Scotland win eight medals in five chaotic hours as Games hit halfway

Scotland win eight medals in five chaotic hours as Games hit halfway Image source, PA MediaByRichard WintonBBC Sport ScotlandPublished8 minutes agoHost nations Scotland won eight medals in the space of five chaotic hours on Wednesday – two of them gold – to take their Commonwealth Games tally in Glasgow to 23.Swimmers Angharad Evans and Keanna MacInnes both won an individual medal and a relay prize, and Toni Shaw also tasted success in the pool at Tollcross.Melanie Woods roared to gold on the track at Scotstoun, before Steven MacKenzie earned a surprise bronze in the field.And at the SEC, both the men’s 3×3 basketball team and their women’s wheelchair equivalents ended the evening on the podium.It takes Scotland’s tally to 23 overall as the Games passes the halfway mark – nine gold and seven of both silver and bronze.And it is the best return in a single day since nine were claimed on the last day of the Birmingham edition in 2022. Woods sets Games record to claim gold for Scotland