Australia\u2019s track cycling and para track cycling team delivered another outstanding Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow, finishing with an impressive 28 medals \u2013 10 gold, 10 silver and eight bronze \u2013 to once again establish themselves among the competition\u2019s standout nations.<\/p>\n
Leading the charge was Georgia Baker, who enjoyed a Games to remember. Baker claimed two gold, a silver and bronze medal, seeing her draw level with Australian cycling legends Anna Meares, Brad McGee and Matt Glaetzer as the nation\u2019s most successful Commonwealth Games cyclists.<\/p>\n
Her success was capped off with the appointment as closing ceremony Flag Bearer, as announced by Chef de Mission\u00a0Petria Thomas OAM OLY\u00a0following Baker\u2019s silver medal-winning race in the Elimination Race.<\/p>\n
Sprint star Leigh Hoffman was another of Australia\u2019s standout performers, winning three gold medals and one silver. His campaign included victories in the men\u2019s team sprint, sprint and 1000m time trial, where he set a new Commonwealth Games record, before adding silver in the keirin to become the first Australian cyclist to win four medals at a single Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n
Two-time Commonwealth Youth Games gold medallist\u00a0Tayte Ryan made his senior Games debut, winning two bronze and setting the tone for what is hopefully a continued upward trajectory.<\/p>\n
The Para Cycling (Track) team also made its mark, with Tara Neyland producing one of the performances of the Games. On her Commonwealth Games debut, Neyland claimed two gold medals and broke two world records, underlining her status as one of the world\u2019s leading para cyclists after an extraordinary rise through the sport.<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s success was built on contributions from across both the track and para track programs, with experienced campaigners and debutants alike stepping onto the podium throughout four days of racing at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. The team\u2019s depth and consistency ensured the green and gold remained a constant presence in medal contention across endurance, sprint and para events.<\/p>\n
With 28 medals in total, a history-making campaign from Baker and standout performances from Hoffman, Neyland and teammates across the squad, Australia\u2019s cyclists once again left Glasgow having reinforced their reputation as one of the Commonwealth\u2019s premier track cycling nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s track cycling and para track cycling team delivered another outstanding Commonwealth Games campaign in Glasgow, finishing with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-842190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}