Commonwealth Games: Neil Fachie wins Scotland's first gold as England claim team pursuit bronze

Para-cyclist Neil Fachie won Scotland's first gold medal of the Commonwealth Games as Laura Kenny spearheaded England to team pursuit bronze on the track where she made her name.

Fachie, 38, and his sighted pilot Lewis Stewart had also set a new Games record of 59.938 seconds in the men's tandem 1,000m time trial.

Kenny, Josie Knight, Maddie Leech and Sophie Lewis beat Wales by almost two seconds, clocking four minutes 17.096 seconds, to earn their spot on the team pursuit podium, having missed out on a place in the gold medal final.

The track cycling is taking part at the Lee Valley VeloPark in London, where the 2012 Olympics were held exactly 10 years ago and where Kenny won the first two of her Olympic titles.

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"It's been brilliant. I don't think I have ever felt so much pressure to win a bronze medal in my life with a younger team," 30-year-old Kenny told BBC Sport.

"I was a whole bag of nerves to help them win and get a taste of medals I've had in the past.

"To be totally honest I've been the weak link in the last two rounds."

Despite her extensive silverware collection, Kenny's medal was only her second at the Commonwealth Games, having won points race gold in 2014. She will also compete in both the points race and scratch race at these Games.

For team-mates Knight, 25, 19-year-old Leech and 20-year-old Lewis, Birmingham marks a first Commonwealth Games.

Fachie 'so, so proud'

Fachie's gold was his fifth Commonwealth title, bringing him level with lawn bowler Alex Marshall as Scotland's most successful Commonwealth athlete.

The two-time Paralympic champion and Stewart pipped Wales' James Ball and pilot Matt Rotherham to gold, with England's Stephen Bate and pilot Chris Latham taking bronze.

Fachie has never lost a race at the Commonwealth Games.

"It's something I've spoken about for a while, as you can hear my voice has gone. I've been quite ill and that made that all the more tough," he told BBC Sport.

"But I was determined to win for Scotland, for my family, my wife and my baby to come. I'm just so, so proud.

"I came into this knowing it would take something super-human. I'm not getting any younger and I am having to get quicker."

In the women's tandem sprint, Scotland's Aileen McGlynn and her pilot Ellie Stone took silver, while England's Sophie Unwin and Georgia Holt won bronze.

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