Three athletes from Courier Country clinched gold medals on the Gold Coast on Sunday.
Dundee cyclist Mark Stewart came out victorious in the men’s 40km points race, earning a gold medal.
GOLD! Mark Stewart gave that absolutely everything and gets his reward! We'll be hearing the national anthem again tonight!
Magnificent performance in the 40km Points Race! #TeamScot2018 #GC2018CyclingTrack pic.twitter.com/RJIvGXtIgh
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
Arbroath bobbie Darren Burnett, along with teammates Ronnie Duncan and Derek Oliver, came out on top at the lawn bowls men’s triples.
GOLD! Ronnie Duncan, Derek Oliver and Darren Burnett take Scotland's first ever Commonwealth Games Men's Triples medal and it's the best colour of all! 🥇
What a match that was and what skill under pressure! #TeamScot2018 pic.twitter.com/2Ll9ClbDEl
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
Elsewhere it was a phenomenal day for former Strathallan pupil Duncan Scott, who nabbed his fourth medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games with a gold medal finish in the 100m freestyle.
He later added a bronze to his haul in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Scott is now the most medalled Scottish athlete at a games ever.
Glenrothes swimmer Mark Szaranek and Perth’s Stephen Milne also earned bronze for the freestyle relay.
BRONZE! Team Scotland's EIGHTH medal of the day comes from @mrStephenMilne @Dunks_Scott @danwallace_ and @MarkSzaranek in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay!
That makes @Dunks_Scott the most medalled Scottish athlete ever at a single Games! 🥇🥉🥉🥉🥉#TeamScot2018 pic.twitter.com/VgazvTaj9h
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
That feeling when you're the first Scot in history to win the 100m Freestyle at the Commonwealth Games!
Just awesome from @Dunks_Scott 🥇#TeamScot2018 pic.twitter.com/nCLo4Snnaj
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
Team Scotland earned eight medals on Sunday, racking up 23 in the Games overall.
Cyclist Leah Evans grabbed silver in the women’s 10km scratch race.
Cyclist Callum Skinner won bronze for the men’s 1000m time trial.
BRONZE! @CallumSkinner is back with a brilliant ride to take #TeamScot2018's fifth medal of the day and 20th of the Games! #GC2018
Gutsy ride after struggling with illness in the past few days! #OneTeam pic.twitter.com/8VYR6TmgWV
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
A bronze medal also went to gymnast Danny Purvis for the men’s floor and another to Mark Dry for the men’s hammer throwing.
What a flurry of medals for #TeamScot2018 that was!
Men's Triples 🥇at #GC2018LawnBowls
Floor🥉for @PurvisDanny at #GC2018Gymnastics
Men's hammer 🥉for @Markdry at #GC2018AthleticsHere are those medal winning smiles! 😁😁😁 pic.twitter.com/HeQQcIFHk1
— Team Scotland (@Team_Scotland) April 8, 2018
Team Scotland are fifth overall in the medal’s table.
