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“My medal looks like a guitar pick”: Elite swimmer wins Commonwealth Games gold – then uses medal to play Megadeth
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At 27, she’s already achieved remarkable international success at the Paralympic Games, European and World Championships, and the Commonwealth Games.
She recently topped it off by winning gold in the women’s 100m backstroke S9 at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Aside from being a decorated swimmer, Tai is also a guitarist, a multi-instrumentalist (leave some talent for the rest of us!
Latest Videos From Guitar World Watch full video here:In a video she posted on social media, Tai notes that her newest addition to her arsenal of gold medals looks like a guitar pick.
“I just won gold at the Commonwealth Games, and my medal looks like a guitar pick,” she says before launching into Megadeth’s Symphony of Destruction – from the band’s fifth studio album, 1992’s Countdown to Extinction – on her Fender Telecaster Deluxe.