Commonwealth Games: Scotland clinch five cycling medals on day of drama

If you dared look away from the Olympic velodrome track on Sunday, you were in danger of missing a flash of blue and white crossing the line in a blaze of glory.

Of the six events contested in the sweltering, noisy box in London's east end, five of them ended - belatedly in one case - with Scottish athletes emerging drenched in sweat, wearing a piece of metal and a grin.

There was a silver for Neil Fachie. Minutes later, a bronze for Aileen McGlynn. Before you could draw breath, Neah Evans was off the front of the points race claiming another silver.

There was brief lull, only for John Archibald to steal a lap and sprint for an unexpected silver in the scratch race.

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And, just when the kilted members of Scotland's support staff thought that was it, Jack Carlin was awarded sprint bronze over half an hour after he finished racing after Australian Matt Glaetzer was judged to have literally elbowed his way past him.

It was probably Carlin, who won silver in the keirin on Saturday, who summed up the rollercoaster of the night best. After his medal ceremony he stood in tears, taking time to compose himself.

"I can't remember much of it," he laughed.

Fachie 'proud' despite falling short of record

Fachie got the medal rush started in the Tandem-B sprint, as the slight but brutally-powerful Aberdonian set his sights on the gold medal which would have taken him clear of Alex 'Tattie' Marshall as Scotland's most successful Games athlete.

Welshman James Ball, his friend and great rival, put paid to that. Fachie and Tattie, level for now on five golds and a silver.

"My legs just weren't there. Now I feel like I'm going to have to come back in four years," the 38-year-old said with a grin.

"What at about 50?!" came the cheeky reply from his pilot Lewis Stewart.

Fachie and Aileen McGlynn, who swiftly added bronze in the Tandem-B 1000m time trial to her silver from the sprint, have made the most of Para-sport running in with the mainstream programme.

"Look at that show out there," Fachie added. "That's what it's about, getting it out there in the mainstream. Let's get more events in, it's sport people want to see."

Evans gets another...with help from a friend

Evans delivered another brilliant ride, positioning herself to sprint in for second, adding to her bronze in the individual pursuit. With the scratch race to come on Monday, she could make it a hat-trick.

The silver was delivered with the help of a friend. Olympic champion Katie Archibald, injured and unable to take part.

"I spoke to Katie this morning and was like: 'Right, if you were me...how would you do this?!"

The advice she gave Evans was to stick to the game plan, and it worked.

Katie's older brother, John, had other ideas. "It's not the way she would've raced it," he said after his scratch silver. "If I took her advice, I wouldn't be able to follow it through."

He will return for the points race on Monday, along with defending champion Mark Stewart. Blink at you could miss another rash of Scottish medals at the velodrome.