Australia’s domination on the track at the Commonwealth Games continued on day 4, with gold in the men’s team sprint and a Cameron Meyer victory in the men’s scratch race. Indeed, it was a good day all around for the antipodes with New Zealand’s Alison Shanks taking gold in the 3,000m individual pursuit.
In the team sprint, Australia faced off against New Zealand in the final and turned in a dominant performance. The Australian trio of Daniel Ellis, Jason Niblett and Scott Sunderland finished in a time of 43.722 seconds to beat the New Zealand team of Eddie Dawkins, Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster. Meanwhile Malaysia took a fine bronze.
The team sprint final was marred by a crash involving New Zealand’s Sam Webster just after he pulled off, but his team’s time of 44.233 was still enough for a new national record. The Australians, however, were simply too strong and the result was never in doubt.
It was Scott Sunderland’s third medal of the games after his 1km gold and sprint silver, but his achievements were soon to be bettered by his compatriot Cameron Meyer in the scratch race.
Meyer had already taken gold in the team pursuit and the points race, and his win the scratch event sealed an Australian one-two on the night. It also marked Australia’s 12th gold medal out of 14 events and offered a further demonstration of their dominance at these games. Michael Freiburg took silver for Australia, while Canada’s Zach Bell finished third.
In the women’s pursuit, Alison Shanks (New Zealand) gave an exhibition over the second half of the final to take gold. She covered the 3,000m in 3:30.875 to beat Northern Ireland’s Wendy Houvenaghel into second place. Meanwhile, Tara Whitten (Canada) was a convincing winner of the bronze medal match, beating New Zealand’s Jaime Nielsen into fourth place.
Australia’s Josephine Tomic had been tipped to add to her country’s medal haul in the pursuit, but she could only manage 5th in qualifying and failed to earn a chance to ride for a medal.
Women's 3,000m Individual Pursuit
| 1 | Alison Shanks (New Zealand) | 0:03:32.114 |
| 2 | Wendy Houvenaghel (Northern Ireland) | 0:03:34.560 |
| 3 | Tara Alice Whitten (Canada) | 0:03:36.548 |
| 4 | Jaime Nielsen (New Zealand) | 0:03:37.607 |
| 5 | Josephine Tomic (Australia) | 0:03:37.961 |
| 6 | Sarah Storey (England) | 0:03:39.964 |
| 7 | Laura Trott (England) | 0:03:40.329 |
| 8 | Lauren Ellis (New Zealand) | 0:03:41.592 |
| 9 | Ashlee Ankudinoff (Australia) | 0:03:45.656 |
| 10 | Anna Blyth (England) | 0:03:51.252 |
| 11 | Mahitha Mohan (India) | 0:04:08.441 |
| 12 | P.O.Sayon (India) | 0:04:19.630 |
| DSQ | Y. Sunit Devi (India) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Tara Alice Whitten (Canada) | 0:03:35.810 |
| 4 | Jaime Nielsen (New Zealand) | 0:03:39.923 |
| 1 | Alison Shanks (New Zealand) | 0:03:30.875 |
| 2 | Wendy Houvenaghel (Northern Ireland) | 0:03:32.137 |
Men's Team Sprint
| 1 | Australia | 0:00:44.488 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Daniel Ellis (Australia) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Jason Niblett (Australia) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Scott Sunderland (Australia) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 0:00:44.583 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Edward James Dawkins (New Zealand) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Ethan John Francis Mitchell (New Zealand) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Sam Michael Webster (New Zealand) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 0:00:45.378 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Josiah Ng (Malaysia) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Scotland | 0:00:46.724 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | John Paul (Scotland) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Chris Pritchard (Scotland) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | Callum Skinner (Scotland) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0:00:47.391 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Njisane Phillip (Trinidad and Tobago) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Christopher Sellier (Trinidad and Tobago) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Thireef Smart (Trinidad and Tobago) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | India | 0:00:50.216 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Prince Hylem (India) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | O. Bikra Singh (India) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Amrit Singh (India) | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 0:00:45.040 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Josiah Ng (Malaysia) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Mohd Rizal Tisin (Malaysia) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Scotland | 0:00:46.273 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | John Paul (Scotland) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Chris Pritchard (Scotland) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Callum Skinner (Scotland) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 1 | Australia | 0:00:43.772 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Daniel Ellis (Australia) | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Jason Niblett (Australia) | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Scott Sunderland (Australia) | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 0:00:44.239 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Edward James Dawkins (New Zealand) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Ethan John Francis Mitchell (New Zealand) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Sam Michael Webster (New Zealand) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Men's 20km Scratch Race
| 1 | Cameron Meyer (Australia) | Row 0 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | Michael Freiberg (Australia) | -1 |
| 3 | Zach Bell (Canada) | -1 |
| 4 | Marc Ryan (New Zealand) | -1 |
| 5 | Evan Oliphant (Scotland) | -1 |
| DNF | Jack Bobridge (Australia) | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Darren David Matthews (Barbados) | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | George Atkins (England) | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Simon Yates (England) | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Rajender Bishnoi (India) | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mark Peter Christian (Isle of Man) | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Christopher Whorrall (Isle of Man) | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Marloe Rodman (Jamaica) | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mohammad Akmal Amrun (Malaysia) | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Muhamad Adiq Husainie Othman (Malaysia) | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Mohd Harrif Salleh (Malaysia) | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Martyn Irvine (Northern Ireland) | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Shane William Archbold (New Zealand) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Dean Sean Edwards (South Africa) | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jay Robert Thomson (South Africa) | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Christoffel Van Heerden (South Africa) | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Emile Magellan Abraham (Trinidad and Tobago) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| DNF | Jon Mould (Wales) | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
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