The home nation swimmers continue to impress as Duncan Scott became Scotland’s most decorated Commonwealth Games swimmer ever while England’s Siobhan-Marie O’Connor became the first woman to successfully defend the 200m individual medley title.
Duncan Scott arrived on the Gold Coast already a two-time Olympic relay silver medallist – these Games have proved he can mix it with the very best solo as well.
On Sunday, the 20-year-old claimed a shock victory in the 100m freestyle, edging out South Africa’s Chad le Clos and Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers.
That added to his bronze medals in the 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle and 4x100m freestyle relay, and drew him level with Gregor Tait as the second Scottish swimmer to win four medals at the same Games.
Unfortunately for Tait- who set that marker at Melbourne 2006 – that mark was then eclipsed when Scott helped his country to bronze in the 4x200m freestyle relay, behind Australia and England.
"I did what I do best in bringing it home," he told BBC Sport.
"I'm absolutely delighted my family's here. It's a dream for me for them to see that. I'm so happy.
"So far, so good. It's very exciting for two years' time after beating the Olympic champion. I'm delighted to swim that fast."
Elsewhere Siobhan-Marie O’Connor proved she was back to her best by successfully defending her women’s 200m individual medley title.
The 22-year-old finished off the podium at last year’s World Championships but beat her rivals by over a second in Australia.
“I felt a great deal of nerves, but four years on after being the underdog (in the same event in Glasgow 2014), things have changed and I just really wanted to get my confidence up again,” she said.
"I did take a lot of time off after Rio (2016 Olympic Games), but it really helped and I feel like I'm back to my old self."
Never have the words proud Scot seemed more appropriate than when Mark Stewart was belting out Flower of Scotland with bottom lip quivering having won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal.
The 22-year-old brought the curtain down on a roaring four days of track cycling at the Anna Meares Velodrome with a stunning points race victory, ahead of England’s Ethan Hayter in third.
That gave Scotland second place in the track cycling medal table with ten in total and four gold, one place ahead of England in third.
Wales came home fourth as the home nations combined to win 23 medals, eight of which were gold - beating the Aussies’ overall total but shy of their ten golds.
Stewart’s gold came courtesy of a buccaneering display in the points race, taking three laps on the field and finishing on 81 points, ahead of New Zealand’s Campbell Stewart on 69 and Hayter on 68.
“I’m really proud. That was a lot of hard work and it’s come together nicely. I’m only 22 but I feel like I’ve been at this for ages,” he said.
“I’ve had a lot of good days and a lot of bad days but this is definitely up there with the good days.
The night began with Callum Skinner proving he is still a force to be reckoned with by clocking 1:01.183 to take bronze in the kilometre time trial.
And the home nations success continued in the women’s scratch race as Neah Evans won silver for Scotland, ahead of England’s Emily Kay.
Max Whitlock vowed to learn from his first defeat in three years at the Commonwealth Games.
Double Olympic champion Whitlock has proved an unstoppable force on his signature pommel horse - and hasn’t lost the 2015 European Championships, when he was suffering from glandular fever.
But after settling for silver behind Northern Ireland’s Rhys McClenaghan, he insisted wounded pride would only motivate him for more success.
“This will push me a bit more and give me more fire in my belly, I'm looking forward to getting back among the winners,” said Whitlock, who also finished a distant sixth in the floor event where he captured his other Olympic title.
“There are three majors this year and this is the first one. I just need to make sure that this doesn’t happen again.
McClenaghan, 18, admitted stunned relief at claiming such a high-profile scalp, with his gold Northern Ireland’s first of the Games.
“I was so nervous watching Max and waiting for his score and I felt a bit stunned when I saw that score,” he said.
“Max is one of the best gymnasts ever and I remember watching when at the 2010 Commonwealth Games when I was ten years old. To be competing against him is incredible but I’m up there with him now and I’ve even overtaken him.
Meanwhile, England’s Courtney Tulloch won rings gold ahead of team-mate Nile Wilson while Georgia-Mae Fenton took the uneven bars title. Scotland’s Daniel Purvis won bronze in the men’s floor.
Nottingham duo Kelly Sibley and Maria Tsaptsinos teamed up to deadly effect as England’s claimed their first-ever Commonwealth medal in the table tennis women’s team event.
They triumphed 3-1 over hosts Australia in the bronze medal match on the Gold Coast – a dramatic victory that owed much to Sibley and Tsaptsinos’ efforts in the doubles.
England and Australia split the opening two singles rubbers, Tin-Tin Ho downing Melissa Tapper while Jian Fang Lay beat Sibley.
But Sibley, 29 and competing in her fourth Commonwealths, bounced back with her teammate Tspatsinos to claim a dramatic doubles win that returned the momentum to England.
Tsaptsinos added: "I'm very happy for everyone in the team. We all deserved it and I'm looking forward to seeing what comes next."
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Emily Godley won England’s first weightlifting gold of the Games in the women’s 75kg category with Wales’ Laura Hughes in third. That followed earlier silver for England’s Sarah Davies in the women’s 69kg final.
Home nations enjoyed lawn bowls success with Wales’ Laura Edwards taking women’s singles silver after losing 21-17 to Jo Edwards of New Zealand while Scotland defeated Australia for triples gold.
James Willstrop and Sarah-Jane Perry can add two more gold medals to England’s collection after coming through their respective squash singles semi-finals.
There will be no badminton mixed team gold for England after they came up against an impressive Malaysia outfit who triumphed 3-0 with Chloe Birch, Raj Ouseph and Chris Langridge and Marcus Evans all beaten – although bronze is still up for grabs tomorrow.
There was more joy in the ring as no fewer than seven fighters advanced to the semi-finals.
Scotland’s Megan Gordon and John Docherty both won, as did England’s Ben Whittaker, Luke McCormack and Sandy Ryan and Northern Ireland’s Kristina O’Hara and Steven Donnelly.
England’s Victoria Palmer and Jessica Grimson defeated Fijian pair Laita Nima and Iliseva Ratudina in the beach volleyball, but there were defeats for Chris Gregory and Jake Sheaf and Scotland’s Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts.
There was triple British delight on the court as England’s men and women triumphed in the basketball, while Scotland’s men downed India 96-81.
Indeed, England men’s convincing 81-54 triumph over Cameroon was crowned with an on-court proposal between two England players, with Jamell Anderson getting engaged to Georgia Jones. Elsewhere, England women beat Uganda 55-49 in the netball, while Northern Ireland lost to Jamaica.
British athletes are racking up the medals on the Gold Coast and have another chance on Monday to add more titles to an already bulging haul.
One place for success is likely to be the pool - Adam Peaty spearheads England's challenge in the 50m breaststroke, going up against Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa, who beat him to gold in Glasgow.
Wales’s double Olympic silver medallist Jazz Carlin will defend the 800m freestyle title she won in Glasgow, while James Willstrop and Sarah-Jane Perry aim to seal men’s and women’s singles squash crowns for England.
Also defending his title is England gymnast Nile Wilson, who will go for the gold on the horizontal bars to add a third title to an already memorable Games.
England’s Adam Gemili and Asha Philip are medal hopes in the 100m sprint, while Owen Boxall is targeting a podium spot in the 105kg weightlifting.
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