Scotland cyclist Katie Archibald has won her first Commonwealth Games gold medal courtesy of victory in the women's 3000m individual pursuit final this evening.

The 24-year-old already had one Olympic title, three world crowns and 10 European golds to her name, and she has now completed the set of majors with her triumph on the Gold Coast.

Archibald made a statement of intent in the heats by breaking the Games record earlier in the day, and while she was more than two seconds slower in the final, she still did enough to beat home favourite Rebecca Wiasak.

There was nothing in it over the opening two kilometres, but Archibald began to pull away in the final 1000m to eventually finish in 3:26.088 - almost a second-and-a-half quicker than Wiasak.

While host nation Australia were beaten to gold, they did claim two spots on the podium as Annette Edmondson narrowly pipped compatriot Ashlee Ankudinoff to bronze.

 

Team England's Charlie Tanfield hangs on for individual pursuit gold

Team England cyclist Charlie Tanfield has won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal courtesy of victory over Scotland's John Archibald in the men's 4000m individual pursuit.

Tanfield powered into an early lead over the opening kilometre, crossing the 1000m mark with a 1.790 lead over his Scottish rival.

However, Archibald began to eat away at that lead over the remaining time and was faster in each of the following three kilometres, threatening to storm back and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Tanfield lost almost a second in the final kilometre alone, but by that stage he had built up a big enough advantage to ensure that he claimed gold in 4:15.952 - 0.704s ahead of Archibald.

Archibald had been hoping to make it a golden double for the family after watching sister Katie top the podiumearlier in the evening, but he was forced to settle for silver on the Gold Coast.

 

 

There was disappointment for the host nation Australia in the bronze medal race, meanwhile, as Jordan Kerbywas beaten to the final podium place by New Zealand's Dylan Kennett.

 

Australian Morton defends sprint gold at mentor's velodrome

Since the retirement of Anna Meares after the Games in Rio de Janeiro, Australia has longed for a successor to the hard-bitten coalminer’s daughter who extracted gold, silver and bronze from four Olympic velodromes.

At the Commonwealth Games on Thursday, Stephanie Morton showed the wait may be over as she defended her sprint title at the Brisbane venue named after the Australian great.

At Glasgow, Morton upset her mentor Meares for her first Commonwealth Games title.

On Friday, four years later, 34-year-old Meares hung the gold around Morton’s neck after she obliterated New Zealand’s Natasha Hansen in the final to win the nation’s 100th cycling title at Commonwealth Games.

Hansen attempted mind games from behind in both sprints, thrusting and parrying to try to knock the Adelaide native off her perch.

But criminology student Morton, who wants to be a police officer after winding down her cycling, was impenetrable. She roared home in the second sprint to win by a yawning 1.286 seconds.

“Tonight was all adrenaline. The crowd was so loud, it was amazing,” said the 27-year-old, who claimed the team sprint gold on Thursday’s opening night.

“I have already done what I came to achieve so the rest is a bonus.

“It took me by complete surprise when I beat Anna Meares in Glasgow — and now to be in the Anna Meares Velodrome is very special.”

In the thumping arena, sprint world champion Matthew Glaetzer lifted the roof at the end of the night by defending his keirin title, capturing the host nation’s fifth gold of the Games.

The 25-year-old South Australian held off Welshman Lewis Oliva in a furious bunched sprint, with Edward Dawkins taking bronze, a day after winning the team sprint gold for New Zealand.