Stirling’s Scotland contingent has made a strong start at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, with multiple medals from the city’s athletes.
Golden start in the pool
Duncan Scott secured Scotland’s first gold of the Games with victory in the 200 metres individual medley, while GB team-mate Tom Dean took bronze for England.
On Friday night, Katie Shanahan won silver in the women’s 200 metres backstroke. She said: “I’m so happy and so grateful to have got the silver medal. I didn’t have too many expectations coming into the games, but I definitely wanted to get onto the podium in one event. To have done that on day one it felt like the pressure was off.”
More gold and silver
On Sunday night, Angharad Evans won gold in the women’s 100 metres breaststroke, edging South Africa’s Aimee Canny. Evans said: “It really was a special moment to touch the wall, hear the crowd, see my family, see my coaches and just cherish that moment. I’m immensely proud. I was looking at what I was doing this time four years ago when the Commonwealth Games were in Birmingham. I’d quit swimming, I really didn’t enjoy the sport and I thought that was it for me.”
Keanna MacInnes added silver in the women’s 100 metres butterfly, trimming 0.35 seconds from her semi-final time for a 57.33 finish. She told the BBC: “I thought it would be nice to have the rest between the semi and final, but I’ve been really nervous all day. I was really struggling to get food down, and was stressing about things like getting a medley relay slot instead of thinking about getting a medal tonight. My coach said to me I had nothing to lose but to just relax and enjoy it. I’m so grateful to the crowd for making it such a special memory for me. I’m so grateful to my parents and boyfriend who are up in the crowd and I’m so glad I was able to do it in front of them. A silver is crazy to me.”
Gymnastics bronze
Gymnast Cameron Lynn won bronze in the men’s pommel horse at the Emirates Arena. The former Stirling High pupil said: “I was probably more nervous watching Reubs and then when he got through, I was like ‘I just need to smash my pommel routine now’. I was definitely more nervous for Reuben’s routine than mine because I just wanted him to do well.”
Boxing disappointment
There was heartbreak for Fallin boxer Alan Perrie, who lost via controversial stoppage against Australia’s Paul Trainor. The Glasgow crowd booed the decision to stop the fight despite Perrie’s insistence that the blood on his face was from a nosebleed.
