{"id":649526,"date":"2026-08-03T15:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=649526"},"modified":"2026-08-03T16:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T23:44:55","slug":"australian-commonwealth-games-backstroker-isaac-cooper-in-hot-water-after-missing-final-night-in-glasgow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/australian-commonwealth-games-backstroker-isaac-cooper-in-hot-water-after-missing-final-night-in-glasgow\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Commonwealth Games Backstroker Isaac Cooper in Hot Water After Missing Final Night In Glasgow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Australian Backstroker Isaac Cooper In Hot Water After Missing Final Night In Glasgow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Australian Olympian and world champion backstroker<strong> Isaac Cooper <\/strong>has voluntarily stood himself down from the Dolphins leadership group after missing the final session of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, as well as the team&#8217;s final team meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a statement issued to an Australian newspaper, Swimming Australia said: \u201cIsaac did not attend the final night of the swimming competition or final team meeting in Glasgow which is in conflict with team expectations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIsaac has since voluntarily stood down from the team\u2019s athlete leadership group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSwimming Australia will not be making any further comment on this issue. We look forward to watching Isaac compete at (this month\u2019s) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaswimming.org\/event\/2026\/08\/12\/default-calendar\/pan-pacific-swimming-championships\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pan Pacific Championships<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident has put a dampener on the Dolphins record-breaking medal haul at their most successful Commonwealth Games ever, where they won 76 medals \u2013 37 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But the swimmer will not be sent home and has traveled to the United States with the Australian team and will compete in the Pan Pacs meet in Irvine, California on August 12. The incident comes four years after Cooper\u2019s banishment from the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham over the \u201cmisuse of prescription medication\u201d in the team\u2019s staging camp.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <em>Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> reported that Cooper had again found himself in trouble when he failed to show at Glasgow\u2019s Tollcross International Swimming Centre last Wednesday. It has been a longstanding expectation that whether swimmers are racing or not, they must attend each session to cheer on their teammates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report claimed that Cooper was hauled in by team officials and spoken to by Australian head coach <strong>Rohan Taylor<\/strong> after failing to attend the final night and a wrap-up meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is believed other Australian swimmers were surprised when Cooper was absent from both after having raced in a relay heat earlier that day and, more significantly, because he had recently been appointed to the team\u2019s athlete leadership group,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCooper swam a semifinal of the 100m backstroke on Tuesday evening and was the eighth-fastest qualifier into Wednesday\u2019s final. However, after swimming in the heats of the men\u2019s 4x100m medley relay, he withdrew from the 100m backstroke final on Wednesday evening and did not show up to the pool.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThree sources with knowledge of the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the issue, said Cooper was out drinking in Glasgow while his teammates were competing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe was also seen drinking at Australia\u2019s team headquarters, a shared space used by athletes from all sports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCooper did not attend a training session the following day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere is no rule precluding swimmers from drinking alcohol once their competition is finished. 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