Scottish siblings in Games spotlight

– Scottish siblings Katie (right) and John Archibald celebrated gold and silver yesterday as hosts Australia reached a landmark 100 Commonwealth Games titles in track cycling.

On the second night at Anna Meares Velodrome in Brisbane, Australia stepped up their dominance, adding two more gold medals to the three they pocketed 24 hours earlier.

But not before the unassuming Archibalds made their mark on the competition.

Katie, 24, a quirky character who enjoys writing and has her own blog Bikes and Bobs is already a team pursuit Olympic gold medallist after winning with Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

She added the Commonwealth 3 000m individual pursuit title to her growing haul after she emphatically beat out Australia’s Re-

Brisbane

becca Wiasak.

Wiasak had the home support roaring her on, but after a fast start Archibald wore her down to win gold in 3min 26.088sec.

“I knew she had gone out hard, the crowd was going mental,” said Archibald, who set a Games record 3:24.119 earlier in the day.

Katie’s brother John, 27, is a former swimmer who got into track and road cycling after discovering he had a taste for it while commuting to work on his bike.

He took silver behind the 21-year-old Englishman Charlie Tanfield, who streaked home in 4:15.952 to win the 4 000m individual pursuit.

Australia, resurgent after a disappointing Rio Olympics, sealed a fourth track cycling gold when Stephanie Morton eased to victory in a one-sided women’s sprint final. –