Alex Marshall has become Team Scotland's most successful Commonwealth Games athlete of all time by taking his gold medal tally to five overnight.
The lawn bowler, who is affectionately known at 'Tattie', is competing in his sixth Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast and before this event had begun, he had amassed an impressive medal haul of four gold medals.
This had him level in the record books with sprinter Allan Wells, who also won four gold medals throughout the course of his career, but Marshall travelled to Australia knowing that history was within reach.
Earlier in the Games, the 51-year-old from Tranent won silver in the men’s pairs alongside his long-time playing partner Paul Foster but overnight, he went one better in the men’s fours by picking up gold to ensure his name is in the history books.
It was not an easy victory for the quartet of Marshall, Foster, Ronnie Duncan and Derek Oliver though, only winning the final 15-13 against hosts Australia, with victory only being secured in the final end.
There was further success on the bowling greens for the Scots, with Lesley Doig and Claire Johnston winning their third-place play-off in comfortable fashion, defeating Canada 18-10 to take bronze.
Yesterday saw Seonaid McIntosh, who is the youngest member of McIntosh family which in Jen and Shirley, has produced two of Scotland’s most decorated Commonwealth Games athletes of all-time, win her first Games medal when she won bronze in the 50m rifle prone competition.
And the Edinburgh-based shooter doubled that tally overnight, winning her second bronze of the Games, this time in the 50m rifle 3P event. McIntosh’s medal took Team Scotland’s shooters haul in Gold Coast to an impressive six medals, with the event not over yet.
Flag-bearer Eilidh Doyle won silver on the athletics track yesterday and there is further opportunity for success in the Carrara Stadium, with both Jake Wightman and Chris O’Hare reaching the 1500m final, which will take place tomorrow. Both Wightman and O’Hare are in good form but with the middle-distance events particularly strong in Gold Coast, they will have to be at their very best of they are to snatch a place on the podium.
Reece McFadden won boxing bronze at Glasgow 2014 and he headed to Gold Coast with his sights set on gold. However, it was not to be for the Motherwell fighter, as he had to settle for bronze once again. This ensures though that Scotland continues its proud tradition of winning silverware in the boxing ring at every Commonwealth Games since its inception in 1930.
There is the chance for silverware on the squash court too, where Scotland has not won a medal since 1998. Greg Lobban and Alan Clyne are former World Doubles champions and they marched into the men’s doubles semi-finals overnight by defeating Malaysia 2-1 and the Scots will now have two chances for a medal.
And further history was made when the men’s hockey team recorded their best-ever Commonwealth Games finish of sixth, despite losing 2-1 to Malaysia in their final match.
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