A teenage Yolŋgu para-athlete has announced herself on the world stage, claiming bronze in the Women’s 200 metre T38 final at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
18-year-old Briseis Brittain from Ramingining in Arnhem Land stopped the clock in 27.66 seconds to finish third in the final, earning Australia another athletics medal in what was her Commonwealth Games debut.
Official Commonwealth Games results confirmed Brittain’s podium finish, with the young Northern Territorian securing bronze behind a strong international field.
Australian Athletics celebrated the achievement, saying Brittain had “delivered a Commonwealth Games debut to remember” after rising to the occasion on one of the biggest stages of her career.
The governing body said the teenager had “risen to the occasion” in Glasgow, adding another medal to Australia’s tally at the Games.
Brittain’s medal caps a remarkable rise for the young sprinter, who has become one of Australia’s most promising para athletes despite still being in the early stages of her career.
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A proud Yolŋgu woman from Ramingining in the Northern Territory, Brittain has represented Australia at the World Para Athletics Championships and won bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Under 20 Championships before earning selection for her first Commonwealth Games.
Her selection for Glasgow was significant in its own right.
Australian Athletics took a record five Indigenous athletes to the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the most ever selected for an Australian athletics team at the event.
Brittain was among a new generation of First Nations athletes representing communities from across the country on the international stage.
Brittain also made history as just the fourth Northern Territorian to represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games in athletics, continuing a growing legacy of elite athletes emerging from the Territory.
Still only 18, Glasgow is expected to be the first of many major championships for the rising star, with attention now turning towards future World Championships and the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.
