’s judoka relished their opportunity to compete on home soil.

Following a roof raising throwdown victory in the Round of 16 against Thomas-Laszlo Breytenbach, Scott Cusack missed out on passage to the semi-finals after defeat to Noah Waliss, before confirming a place in the bronze medal match later in the session.

Managing a knee injury from the first bout of the day, Scott held his nerve to win bronze in Golden Score and continue the Cusack family tradition, with both parents having medalled at previous Commonwealth Games. The match itself was nail-bitingly close and eventually came down to his opponent Danny Vojnikovich (Australia) committing too many fouls, and losing the head-to-head in the process.

Speaking of his success, Scott said: “Yeah I’m delighted with that. I could just about hear my dad shouting in the crowd, but it was just a blur of noise. It really does spur you on though. To do that in front of a home crowd is brilliant.

“I always grew up with my parents being so successful in judo and it made me want that success too, so I’m pleased I could follow in their footsteps. I was born into judo – judo is everything to me.”

Games debutant Ollie Short gave himself an excellent chance of medalling on home soil following a commanding Repechage victory over Bahamian Xavier Johnson during the morning’s competition to book his place in an evening bronze medal match, in the ultra-competitive -73kg category.

But, in a tense tactical head-to-head with Gambian Judoka Faye Njie, Ollie fell just short of a bronze, after over four minutes of agonising Golden Score.

Speaking of his performance Ollie said: “I’m disappointed of course but the overall feeling is gratefulness – I’m humbled by the support today. I really wanted to put in a performance that was more indicative of the support of the amazing people I’ve got around me but that wasn’t to be today.

“It was a bit of a slog in the end. We’re used to some of the physical feelings you get at judo, but an event of this magnitude is a little bit different. Hearing the fans, especially at a home games gives you that lift.

It’s meant an awful lot. I’ve been privilege to compete for Scotland before, but the opportunities are few and far between and none as quite on the scale of the Commonwealth Games.”

Daniel Pacitti lost out in a tough opening round bout against Englishman Ethan Nairne in the Men’s -73kg category in the first Scottish representation of the day. Picking up an early point, Daniel looked confident and composed, but his opponent seemed to grow in stature as the fight drew on and eventually won by Ippon.

In the the Women’s -63kg category Sophie Wood and Sunny Doig missed out on qualification to the quarter-finals, in what is their first time representing Team Scotland.

In the final day of Judo, on the final day of the Commonwealth Games on Sunday, four Scottish judoka will compete on Tatami. They are Nicole Wood (Women’s -78kg), Jaden Calder (Men’s -100kg), Sarah Adlington (Women’s +78kg) and Gregor Miller (Men’s +100kg).