The New Zealand track cycling team. Photo / Greg Bowker
It's party time for the victors - and our track cyclists are lapping it up.
The contingent's 11-medal haul, which include four golds, is New Zealand's best Commonwealth Games return for track cycling, eclipsing the nine won in Auckland in 1990 and New Delhi four years ago.
Sprinter Sam Webster
would likely be feeling the extra weight around his neck, after winning golds in the individual and team sprint, and a silver medal in the keirin. His teammates Ethan Mitchell and Eddie Dawkins would also be beaming with the trio's top podium finish in the team sprint.
Southlander Tom Scully's stellar performance in the points race would have delighted cycling enthusiasts at Glasgow's Chris Hoy Velodrome, as it did his supporters back home.
Former NZ cyclist Glen Thomson, who won the same race at the 1998 Commonwealths, summed up the talented 24-year-old's efforts after the race: "He just ran a coaching clinic on how to win a points race. He killed it."
