Scottish siblings in rare double as Aussie cyclists hit century

Scottish siblings Katie and John Archibald celebrated gold and silver today 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 Australias Rebecca Wiasak.

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

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

"That can only be bad news, really, as Id rather be chased than chase. The last few metres were horrible."
"The final was hard and the pressure was on, but she certainly put me in the mix. I just wished I couldve backed it up better."
- Tonight was all adrenaline -
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"Tonight was all adrenaline. The crowd was so loud, it was amazing."