Commonwealth success for Neah Evans
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Saturday afternoon proved to be one to remember in the velodrome for Scottish cyclists as Jack Carlin from Paisley won Keirin silver and Neah Evans from Cuminestown claimed Individual Pursuit bronze.
Having come into the event as one of the clear favourites this time round Carlin had a clear opening round but there was a big crash in his semi-final taking Glatzer of Australia and England’s Truman to the ground, the latter unconscious for some time before recovering.
Carlin was drawn in position one right behind the derny in the final and as the e-bike pulled off and the race wound up Trinidad’s Nicholas Paul forged ahead in a move that would see him take gold.
He said:"I’m disappointed, as I came here to win, but Keirin’s a tough one.
"It's a podium again, which I’m obviously pleased with, but it's not what you want.
The Women’s 3000m Individual Pursuit is a new event for Neah Evans but that was no barrier as she broke the Games record in the morning session before being surpassed by two of her rivals.
With a trademark fast start it took to the 1000m mark before she moved ahead, but the move was solid and she continued to increase the distance and time on each lap.
Commenting she said:"The crowd was unreal.
"We actually came with tactics that are shouted and I'm like "I'm not gonna be able to hear you", you'll have to walk the line - that shows you how loud it all is!
“And I’ll be honest, after halfway it was just a case of get your head down and keep going - pretty simple tactics.
"I got the new British record this morning - I didn't quite back it up but it's such a nice feeling - I'm delighted.
“I haven't been training for this, it's been a secondary focus, so to come away with a medal off basically the last few months of training, I'm delighted"
Both Evans and Carlin will be hunting for further medals today, as will Neil Fachie and Lewis Stewart in the Men’s Tandem B Sprint.
